No. 1 Acct. of Estate belonging to Harvard College January 1799

Two folio-sized leaves containing a one-page handwritten list and description of the College real estate.

No. 2 College Funds, 1799

One folio-sized leaf containing a handwritten accounting statement of the appropriated and unappropriated income from the Charles River and West Boston bridges and real estate of the College.

No. 5 Copy of Treasurer's Account of Rents &c, [1799]

Two folio-sized leaves containing a one-page handwritten list of the "Accounts of Houses in Cambridge belonging to the College" with purchase dates between 1790 and 1795, sale prices, and rent amounts, and a list of repair amounts. The statements are attested by Ebenezer Storer, the College Treasurer.

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.

8. Statement of Facts &c, [1799]

One folio-sized leaf containing a handwritten statement of accounting figures titled "Statement of Facts and Modern Estimates: Monies annually paid by or in behalf of the University in Cambridge."

10a. Statement of all Col. Incomes, [1799]

Two octavo-sized leaves containing a handwritten accounting statement titled "Statement of all College Incomes in Cambridge &c, made from official documents."

No. 12 Copy of Statement of Committee of Cambridge, [1799]

One folio-sized leaf containing a handwritten copy of a transcribed extract from the Charter of 1650 regarding property tax exemption, and followed with accounting figures related to rents and valuations of College properties. The verso has a handwritten paragraph on the unconstitutionality of the taxation practices towards the College.

No. 14 Actual amount of chamber rent & board, [1799]

One folio-sized leaf containing a handwritten table with information about student boarders in Cambridge residences listing the names of the heads of families, student names, the annual rent of chambers, the board per week, and a total amount.

Repairs of Houses in Cambridge from June 1797 to 1799, [1799 June 1]

Fragment of one leaf with handwritten accounting figures for the costs of repairs on Cambridge houses to June 1, 1799. The total sum on the document is included as a note at the bottom of the Treasurer's account.

Letter from Joseph Willard to John Lowell, 1799 January 17

One folded leaf containing a handwritten letter from President Willard to lawyer John Lowell of Roxbury, Mass. describing the papers accompanying the letter that relating to "the College business with the General Court."

11. Valuation, [1799]

One octavo-sized leaf containing an untitled handwritten list of types of property and land (e.g. dwelling houses, building, acres of tillage) and related valuations, presumably in the town of Cambridge.

Letter from Samuel Webber to Eliphalet Pearson, 1806 June 2

One leaf containing a letter from Samuel Webber to Pearson that accompanied a copy of the vote of the Corporation relative to compensation for Pearson's service to Harvard.

Letter from William Winthrop to Eliphalet Pearson, 1799 February 18

One octavo-sized leaf containing a handwritten letter from William Winthrop to Professor Pearson scheduling a meeting between the Committee of the town of Cambridge and Harvard administrators.

Letter from Samuel Phillips to Eliphalet Pearson, 1799 June 5

Two octavo-sized leaves containing a one-page handwritten letter from Samuel Phillips, President of the Massachusetts Senate, to Professor Pearson informing him of a bill before the Senate for enlarging the power of the College to hold tax-exempt real estate.