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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 18: education. (search)
5, 1686-7, at the age of 78 years. His services were commemorated by Cotton Mather, who knew him and his works:— 'Tis Corlet's pains, and Cheever's, we must own, That thou, New England, art not Scythia grown. Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc., XVII. 132. Again, he calls Mr. Elijah Corlet, that memorable old schoolmaster in Cambridge, from whose education our colledge and country have received so many of its worthy men, that he is himself worthy to have his name celebrated in .... our church history. his relief; and, having previously made similar grants, on the 7th of November, 1668, In answer to the petition of Mr. Elijah Corlet, the Court having considered of the petition, and being informed the petitioner to be very poor, and the country atold of his evill in that matter from more hands than yours, yet he does justifie his own innocency, and I perceive that Mr. Corlet, both elder and younger, The younger was Ammi-Ruhamah Corlett, H. C. 1670, who obtained the coveted fellowship, and