Financial bills and receipts, 1827-1832

This folder contains five bills and receipts.

Attempts in penmanship, 1826-1827

This folder contains two drafts of a document describing Croswell's experiments with penmanship.

Payment order for Phillips Payson on behalf of his son, 1777 July 1

Handwritten order to John Sale to pay scholarship funds to Phillips Payson for use by his son, signed by Charles Chauncey and Jonathan Williams.

Payment order for Phillips Payson on behalf of his son, 1778 July 1

Handwritten order to John Sale to pay scholarship funds to Phillips Payson for use by son, signed by Charles Chauncey and Jonathan Williams. Payson's name is spelled "pason" in the document.

Payment order for Phillips Payson on behalf of his son, 1781 July 2

Handwritten order to John Sale to pay scholarship funds to Phillips Payson for use by his son, signed by Charles Chauncey, John Clarke, James Thwing, and Jonathan Williams.

Payment order for Phillips Payson on behalf of his son, 1782 July 8

Handwritten order to John Sale to pay scholarship funds to Phillips Payson for use by his son, signed by John Clarke, Charles Chauncey, James Thwing, and Jacob Williams.

Payment order for Daniel Parker on behalf of his son, 1783 July 10

Handwritten order to John Sale to pay scholarship funds to Daniel Parker for use by his son, signed by Charles Chauncey, John Clarke, Jonathan Williams, James Thwing, and Jacob Williams.

Bill from Phillips Payson to Harvard College, [1780 August]

This undated bill was rendered to the College by Phillips Payson (died 1809; Harvard AB 1778) for work done in the College Library equaling £720. The document was originally housed in a folder with the note, "This was from the old trunk."

Letter and account from Phillips Payson to Harvard College, 1780 September 11

These two documents consist of an account of services done by Phillips Payson (1809; Harvard AB 1778) for the College Library and a brief letter of enclosure.

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.

Letter from James Winthrop to Edward Wigglesworth, 1780 November 29

In this brief letter, Winthrop agrees to continue as College Librarian.

Letter from William Bentley to Edward Wigglesworth, [1780-1781]

This brief undated note from William Bentley (1759-1819; Harvard AB 1777) to Edward Wigglesworth concerns the need for paper book covers.

Letter from Robert Bell to Edward Wigglesworth, 1781 June 16

This brief letter from Robert Bell in Boston, Massachusetts, to Professor Edward Wigglesworth concerns the donation of books to the College Library.

Corporation Dinner, 1783 May 16

Handwritten itemized list of costs for food and supplies purchased for a Corporation dinner held May 16, 1783.