Copy of resignation, 1854 January 25

One-page handwritten copy of Francis Sales's letter of resignation as instructor of Spanish to the Harvard Corporation. The document is pasted on the verso of a sheet also holding the October 22, 1835 letter from Sales to President Quincy (HUG 1763 Box 1, Folder 3, Item 1).

Copy of the Corporation vote regarding the death of Francis Sales, 1854 February 25

One-page handwritten copy of the Harvard Corporation vote of condolence following the death of Francis Sales.

Letter from Charles Sumner to Miss Sales, 1854 August 9

Handwritten letter of condolence from United States Senator Charles Sumner (Harvard AB 1830) to Francis Sales's daughter following her father's death. The mailing envelope accompanies the letter.

Letters from Daniel Bates to William Jenks, May 1795-September 1798

Daniel Bates wrote these five letters to his friend and classmate, William Jenks, between May 1795 and September 1798. In a letter written May 12, 1795, Bates informs Jenks, who was then employed as an usher at Mr. Webb's school, of his studies of Euclid, the meeting of several undergraduate societies, and various sightings of birds, gardens and trees. In a letter written in November 1795 from Princeton, where he was apparently on vacation with the family of classmate Leonard Jarvis, he describes playing the game "break the Pope's neck" and tells Jenks what he was reading (Nicholson, Paley?, and Thompson) and what his friend's father was reading (Mirabeau and Neckar).

Collection of Harvard College quarter bill and butler's bills sent to Charles Davis, 1793-1796

This collection consists of one quarter bill and three butler's bills, all sent to Charles Davis while he was an undergraduate at Harvard College. The quarter bill is from August 1795 and the butler's bills are from February and November 1793 and July 1796. John Pipon and Timothy Alden were the butlers at this time, and Caleb Gannett was the steward (responsible for the quarter bill).