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.

Financial bills and receipts, 1809-1810

This folder contains five bills and receipts.

Proposal and recommendations for a celestial planisphere, or, map of the heavens, 1807-1810

This folder contains a broadside with an 1807 printed proposal for a Mercator celestial map that is appended with a handwritten list of subscribers, dated December 1810, as well as two copies of printed recommendations for the map.

Draft of an acknowledgment statement, [1810?]

One-page document containing notes presumably for an acknowledgment page of Croswell's Mercator map.

Company orders, 1810 May 2

A printed request for Croswell to appear for military duty.

XI. Catalogue of Harvard graduates, [ca. 1810]

This paper notebook contains a handwritten, alphabetical listing of graduates of the Harvard Classes of 1642 to 1809 presumably compiled from the published Triennial Catalogues.

Mens Sibi Conscia recti, 1760 February 22

Two-page handwritten composition in English signed "Jer'h Belknap Febry 22, 1760." The theme begins, "There is nothing in the world that can give a Man more secret pleasure and satisfaction than to be Conscious to himself of doing right. This is what is called Contentm't" and ends with two lines from Horace in Latin: "Hic murus aheneus esto," and "Nil Conscire sibi." A Latin version of the composition is available in Box 1, Folder 3.

Mens Sibi Conscia recti, 1760 February 26

Two-page handwritten composition in Latin signed "Jeremiah Belknap, February die 26mo Anne Domini 1760 mo." The document is a draft with edits and struck-through words. The text ends with two lines from Horace in Latin: "Hic murus aheneus esto," and "Nil Conscire sibi." An English version of the composition is available in Box 1, Folder 2.

Quarter bill book for the Classes of 1720-1760, 1720-1756

Parchment hardcover bound volume containing quarter bill tallies for the Classes of 1720-1760 arranged by seniority, and covering the bill period ending on June 10, 1720 through the period ending December 10, 1756. After each quarter's tallies, an additional section provides the totals for all students in each of the categories, and deductions for building repairs.

[Admittatur of Benjamin Dolbeare (Harvard AB 1763)], 1760

Notebook with a handwritten copy of the 1734 College laws and additional laws approved by the Corporation between 1756 and 1760 in English prepared by Harvard undergraduate Benjamin Dolbeare and signed by President Edward Holyoke, Tutors Belcher Hancock and Thomas Marsh, and William Kneeland and Josephus Jackson on January 12, 1760.

Catalogue of freshmen, 1760

List of the matriculating members of the Harvard Class of 1764.

English Orations, 1810-1820

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

Orations by candidates for the second degree, 1810-1824

A handwritten list of the oration subjects delivered by master's degree candidates on Commencement and Exhibition Days between 1810 and 1824.