Samuel Phillips donation (printed circular), 1794

Two-leaf printed circular regarding the distribution of religious books according to the bequest of the estate of Samuel Phillips. The circular lists Eliphalet Pearson as a member of the Committee for distributing books. There is a struck-through handwritten note about the distribution of Dr. Watt's Divine Songs. The circular has the inscription: "Papers of 1794. College Papers."

Bills Dr. to Tho. Adams late Coll. Butler, 1791

The paper-covered book contains a two column debit and credit entry section for students created by Thomas Adams and updated by Samuel Shapleigh for the Classes of 1792 through 1794. The final page includes the note, "The above is the Balance due to me as Butler of College- Cambridge Novr 15, 1791--Tho Adams." The book includes annotations made at a later date noting students not found in other College records. The cover of the book features an engraving of a young woman in profile.

Address to the students, 1791 September 17

5-page handwritten copy of an address by Eliphalet Pearson made to Harvard students Bowman, Flagg, McKean, and Shaw reprimanding them for their "abusive treatment of the Junior class." The students are likely Thomas Bowman, Samuel Aldridge Flagg, and Joseph McKean, members of the Class of 1794, and Philander Shaw, member of the Class of 1792.