Outline &c., [1816 January]

Handwritten copy of the outline of a subject-based catalogue plan.

Notes on the Transactions of the Royal Society of London, undated

This folder contains four documents with undated notes about the College's holdings of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.

Statement of receipts and expenditures relative to my employment in Cambridge, 1824 undated

Two drafts of a statement.

Diary entries, 1812-1822

Paper notebook containing descriptions of events in Croswell's life arranged by year, and primarily related to his health and employment in the Harvard College Library.

Miscellaneous reading and book notes, 1806-1823, undated

This folder contains nine slips of paper with various notes about books and reading materials. For some documents it is unclear if the notes were created in Croswell's work on the Harvard College Library catalog or in his personal research.

Letter from Francis Dana to Samuel Langdon, 1780 January 19

This one-page letter from Harvard alumnus Francis Dana (1743-1811; Harvard AB 1762), in Bilbao, Spain, to Harvard President Samuel Langdon concerns the donation of a Spanish book by Dana to the College Library.

Book receipt of John Mellen and William Bentley, 1780 June 16

This half-page slip contains receipts for two Harvard College Library books received by Harvard College Tutors John Mellen (1752-1828; Harvard AB 1770) and William Bentley (1759-1819; Harvard AB 1777).

Letter from James Winthrop to Edward Wigglesworth, 1780 October 4

In this brief letter College Librarian James Winthrop requests that Harvard College Tutor William Bentley be allowed to serve as a deputy librarian.