Word: royalton
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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Under the will of Isaac Royall, who died in 1781, Harvard College received a bequest of more than 2,000 acres of land in the towns of Granby and Royalton, in Worcester County, Mass. The donor, who was born in Antigua, was the son of a merchant of great wealth, who, having purchased extensive estates in New England, had emigrated to Massachusetts in 1738. Isaac Royall settled in Charlestown, of which town he was a Representative for nine years. Later, he became a Counsellor, and held that office until 1774. However, says Josiah Quincy '28, "his judgment...