Petition to the Harvard Corporation from John Sergeant, February 1795

Date on document is incorrect; it reads 1796 but should read 1795.

Early considerations proposed to Corporation relative to choice of Professor, [1804]

Small leaf containing handwritten notes outlining the guidelines that should guide the selection of a new Professor. Title transcribed from verso.

Invitation from the Harvard Corporation to Eliphalet Pearson, 1806 March 28

One folded-leaf containing a handwritten invitation from the Harvard Corporation to Pearson requesting he attend a dinner with them.

Draft of a letter to the Harvard Corporation, 1806 March 28

One leaf containing a draft of a letter by Pearson to the Harvard Corporation declining the invitation to dinner.

Parish tax, 1797

Small printed leaf containing the Cambridge parish tax list for Eliphalet Pearson for June 1797.

Memorial of the President and Fellows of Harvard College to the General Court for the enlargement of their power to hold real estate. Copy, [1797 July 15]

Four folio-sized leaves containing a handwritten copy of a petition to the Massachusetts General Court from the Harvard Corporation requesting the College's amount of tax exempt real estate be enlarged.

Extract from legislation passed 1799 February 7

One fragment of a leaf containing a handwritten extract from unidentified legislation stipulating that a section of the bill "should not be so construed as to exempt" the real estate of the College or its officers from payment of local taxes beyond that exempted in the Charter of 1650 and the state Constitution. The text includes the note, "passed 7 Feb'y --99" and presumably refers to the bill referenced in President Willard's letter to Samuel Phillips that "passed the House, and is now before the Senate." The section did not become part of the tax law.