[Certificate from Samuel Topliff], 1780 June 23

Handwritten certification from Samuel Topliff that Philip Draper boarded with his family and kept the town grammar school.

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.

Letter from Joseph Willard to Samuel Phillips, 1799 February 18

Four folio-sized pages containing a handwritten letter from President Willard to the President of the Massachusetts Senate, Samuel Phillips, regarding the taxation of College real estate and the history of the College's compromise with the Committee of the town of Cambridge regarding taxation.

[Letter from Samuel Stearns to President Kirkland], 1813 December 7

Letter to President Kirkland regarding a student named Hartshorn.

Letter from Joseph Willard to Samuel Phillips, 1799 February 14

Three folio-sized pages containing a handwritten letter from President Willard to the President of the Massachusetts Senate, Samuel Phillips, regarding proposed changes to the tax law before the Senate regarding the tax exemptions of College administrators and faculty.

Statement of trips, 1795

Thirteen statements of trips of the Cyrus between April 23, 1795 and December 9, 1795 signed by Steward Caleb Gannett. The statements list the cords of wood added to the College's supply and the cords sold. The statements are on thirteen slips of paper of various sizes bound with thread.

Copy of an enrolment of Sloop Cyrus No. 56, 1795 May 14

Copy of the vessel enrollment certificate for the sloop Cyrus on one folio-sized leaf. All ships owned by United States citizens were required by federal law to be registered.

Bill of sale of sloop Cyrus, 1795 March 4

Bill of sale transferring William Winthrop's share of the sloop Cyrus to Treasurer Ebenezer Storer. This bill of the sale has a wax seal but is unsigned.

Mr. Monis's daggishes, [ca. 1728]

A one-page handwritten estimate of the "number & shape of ye letters wth dauguesh" needed to print the Hebrew Grammar sent by Judah Monis to the Corporation and a list of Hebrew characters with the related number of type needed for the printing. The document is undated but likely written in 1728 following the Harvard Corporation's vote on June 24, 1728 that the Treasurer should collect "so many Hebrew Types & points" needed for a complete set.

Mr. Monis's receipt, 1728 June 19

Slip of paper containing a receipt signed by Judah Monis to Treasurer Edward Hutchinson for "the charge in printing a specimen of the Hebrew Grammar."

Corporation votes about Hebrew, 1725-1728

One-and-a-half page handwritten copy of Corporation meeting minutes for April 14, 1725, May 6, 1728, June 17, 1728, and June 24, 1728, in President Benjamin Wadsworth's hand, related to the production of the Hebrew Grammar.

Letter from Samuel Checkley to Nathan Prince, Dec. 14, 1741 with copy of Board of Overseers' meeting minutes from Nov. 27, 1741 on verso

The minutes contain votes of the Overseers relative to Prince's case. Checkley appears to have served as the Overseers' Clerk pro hac vice on several occasions.

Letter from Peter Thacher to Loammi Baldwin, 1795 May 5

One-page brief handwritten letter requesting Baldwin appear in Cambridge in his capacity as a member of the committee for examining the senior and junior classes.

Notification to Loammi Baldwin, 1795 June 25

One-page brief handwritten letter requesting Baldwin attend an examination and committee meeting.

Mr. Monis's account for printing, 1728

One-page handwritten itemized bill from Judah Monis listing the cost for printing a sample page of the Hebrew Grammar as well as lodging and transportation expenses for May 31-June 1, 1728.