Printed proposal for the works of Horace, 1821

This folder contains two copies of a proposal for publishing the works of Horace.

Letter from John Leverett to Addington Davenport, 1712 November 3

One octavo-sized leaf containing a half-page handwritten letter by John Leverett to Addington Davenport referencing a College petition before a House Committee.

[Admittatur of Joseph Willard (Harvard AB 1765)], 1762

Notebook with a handwritten copy of the 1734 College laws and the additional laws approved by the Corporation on March 29, 1757 in English prepared by Harvard undergraduate Joseph Willard and signed by President Edward Holyoke, Tutors Belcher Hancock and Thomas Marsh, and William Kneeland and Ebenezer Thayer on May 6, 1762.

Question suggested by President Joseph Willard, [1790]

One slip of paper containing a handwritten question in the hand of President Joseph Willard. The question is on the verso of a note dated March 2, 1790.

[Grants to President Willard, 1801]

Two small pieces of paper each containing handwritten extracts of Corporation votes between 1797-1801 issuing grants to President Willard.

[Yearly salary for 1783 and 1802 of President Willard, 1802]

One folio-sized leaf containing a handwritten list of Commencement fees and salaries received by President Willard between 1783 and 1802. The paper includes the struck-out inscription "Cushing."

Letter from Joseph Willard to John Lowell, 1799 January 17

One folded leaf containing a handwritten letter from President Willard to lawyer John Lowell of Roxbury, Mass. describing the papers accompanying the letter that relating to "the College business with the General Court."

Letter from Joseph Willard to Samuel Phillips, 1799 February 18

Four folio-sized pages containing a handwritten letter from President Willard to the President of the Massachusetts Senate, Samuel Phillips, regarding the taxation of College real estate and the history of the College's compromise with the Committee of the town of Cambridge regarding taxation.