Memorials to the Massachusetts General Court, 1833-1834

Ten drafts of letters to the Massachusetts General Court written between February 1833 and March 1834.

Memorial to the Selectmen of Charlestown, 1833 March-May

Five drafts of a letter.

Memorial to the Boston School Committee, 1833 May

Five drafts of a letter.

Memorial to the Harvard Benevolent Society, 1833 August

Four drafts of a letter.

Payment order for Robert Williams, 1758 September 25

Handwritten order to John Sale to pay scholarship funds Robert Williams, signed by Thomas Foxcroft, Charles Chauncey, Thomas Waite, Jonathan Williams, and Daniel Marsh.

List of freshmen approved, 1758

Alphabetical list containing only the surnames of the matriculating members of the Harvard Class of 1762.

Letter from Caleb Gannett to Eliphalet Pearson, 6 December 1804

College steward Caleb Gannett wrote this letter to interim Harvard president Eliphalet Pearson outlining supply and labor needs for an on-time completion of the new college, Stoughton Hall, in Spring 1805. Supplies include lumber for staircases, corners, and doors; lime and hair for masonry; window weights, oil, paint, nails, hinges, and locks. Gannett also requests the services of a workman to complete a coating for the roof.

Annotated almanac, 1758

Almanac containing calendar pages with sporadic annotations of measurements, a small number of notes including one about the prevalence of whooping cough (August), and a laid-in leaf. The laid-in leaf includes entries about the weather, deaths in the community, and a note of the number of deaths in the first Parish in Cambridge organized by age group.

Annotated almanac, 1758

Almanac containing sporadic annotations and entries in the hands of John and Hannah Winthrop on both the calendar pages and three additional leaves. Hannah Winthrop's entries include notes on the weather, deaths in the community, and amounts of "Island butter." An entry with burial statistics for the first parish in Cambridge appears to be the only entry in John Winthrop's hand.

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.