English Orations, 1810-1820

A handwritten list of the English oration subjects delivered on Commencement and Exhibition Days between 1810 and 1820.

Letter from Benjamin Croswell to William Croswell, 1810 March 30

One-page letter from William Croswell's cousin with information about the ailments of Benjamin Croswell's wife.

Letters from William Croswell to Sarah Bumstead, 1820

This folder contains fifteen letters to Croswell's sister that primarily discuss financial issues and information about Croswell's activities.

Letter from William Croswell to Benjamin Webb, 1820 January 3

Draft of a one-page letter with information on Croswell's activities.

Letter from William Croswell to R. Nicholson, 1820 January 13

Draft of a one-page letter to Nicholson, a Liverpool mathematics teacher, which accompanied copies of Croswell's Mercator map.

Letter from William Croswell to Robert Breeze, 1820 January 14

Draft of a one-page letter regarding Croswell's Mercator map.

Letter from William Croswell to Charles Turner, 1820 January 14

Draft of a page-and-a-half letter to Charles Turner in Liverpool concerning Croswell's Mercator map.

Letter from William Croswell to Charles Stimpson, 1820 January 15

Draft of a one-page letter regarding Croswell's Mercator map.

Letter from William Croswell to Redford Webster, 1820 February 24

Draft of a one-page letter declining a request by Webster.

Letters from William Croswell to John Thornton Kirkland, 1820 April-August

This folder contains copies of three brief letters from Croswell to Harvard President Kirkland, dated April 5, 1820, July 6, 1820, and August 28, 1820, requesting payment.

Letter from William Croswell to Charles Stimpson, 1820 May 6

Draft of a one-and-a-half-page letter with information about Croswell's activities.

Letter from William Croswell to Thaddeus Harris, 1820 May 22

Handwritten copy of a one-page letter requesting advice about the Harvard Library Catalogue.

Letter from William Croswell to Mr. Norton, 1820 August 14

Handwritten copy of a brief note from Croswell requesting he be allowed to continue to keep borrowed library books.