Letter from William Croswell to Robert Breeze, 1820 January 14

Draft of a one-page letter regarding Croswell's Mercator map.

Letter from William Croswell to Charles Turner, 1820 January 14

Draft of a page-and-a-half letter to Charles Turner in Liverpool concerning Croswell's Mercator map.

Letter from William Croswell to Charles Stimpson, 1820 January 15

Draft of a one-page letter regarding Croswell's Mercator map.

Letter from William Croswell to Redford Webster, 1820 February 24

Draft of a one-page letter declining a request by Webster.

Letters from William Croswell to John Thornton Kirkland, 1820 April-August

This folder contains copies of three brief letters from Croswell to Harvard President Kirkland, dated April 5, 1820, July 6, 1820, and August 28, 1820, requesting payment.

Letter from William Croswell to Charles Stimpson, 1820 May 6

Draft of a one-and-a-half-page letter with information about Croswell's activities.

Letter from William Croswell to Thaddeus Harris, 1820 May 22

Handwritten copy of a one-page letter requesting advice about the Harvard Library Catalogue.

Letter from William Croswell to Mr. Norton, 1820 August 14

Handwritten copy of a brief note from Croswell requesting he be allowed to continue to keep borrowed library books.

Financial bills and receipts, 1820-1821

This folder contains six bills and receipts.

Draft of report of Committee for regulation upon commons, June 12, 1820

On the same page as a partial letter dated May 5, 1820; it is unclear to whom the letter is addressed or who wrote it.

Junior Classology, [1820]

Handwritten copy of "Junior Classology on two leaves of unlined legal-sized paper. The verses begin, "Songs of Scholars, in reveling roundelays, / Belch'd out with hiccoughs at Bacchanal Go..." and ending "We'll ne'er be afraid, boys, tho' Tutors parade, boys; / Here's a health to the blade, boys, who loves a high go."

English Orations, 1810-1820

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

[Letter from Joseph Thaxter to Revd Charles Lowell], 1820 February 13

2-leaf handwritten letter describing the rebellion. Includes twentieth century typewriten transcription.

VIII. Harvard College Papers, 1st series, Volume 8, 1815-1820 (bulk 1815-1819)

The eighth volume of College Papers contains original documents dating from 1815 to 1819, spanning the tenures of president John Thornton Kirkland and treasurer John Davis. Much of the volume consists of general administrative correspondence exchanged between Kirkland and Davis. It also contains a document from 1820.