[Admittatur of Thomas Wigglesworth], 1829 August 24

Printed copy of an undated abstract of laws and regulations with the admittatur of undergraduate Thomas Wigglesworth signed by President Josiah Quincy on August 24, 1829.

[Admittatur of John Capen], 1836

Printed copy of the 1833 abstract of laws and regulations with the admittatur of undergraduate John Capen signed by President Josiah Quincy on August 30, 1836. The admittatur also includes a certificate of removal from probation signed December 20, 1836.

[Admittatur of W. O. White], 1836 August 30

Printed copy of the 1833 abstract of laws and regulations with the admittatur of undergraduate W. O. White signed by President Josiah Quincy on August 30, 1836.

[Admittatur of Samuel F. McCleary], 1837 August 28

Printed copy of the 1833 abstract of laws and regulations with the admittatur of undergraduate Samuel F. McCleary signed by President Josiah Quincy on August 28, 1837.

[Admittatur of Isaac F. Shepard], 1838 August 28

Printed copy of an undated abstract of laws and regulations with the admittatur of undergraduate Isaac F. Shepard signed by President Josiah Quincy on August 28, 1837.

[Admittatur of Thomas Bartlett Hall], 1840 August 25

Printed copy of an undated abstract of laws and regulations with the admittatur of undergraduate Thomas B. Hall signed by President Josiah Quincy on August 25, 1840. The admittatur identifies Hall as a freshman.

[Certificate of admission of Thomas B. Hall], 1840 August 27

Printed copy of an undated abstract of laws and regulations with the admittatur of undergraduate Thomas Bartlett Hall to the Sophomore class on probation signed by President Josiah Quincy on August 27, 1840. The admittatur identifies Hall as a sophomore.

Estimate of expense of repairs of Massachusetts by [John] Walton and [Josiah] Moore, 13 January 1806

Includes estimate from Walton & Moore for adding another storey to Massachusetts Hall, replacing the roof, replacing glass, and painting the interior.

Estimate from Josiah Bemis to John Lowell and Loammi Baldwin for Chelmsford granite, [ca. 1813]

Bemis, responding to an advertisement from Lowell and Baldwin requesting bids for building materials, outlines his proposal for using Chelmsford granite for the construction of University Hall. Bemis lists 12 stipulations in his proposal including costs per bricks, techniques for constructing the upper storeys, and labor costs.

Misr. [Josiah] Moore, [John] Walton's & al's estimate, [ca. 1813]

Moore and Walton's projected cost for finishing University Hall is $5,386.61. This includes finishing the roof, laying the floors, and installing the gutters and windows.

Annotated almanac, 1772

The calendar pages are typically annotated with one or two notes at the bottom recording household activities in Hannah and John Winthrops' hands. The volume has a piece of marbled paper, a small piece of paper with excerpts of epitaphs from London and its environs described, in John Winthrop's hand, a scrap of blotting paper, a tabulation of butter in Hannah Winthrop's hand, and baptisms and deaths in the community, and a bill of mortality for 1772 in John Winthrop's hand.

[Student essay on happiness], 1772 June 1

Folio-sized leaf containing a handwritten essay on happiness that begins, "Happiness is what all Mankind profess they are seeking..." The essay is signed "Pearson" and the verso is inscribed: "Of Men the happiest he, who far from Public Rage, / Deep in the Vale with a choice few retired. June 1 1772."

[Lines from The Adulateur, ca. 1772]

One leaf containing a handwritten set of lines for Cassius from The Adulateur: A Tragedy, as it is now acted in Upper Servia written by Mercy Otis Warren in 1772.