[Form of Admission of Ichabod Tucker (Harvard AB 1791)], 1787 August 16-17

Printed certificate of admission for undergraduate Ichabod Tucker certified by Steward Caleb Gannett on August 16, 1787 and signed by President Joseph Willard on August 17, 1787.

[Form of Admission of Francis Oliver (Harvard AB 1795)], 1791 August 19-20

Printed certificate of admission for undergraduate Francis J. Oliver certified by Steward Caleb Gannett on August 19, 1791 and signed by President Joseph Willard on August 20, 1791.

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.

Forensics, 1823-1824

A handwritten list of the forensic questions delivered on Commencement and Exhibition Days between 1823 and 1824.

Orations by candidates for the second degree, 1810-1824

A handwritten list of the oration subjects delivered by master's degree candidates on Commencement and Exhibition Days between 1810 and 1824.

Thomas Bancroft, AM, 1791

Incorrect date printed on diploma, MDCCXI (1711).

1794, Catalogus eorum qui in Universitate Harvardiana, Cantabrigiae, in republica Massachusettensi, ab anno MDCXLII, ad annum MDCCXCIV. Alicujus gradû laureâ donati sunt.

Marbled paper cover. The catalogue is annotated with the residence locations for alumni, becoming more sporadic for the later classes. Asterisks are added next to the names of alumni who died after the Catalogue's publication through the end of the 18th century. On inside of cover: "for the first 58 years from 1642 to 1700 inclusive, 448 persons were graduated." Note on last page: "84 died from 1791 to 1794."

1824, Catalogus senatus academici, eorum qui munera et officia gesserunt, quique alicujus gradus laurea donati sunt in Universitate Harvardiana, Cantabrigiæ, in Republica Massachusettensi.

Hand-sewn paper binding. Includes interleaved pages with biographical information. Asterisks are added next to the names of alumni who died after the Catalogue's publication.

[Letter presenting Judge Lowell's Eulogy of Governor Bowdoin, 1791]

One leaf containing an unsigned draft of a letter presenting John Lowell's published eulogy of Governor James Bowdoin to the recipient by the order of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The eulogy had been delivered by John Lowell on January 26, 1791.