List of students, 1799-1800

Small notebook with brown paper covers containing handwritten lists of the members of the Harvard Classes of 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804 with unidentified annotations next to some names of a, c, o, s, t, and x.

Invitation from the Harvard Corporation to Eliphalet Pearson, 1806 March 28

One folded-leaf containing a handwritten invitation from the Harvard Corporation to Pearson requesting he attend a dinner with them.

Draft of a letter to the Harvard Corporation, 1806 March 28

One leaf containing a draft of a letter by Pearson to the Harvard Corporation declining the invitation to dinner.

Correspondence with James Sullivan, 1789-1792

Includes one bill to James Sullivan for fees incurred by William Sullivan (AB 1792). Also includes receipt for payment.

Testimonies of Students, Number 1-5, 1768 April

Handwritten testimonies of students regarding their actions during the rebellion. Each student's statement was numbered, and groups of statements were also assigned a number, as indicated in the list below.

Testimonies of Students, Number 6-10, 1768 April

Handwritten testimonies of students regarding the rebellion. Each student's statement was numbered, and sheets of paper were also assigned a number, as indicated in the list below.

Testimonies of Students, Number 11-16, 1768 April

Handwritten testimonies of students regarding the rebellion. Each student's statement was numbered, and sheets of paper were also assigned a number, as indicated in the list below.

[List of students involved in rebellion], 1768 May 4

Handwritten lists "To the Presid. Holyoke" of students consisting of "those who have been recd according to vote," and "Those ye remain to be admitted," and a record of the vote to remove waiters involved in the rebellion of their positions.

[Letter from William Allen to the Corporation of Harvard College], 1806 April 29

Letter requesting a proctor for the west end of Massachusetts Hall.

Address to the students, 1791 September 17

5-page handwritten copy of an address by Eliphalet Pearson made to Harvard students Bowman, Flagg, McKean, and Shaw reprimanding them for their "abusive treatment of the Junior class." The students are likely Thomas Bowman, Samuel Aldridge Flagg, and Joseph McKean, members of the Class of 1794, and Philander Shaw, member of the Class of 1792.

Address to the students in general, 1797 March 13

Handwritten copy of an address by Eliphalet Pearson made "in ye middle of public lecture 13 Mh. 1797, in consequence of repeated scrapings, shuffling, & thumping with various other noises; all which appeared to be confined to the freshmen."

Address to the students read in the Chapel, 1805 April 23

2-page handwritten copy of an address by Eliphalet Pearson relaying the votes of the Faculty recommending that students avoid "mixing with the inhabitants of the town" on election days following the students disruption of town election meetings on April 1, 1805.

Complaint of Harvard President and Tutors against Nathan Prince, submitted to Governor William Shirley and the Board of Overseers on Jan. 29, 1741

President Edward Holyoke and Tutors Henry Flynt, Joseph Mayhew, and Thomas Marsh accused Prince of "sundry crimes & misdemeanors" and "sundry evil actions," including weakening and undermining the College government, showing contempt towards his fellow Tutors and towards Hollis Professor John Winthrop (who he claimed "knew no more of Philosophy than a Brute"), and making insulting remarks on numerous occasions. Prince was accused of calling others "Fool, Rogue, Rascal, Puppy &c." and of calling Col. Brattle "a Devilish Lyar." He was also accused of "appearing often times, to be what is commonly stil'd the worse for Drink" and of neglecting his duties towards his students.

Lectures on Hebrew and Oriental Literature, delivered in Harvard College between the years 1765 and 1782, by Stephen Sewall, AM, AAS Hancock Professor, Volume 1 1765-1767

The volume contains handwritten copies of lectures delivered by Sewall to students, an 1780 letter from Antoine Court de Gébelin written in French and glued into the front inside cover, a preface to the set of lectures, an autobiographical sketch of Sewall, and the statutes governing the Hancock Professorship of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages.