No. 6 Rough Draught of Memorial of Col. Officers, [1799 February]

Four folio-sized leaves containing a handwritten draft of a petition to the Massachusetts General Court from the Harvard President and Professors regarding the addition of a clause in a pending tax act denying tax exemptions to the Harvard College officers. The petition specifically responds to the statements in the January 1799 memorial of the Committee of the Town of Cambridge.

No. 7 Answer from Committee of Cambridge to Memorial of President & Professors of H. College, Copy 1799 February

Four octavo-sized leaves containing a handwritten copy of a detailed response by the Committee of the Town of Cambridge (comprised of James Winthrop, William Winthrop, and Ebenezer Stedman) to the memorial of Harvard College officers to the Massachusetts General Court.

Paid to Inhabitants of Cambridge For Supplies in the Hall, [1799 June]

One octavo-sized folded leaf containing a short handwritten list of payments made to Cambridge for supplies between 1796 and 1799.

Acknowledgment of Atkins, Dexter, Hall 1, 1780 March 22

One-page handwritten letter to "the Reverent the President, Professors, and Tutors of Harvard College," signed with the last names of Dudley Atkins, Samuel Dexter, and Joseph Hall, asking the President and Tutors for their pardon.

The Memorial of Nicholas Sever, and William Welsteed (manuscript copy), 1721 June 21

One folio-sized leaf containing a handwritten draft of the June 21, 1721 memorial from Nicholas Sever and William Welsteed to the Harvard Board of Overseers. The document is labeled "a true copy" and begins, "Sheweth That ye next &..." and contains struck-through words and edits.

Memorial to Overseers (manuscript copy), 1721

One folio-sized leaf containing a one-and-a-half-page handwritten draft of a memorial to the Overseers in Nicholas Sever's hand requesting the resident Fellows receive membership in the Corporation. The text of the memorial begins, "Shewith That by ye Charter of 1650, whc: ye College is now upon ye Next & Immediate Governm't : of ye Society is limited to ye Corporation."

Proceedings in Tanner vs. Hall, 1758, June

Copy of the proceedings in the case of Benjamin Tanner vs. Jasper Hall of Kingston (Jamaica), relating to various lands, etc. With the autographs of Henry Moore, governor, and John Arnold, registrar of the high court.

Hall-i ebyat-ı müşkilat-ı Celaleddin Rumî / li'ş-Şeyh el-ârif billah Seyyid Emir Buharî : manuscript, [1827]

Commentary on Persian verses composed by Jalāladdīn Rūmī and translation of and commentary on a Greek poem by Rūmī.