Subseries J. Bill to the Town of Cambridge, 1789

This folder contains a bill from Samuel Shapleigh to the Town of Cambridge for keeping school from July 20 through October 20, 1789; it was submitted on November 2, 1789. Shapleigh requested reimbursement for his room, board, and furniture, in addition to his teaching.

Bill of lading for shipment of four boxes of books, Oct. 20, 1764

This bill of lading is from Jasper Mauduit's shipment of books (his own gift and those bequeathed by Dr. Avery) to Andrew Oliver. The books were shipped from London to Boston via a ship called Hale Galley, under the direction of Captain Harris Hatch.

Bill, 1771 August 23

Handwritten bill from William Manning to Sarah Bordman for "mending shoes for her negro Cato," from May 9, 1770 to July 4, 1770. Payment acknowledged on verso by William Manning, August 23, 1771.

Bill and receipt, 1773

Handwritten contract between John Simonds and Andrew Bordman for writing work done by Simonds' son, William Simonds, "who is under age," signed January 15, 1773, and a receipt for payment signed by William Simonds, July 28, 1773.

Bill, 1774 July 26

Handwritten bill from William Manning to Andrew Bordman for shoes for Bordman and Cato purchased between December 1, 1773 and July 26, 1773. Payment acknowledged by William Manning on verso.

Bill, 1774 October 5

Handwritten bill from William Collson to Andrew Bordman for carpentry work between October 5, 1774 and 1778. Payment acknowledged by William Collson on verso.

Bill, 1778 May 22

Handwritten bill from John Jones to Andrew Bordman for work in June 1776. Payment acknowledged by John Jones on verso.

Bill, 1779 January 19

Handwritten bill from William Collson to Andrew Bordman for carpentry work on January 19, 1779. Payment acknowledged by William Collson on verso.

Collection of Harvard College quarter bill and butler's bills sent to Charles Davis, 1793-1796

This collection consists of one quarter bill and three butler's bills, all sent to Charles Davis while he was an undergraduate at Harvard College. The quarter bill is from August 1795 and the butler's bills are from February and November 1793 and July 1796. John Pipon and Timothy Alden were the butlers at this time, and Caleb Gannett was the steward (responsible for the quarter bill).

Bill of disbursments [for the] sch[oone]r Lydia : manuscript, 1790

List of ship's expenses between Feb. 7 and May 25; dated at Aux Cayes, (Haiti) May 27, 1790; includes money paid to an interpreter at Tobago, workers for ship maintenance, and various harbor officials; and notation of purchases for goods such as sugar, coffee, rice, tar, food, and rum.

Hādhihi Tarjamat quṭb al-wāṣilīn wa-ghawth al-sālikīn al-ʻārif billāh Sayyidī Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Abī al-Maḥāsin al-Qāwuqjī al-Ḥasanī

min qalam ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Adʹhamī al-Ṭarābulusī.

al- Zajr wa-al-iqmāʻ bi-zawājir al-sharʻ al-muṭāʻ li-man kāna yuʼminu billāh wa-Rasūlihi wa-yawm al-ijtimāʻ ʻan ālāt al-lahw wa-al-samāʻ: wa-bi-hāmishihi al-Durar al-durrīyah al-mustanīrah bi-ḥadīth lā ʻadwá wa-lā ṭīrah

li-Abī ʻAbd Allāh Sayyidī Muḥammad ibn al-Madanī Jannūn.