1806, Catalogus senatus academici, eorum, qui munera et officia gesserunt, quique alicujus gradûs laureâ donati sunt in Univaersitate Harvardiana, Cantabrigiae, in republica Massachusettensi.

Hand-sewn marbled paper binding. Catalogue interleaved with unlined pages holding occasional biographical notes.

Salaries & grants voted, 1804 October 5

One folio-sized leaf containing a handwritten copy of certain votes of the Harvard Corporation on October 5, 1804 related to salaries, grants, and appointments.

References to certain articles in Coll. Books, [1804]

Nine small scraps of paper used by Pearson to note references to certain articles in the College Books. The notes are brief, for example "Professors' salaries p. 112," and refer to professorship rules, inductions, or salaries. The slips were originally folded into a little packet labeled "References to certain articles in Coll Books." One note was written on a scrap of a letter dated October 1, 1804.

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.

Character of the Mr. Appleton, 1804 November 12

Small leaf containing a handwritten extract from a November 12, 1804 letter by Rev. Joseph Lathrop to Rev. John Lathrop recommending Rev. Jesse Appleton as the successor to Dr. Tappan.

Letter from John Lathrop to Eliphalet Pearson, 1805 October 30

One folded-leaf containing a letter from John Lathrop to Pearson requesting his attendance at a meeting of the Harvard Corporation.

[Notes on Christianity], 1803-1804

Three pieces of paper consisting of a one-leaf handwritten summary of unidentified lectures about the divinity of Christ titled "lect. 62 to 66, page 51, March 22, 1803," and two slips of paper with handwritten copies of two declarations about the Christian trinity and divine nature. The copied declarations are in two different hands, and one copy is dated "Cambridge Novr 14th 1804."