"College Book, No.3, p. 2 says, Mr. Nathaniel Easton was chosen Professor in 1637, and had the management of the donations for the erecting of such edifices as were meet and necessary for (BJ's note: Harvard) the College, and for his own lodgings. This Mr. Eaton was the brother of Theophilus Eaton, Governor of Connecticut, who was also a patron of the College. ... On the 6th of June, 1639, 'The Court granted to Mr. Nathaniel Eaton, 500 acres, if he continue his employment with us for his life, and be to him and his heirs.' ... It was to this College at Cambridge, under the administration of Mr. nathaniel Eaton, that John harvard bequeathed his library, and half his property in 1638; and on the 13th of March following, Mr. Eaton still, and for some months after, remaining at its head, the Court passed this order: 'It is ordered that the College, agreed upon formerly to be built at Cambridge, shall be called Harvard College' - Rec., vol i, p.253 - He left the College in the fall of 1639, and Mr. Dunster was appointed his successor in 1640 . ... Dr. Eliot, in his New England Biography, says, 'Dr. Eaton was placed at the head of the institution before him,' Mr. Dunster, who is recorded as the first President." Source: The New England Historical & Genealogical Register and Antiquarian, Vol 9, p. 269, pub. 1855
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