Austin's Petition, [1768 May]

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

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.

Peabody's Petition, [1768 May]

One-page undated handwritten confession by Stephen Peabody to the Harvard Faculty.

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.

Wm Howe & others Account and Receipt, 1768 May 21

Itemized handwritten bill for the services of eight men who guarded the College property on April 3, 1768. Includes a note by Deputy Sheriff William How[e] acknowledging receipt of payment by President Holyoke on May 21, 1768.

Vote of the Corporation respecting the readmission of Tudor and others, 1768 July 5

Handwritten copy of the vote of the Corporation to readmit Austin, Tudor, and Peabody, with the note that "The President entered his protest against the above vote." The document also transcribes a vote to amend the College Law Chapter V, Law 1 regarding students' quarterly charges from the Steward and Butler.

Papers relative to the re-admission of Tudor & others, 1768

Folded piece of paper with handwritten title used to organize papers related to the Rebellion of 1768.

Bill of sale of sloop Cyrus, 1793 February 2

Bill of sale between Thomas Sawyer, Jacob Adams, and Isaac Sawyer, all of Falmouth, Massachusetts, and Ebenezer Storer and William Winthrop for the sloop Cyrus.

Sloop Cyrus account for Charter to West Indies, 1793 July 27

One folded folio-sized leaf containing handwritten financial entries compiled by William Winthrop from February 1793 to July 1793. The entry notes that the sloop made a "voyage to the West Indies" between February and May 1793.

Sloop Cyrus accounts, 1793

One-folio page containing handwritten financial entries compiled by Treasurer Ebenezer Storer from February 1793 to December 1793.

Certificate of the sale of Cyrus' freight of wood, 1793 September 9

Accounting records related to the wood brought by the sloop between May and September 1793 on three slips of paper bound with thread. The last page contains a certification signed by William Winthrop on September 9, 1793 of the sale of wood in Charlestown.

Copy of resolves of the Overseers relative to the Disturbances at the Coll. ye beginning of Apr 1768, 1768 April 12

Handwritten copy of six resolves and one vote passed by the Board of Overseers regarding the behavior of undergraduates, copied by Andrew Eliot, secretary to the Board of Overseers, and entered into the College Book No. 7, page 177. The resolves reflected on the insubordination of Harvard students, declared the support of the Overseers towards the efforts of the College government to maintain order, and proclaimed the expulsion of guilty students a "just punishment." The Overseers voted to have the President read the resolves in the College Chapel, which was done by President Edward Holyoke on April 12, 1768.