Annotated almanac,1780

Almanac with annotations to the calendar pages noting the weather.

No. 1 Eliphalet Pearson a/c Book relating to the Estate of Mary H. Pearson, 1780-1813

Folio-sized account book in brown paper cover containing accounting records kept by Pearson related to the estate of his daughter Mary Pearson.

Annotated almanac, 1780

Almanac interleaved with pages containing sporadic entries documenting household activities and accounts, payments from boarders, and a list of baptisms and burials. On the last interleaved page there is an entry for May 19 of "a marvellous darkness over spread the whole horizon which oblidgd us to burn candles for near three hours such a phenomenon not remembered by the oldest person living."

[Certificate from M. Everett to the Governors of Harvard College], June 1780

Handwritten certification from [Moses] Everett that Philip Draper lived in Dorchester and kept the town grammar school.

[Certificate from Samuel Topliff], 1780 June 23

Handwritten certification from Samuel Topliff that Philip Draper boarded with his family and kept the town grammar school.

[Letter from Jason Haven to the Corporation of Harvard College], 1780 July 15

Handwritten letter from Jason Haven requesting the Corporation to grant Draper a degree.

[Letter from Hannah Draper to the Harvard Corporation], 1780 July 17

Letter from Hannah Draper, Philip Draper's mother, requesting her son's readmission to the College.

[Petition from Philip Draper to the Harvard Corporation, 1780]

Handwritten petition by Philip Draper requesting readmission to the College.

[Petition from Philip Draper to the Harvard Faculty, 1780]

Petition from Philip Draper explaining his reasons for returning to Cambridge during his rustication and requesting the pardon of the Faculty.

[Petition from Philip Draper to the Harvard Faculty], 1780 June

Petition from Philip Draper requesting he be readmitted.

[Petition from Philip Draper to the Harvard Faculty, 1780]

Petition from Philip Draper requesting he be allowed to graduate that year.

[Letter from Nathaniel Robbins to the Corporation of Harvard College], 1780 July 15

Handwritten letter from Nathaniel Robbins regarding Philip Draper.

[Draft of the vote of the Harvard Corporation], 1780 June 30

Draft of the vote by the Harvard Corporation that Philip Draper's application of readmission be rejected.