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II.	University and Travel: 1875-1889
1875-1876	Freshman year at Harvard University. Harry took Greek, Latin, German, the Classics, Math, Physics, and Chemistry —all required courses. (Later, he confessed that he had found Math and Chemistry difficult subjects.)
1876	May-November: The International Centennial Exposition was held in Philadelphia. Thirty-seven foreign countries were represented by exhibits showing their technologies, art and culture. Marking the 100th anniversary of the nation, the exposition made people stop and think about colonial history. Many local historical societies were founded as a result, including the BCHS in 1880. HCM attended the exposition and purchased three Tunisian plates, which he later placed on the walls of Fonthill.
1876-1877	Sophomore year at Harvard. HCM took History (required), also Latin, Rhetoric, and Philosophy.
1877	About this time, HCM’s family began annual summer vacations in York Harbor, Maine, where Aunt Elizabeth Lawrence had a cottage.
1877-1878	Junior year at Harvard. HCM took Logic, Forensics (Debate), Latin, Philosophy, European History, and Art History with
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Architects' rendering of the second Bucks County Courthouse.
Charles Eliot Norton. All courses were elective. He lived off campus in a room hung with a variety of cultural artifacts, including a human skull.
1878	August 12: The Bucks County Courthouse (the second, replacing an earlier one built in 1812) was completed in Doylcstown, alter nearly a year under construction. This “Frcnch neo-Gothic” style structure, with its turreted tower, became a feature of many of HCM’s art works.
Tunisian plate purchased by HCM at the 1876 Centennial Exposition.
During his junior and senior years at Harvard, HCM lived off campus in the Brattle House. This viewofhis room shows his early fascination with Oriental art. pottery, and textiles.
HENRY CHAPMAN MERCER: AN ANNOTATED CHRONOLOGY