Austin's Petition, [1768 May]

One-page handwritten petition by Jonathan William Austin to the Harvard Faculty requesting readmission to the College.

Peabody's Confession, [1768 May]

One-page handwritten petition by Stephen Peabody to the Harvard Corporation requesting readmission to the College.

Tudor's Confession, [1768 May]

One-page handwritten confession by William Tudor to "the Reverend the Governors of the this Society."

Tudor's Petition, [1768 May]

One-page handwritten petition by William Tudor to the Harvard Corporation requesting readmission to the College.

Tudor's Petition, 1768 May 20

Two-page handwritten petition by William Tudor to the Harvard Faculty requesting readmission.

Vote of the government on Disorders, 1803 May 17

Vote to suspend students Barber, Tower, and Whitman for disorders in chapel.

[Committee report], 1780 May 16

One-page report signed by Hollis Professor Samuel Williams and Tutor William Bentley examining the complaint made by "Kendall" (probably Samuel Kendal, a member of the Class of 1782) of a "great abuse he received after Commons" on May 9, 1780 from Fortescue Vernon (Class of 1780) and Edward Sohier (Class of 1781). The report finds Vernon guilty and recommends a light punishment. Williams and Bentley then propose six regulations intended to keep order after breakfast and dinner service in the dining hall.

Vote of the President and Tutors May 19th and June 1, 1781 relative to the disorders, 1781 June 13

One-page handwritten document illegible due to faded ink.

Journal and orderly book : manuscript, 1758 May-Oct

Copied orders and narrative entries of a military expedition to Schenectady and the Oneida station.

Popery a complex falsehood: or an attempt to clear and evidence, that it is so, in a lecture had at Harvard College in Cambridge, New England, on May 10th, 1769

The hand-sewn notebook contains a 30-page manuscript draft of the Dudleian lecture delivered by Samuel Mather on May 10, 1769 at Harvard College. The sermon begins with the Biblical text 2 Thess. 11:11, 12. The copy includes a small number of edits and struck-out words. The item has unattached pages and is in fragile condition. The lecture was never published.