Subseries J. Bill to the Town of Cambridge, 1789

This folder contains a bill from Samuel Shapleigh to the Town of Cambridge for keeping school from July 20 through October 20, 1789; it was submitted on November 2, 1789. Shapleigh requested reimbursement for his room, board, and furniture, in addition to his teaching.

No. 4 Petition of the Committee [sic] of the Town of Cambridge, 1799 January

Two folio-sized leaves containing a handwritten copy of a petition to the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the Committee of the Town of Cambridge (comprised by James Winthrop, William Winthrop, and Ebenezer Stedman). The petition includes eight points related to the tax exemptions of Harvard real estate and the personal property of College administrators and faculty, and requests further tax legislation to remove any ambiguity that prevents the College and associated individuals "from paying a just & equitable proportion of Town and Parish Charges."

Subseries J. Bill to the Town of Cambridge, 1789

This folder contains a bill from Samuel Shapleigh to the Town of Cambridge for keeping school from July 20 through October 20, 1789; it was submitted on November 2, 1789. Shapleigh requested reimbursement for his room, board, and furniture, in addition to his teaching.

Being a map of the town of Winchester in the state of Massachusetts, U.S.A. as it is in the year nineteen hundred and twenty nine

drawn by Ernest Dudley Chase ; issued by the Winchester National Bank.

The town of Winchester, Massachusetts

drawn in 1941 and brought up to date in 1952 by Ernest Dudley Chase ; distributed with the compliments of the Winchester National Bank.

The town of Winchester, Massachusetts

drawn in 1941 and brought up to date in 1964 by Ernest Dudley Chase ; distributed with the compliments of the Winchester National Bank.

The town of Winchester, Massachusetts

drawn in 1941 and brought up to date in 1957 by Ernest Dudley Chase ; distributed with the compliments of the Winchester National Bank.

Map of the town of Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts

from actual survey by E .M. Woodford.

Map of town of Walpole, Massaachusetts

Peter Boghossian, town engineer.

Zoning plan of the town of Wayland, Massachusetts

Everett M. Brooks & Co., civil engineers.

Draft of President Leverett's Harvard College charter, [ca. 1723]

Two folio-sized leaves and two octavo-sized leaves containing a handwritten draft of a Harvard Charter in President Leverett's hand. Following a salutation to King George, the text begins, "Whereas there hath been for more than seventy years past in the Town of Cambridge..."

[Letter regarding the taxing of Harvard College real estate] (incomplete draft), [1798]

Two leaves of a draft of a letter in Eliphalet Pearson's hand addressed to "Gentleman,"detailing the Committee of the town of Cambridge's attempts to tax real estate owned the College.

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.