Printed proposal for the works of Horace, 1821

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

Payment order for Ebenezer Thayer, 1789 July 9

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

Quarter bill book for the Classes of 1770-1787, 1770-1789

Leather hardcover bound volume containing quarter bill tallies for the Classes of 1770-1787 arranged alphabetically and covering the bill period ending on March 9, 1770 through the period ending February 27, 1784. After each quarter's tallies, an additional section provides the totals for all students in each of the categories.

Quarter bills for Stephen Moody signed by Steward Caleb Gannett, 1786-1789

Four printed quarter bills for Stephen Moody (Harvard AB 1790) with sizing and punishment totals, each signed by Steward Caleb Gannett.

Quarter bills for Nathaniel Thayer signed by Steward Caleb Gannett, 1787-1789

Four printed quarter bills for Nathaniel Thayer (Harvard AB 1789) with sizing and punishment totals, signed by Steward Caleb Gannett.

I. Calculation of the length of printed lines of all the volumes in the Harvard Library, ca. 1789

This series contains one small leaf with handwritten calculations related to the number of volumes in the Harvard College Library. The verso has the note: "No. of Vol: in Harvard College 11465 vol. making one line 15380 miles long. The document is in the hand of Loammi Baldwin Sr., and may have been created in 1789 while the Library was compiling a catalog of its holdings.

Subseries J. Bill to the Town of Cambridge, 1789

This folder contains a bill from Samuel Shapleigh to the Town of Cambridge for keeping school from July 20 through October 20, 1789; it was submitted on November 2, 1789. Shapleigh requested reimbursement for his room, board, and furniture, in addition to his teaching.

Forensics and Syllogistic questions, 1789-1791; 1808

A handwritten list of forensic and syllogistic questions compiled between 1789 and 1791 on two pages, and a half-page list of the questions for June 1800.

List of students, 1789

Small notebook with brown paper covers containing handwritten lists of the members of the Harvard Classes of 1790, 1791, 1792, and 1793 (through Charles Jackson) with unidentified annotations next to some names of a, c, o, s, t, and x.

Annotated almanac, 1789

Almanac interleaved with pages containing household account entries and containing annotations on the calendar pages. Some of the annotations are illegible. The interleaved pages contain entries of baptisms and burials, accounting records and notes of household activities, including entries related to boarders.

Butler's accounts for the Classes of 1789-1794, 1789-1799

The marbled-paper-covered book contains two sections written by Butlers Thomas Adams and Samuel Shapleigh: a two column debit and credit entry section for students in the Classes of 1789 through 1794, with additions made through June 1791, and at the end of the volume a two page "Account of monies paid out as Atty. to T. Adams" for 1791 with lenders' names and amounts.

Correspondence with James Sullivan, 1789-1792

Includes one bill to James Sullivan for fees incurred by William Sullivan (AB 1792). Also includes receipt for payment.