Subjects suggested by Andrews Norton, ca. 1820s

Four documents with suggested questions in the hand of Andrews Norton, Dexter Lecturer on Biblical Literature from 1813 to 1830. One of the documents is signed by Norton and addressed to President Kirkland.

Draft of an exhibition program, [1825]

Handwritten draft of an exhibition program with the names of the student orators from the Harvard Classes of 1825 and 1826.

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.

Address, 1789 May 21

Handwritten four-page draft of an address by Eliphalet Pearson. The address, made on behalf of the Harvard Corporation, relays the resolution of the Board of Overseers regarding the hours during which students should be in their chambers, restrictions on their ability to go into town, and emphasizing the College government's "fervent wish to see virtue & order prevalent among the students of this society." The introduction discusses the expectations of parents for their children to receive "a polite, virtuous, & religious education" instead of "sending him to a place, which is said to be noted for rudeness, vice, & irreligion."

Bond of Samuel Shapleigh and Thomas Adams to the Harvard Corporation, Aug. 15, 1789

Shapleigh and Adams' signatures have been cut out from the bottom of this document. It was "signed, sealed and delivered" in the presence of Thomas Gray and Darius Shaw.

Bond of Samuel Shapleigh and unknown co-signatory to the Harvard Corporation, Aug. 15, 1789

Shapleigh and the unknown co-signatory's signatures have been cut out from the bottom of this document. It was "signed, sealed and delivered" in the presence of Owen Warland and William Wahan.