Subseries E. Admittatur to Harvard College, 1785

This document, dated Sept. 9, 1785 and signed by Harvard's President, Joseph Willard, and its Steward, Caleb Gannett, granted Shapleigh admission to Harvard College.

Cambridge Main St. Subway, walls and well found in 1910 while excavating for Harvard Sq. station, 1912, with Letter from Edward Dana to S.E. Morison, 15 March 1934

Second copy of the previous blueprint. Also includes a 1934 letter from Edward Dana of the Boston Elevated Railway Public Trustees to Samuel Eliot Morison, Editor of The Tercentennial History of Harvard University responding to Morison's request for additional information about discovery of early Harvard building foundations during the subway construction excavation in Harvard Square.

Receipt from Edward Holyoke to Edward Hutchinson, 24 October 1751

This fragile receipt from Harvard president Edward Holyoke to Harvard treasurer Edward Hutchinson is for £50 for rent of Massachusetts Hall.

Subjects suggested by Edward Everett, 1823, undated

Four letters in the hand of Edward Everett, the Eliot Professor of Greek Literature from 1815 until 1826, containing suggested subjects and questions for President Kirkland. Three of the documents are undated and one is dated November 5, 1823.

The non-therapsid reptiles of the Lufeng Basin, Yunnan, China / David Jay Simmons -- [Edited by Edward G. Nash]

v.15:no.1(1965)

Annotated almanac, 1785

Almanac with no annotations accompanied by a gathering of unruled paper containing entries of baptisms and burials, accounting records and notes of household activities, including entries related to boarders.

A Syriac Oration: copy of Paul's oration to the Athenians, Acts 17th, ca. 1778

Edward Everett Hale has speculated that Parmele prepared this document, written primarily in Syriac, for an event at Harvard. It is unknown whether or not it was delivered.

Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum / by John Edward Gray.

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[Yearly account statement from 1785 to 1799 January]

One folio-sized leaf containing a handwritten unidentified statement with calculations by year between June 1785 through January 1799. The entries include a yearly figure and "deduct" amounts, and amounts include cents suggesting the figures represent income or repair amounts, as opposed to rents.