Printed proposal for a system of mensuration, 1790 January

This broadside contains a proposal for a "System of Mensuration" by William Croswell.

Agreements with Mr. Davies respecting Tables of Longitude, 1790 October 2

This folder contains two handwritten agreements concerning the exchange of mathematical calculations by Nathan Davies for copies of Croswell's published tables of longitude.

Payment order for Eliab Stone, 1790 July 1

Handwritten order to John Sale to pay scholarship funds to Eliab Stone for use by his son, signed by John Clarke, David Tilden, and James Morrill.

Quarter bills for Daniel Marrett signed by Steward Caleb Gannett, 1786-1790

Fourteen printed quarter bills for Daniel Marrett (Harvard AB 1790) with sizing and punishment totals, signed by Steward Caleb Gannett.

[Fragment of quarterly account], 1781-1790 July

One-page handwritten unidentified accounting with entries between August 1781 and August 1790 following the format: date, weeks, rate, and total. The first entry reads: "Aug. 28 1781 ... 761 weeks ... @ 3/6 ... 133.3.6."

IV. Promissory Notes, 1790-1793

This series consists of handwritten slips written by the borrower with the promise of repayment with interest to a specified lender. Some of the notes reflect loans made to the Butler by members of the community, and others are promissory notes to Adams signed by Harvard students.

Bond between John Leverett and Elisha Cooke to John White, Treasurer of Harvard College, 1716 November 20

Two folio-sized leaves containing a one-and-a-half page copy of the bond between John Leverett and Elisha Cooke to John White, Treasurer of Harvard, for £200. The bond was witnessed by William Austin and Mary Gilbert. An October 3, 1726 receipt of payment from Nathaniel Byfield on the bond, signed by Treasurer Edward Hutchinson, is located on the verso of the first leaf.