Receipts related to the dispersal of the Croswell estate, 1785-1788

Seven handwritten receipts dated between 1785 and 1788.

Votes in Plimpton, 1788 April 7

Handwritten list of the votes cast for state government candidates in Plimpton, Massachusetts.

Copy of Andrew Croswell's executor's account, 1788 June 2

One-leaf account of the disbursements of the estate of Andrew Croswell presented to the judge of probate for Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Payment order for Ebenezer Thayer, 1788 July 1

Handwritten order to John Sale to pay scholarship funds to Ebenezer Thayer for use by his son, signed by John Clarke, James Thwing, and Jacob Williams.

II. Butler bills, 1788-1794

The Butler's bills are printed quarterly bill forms that the Butler completed with his name, the name of the student, the specific quarter and its ending date, and the total owed for "permitted articles." In some years the form included a space to input the amount for "Wines and other permitted Liquors."

Annotated almanac, 1788

Almanac interleaved with pages containing household account entries and containing annotations on the calendar pages. The interleaved pages contain entries of baptisms and burials, accounting records and notes of household activities, including entries related to boarders. One of the pages has a short list of some topics in the periodical The Spectator.

Themes and reviews, 1788-1805

Small notebook with brown paper covers containing handwritten entries noting the essay topics given to students between 1788 and 1805 according to class. The prompts are in both English and Latin and are generally philosophical quotations or verse from poetry that students responded to in short essays. There is a small handwritten chart for "A Scheme for a Lottery for a New College" laid into the back of the volume.

Journal of College Disorders, 1788-1797

This journal contains entries about various student "disorders" which occurred during Eliphalet Pearson’s tenure at Harvard. Daily entries describe a wide range of students’ rebellious conduct, which included: hissing at speakers in chapel, throwing snowballs and stones at College buildings and people (including tutors and then-President Joseph Willard), disrupting lectures by scraping chairs and feet, breaking windows, intoxication, moving and breaking furniture, stealing firewood, firing pistols, building bonfires, stealing supplies (food, cider and candles), throwing food and utensils during meals, stealing Bibles, wearing hats indoors, filling door locks with stones, drawing on lecture room walls with gravel, and silencing the morning chapel bell by filling it with molten pewter plates (stolen from the kitchen). There are also entries pertaining to more malicious offenses, including the drowning of a dog in a well. Several entries describe meetings of the College government to determine the appropriate punishments for each offense. Students were often fined, expelled, or suspended ("rusticated") for their unruly behavior.

1788, Catalogus eorum qui in Universitate Harvardiana, Cantabrigiae, in republica Massachusettensi, ab anno MDCXLII, ad annum MDCCLXXXVIII, alicujus gradûs laureâ donati sunt. : Theologiae professores et ecclesiarum pastores literis Italicis exarantur. Qui ad imum classium à caeteris, lineâ interpositâ, separantur, alibi instituti suerunt, vel apud nos gradu honorario donati.

The Harvard University Archives' shelflist indicates the annotations were made by "S. Willard." A handwritten 20th century note removed from the volume stated "Sidney Willard Annotated Triennial." The origin and accuracy of this attribution is unknown. The pamphlet includes sporadic annotations with locations of ministry for clergymen. For the Classes of 1784-1787 "Mr" has been added to graduates who received an AM.