The Harvard Crimson6y
Josiah Quincy and His School for 'Gentlemen'
Josiah Quincy strove for academic freedom, wrestled with financial problems and helped the College expand--but throughout the 16 years of his reign, his primary concern was inculcating an outmoded ...
The New York Times6y
JOSIAH QUINCY BANKRUPT.; Boston ex-Mayor's Predicament Due to Misplaced Confidence, He Says.
BOSTON, Jan. 3. -- Josiah Quincy, ex-Mayor of Boston and ex-Assistant Secretary of State, has been forced into bankruptcy owing, he says, to misplaced confidence in others, as well as to mistakes ...
The Harvard Crimson9y
It Happened at Harvard: The Story of a Freshman Named Maxwell
The academic year began quietly enough. The then President, Josiah Quincy, was starting a successful drive to secure money for a new building to house the Harvard Library, a project that was ...
The Heritage Foundation7mon
The Well-Regulated Militia
9 —Josiah Quincy II, prominent spokesman for the Boston Sons of Liberty If the Second Amendment protects an individual right of the people that shall not be infringed, who or what is the militia ...
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Emotions Run High as City Reveals Proposals to Change Zoning Rules
Voices in English, Cantonese and Mandarin overlapped and echoed throughout a theater room at the Josiah Quincy Upper School on Jan. 18 at a city-sponsored meeting on rezoning plans for Chinatown.