Letters from William Croswell to the Harrison Gray Otis, 1824-1825

Two leaves containing drafts of brief notes that accompanied letters for Harvard Corporation between April 1824 and April 1825.

Letter from William Croswell to the Mr. Holt, 1824 May 10

Draft of a letter complaining about the noisiness of Holt's students.

Letter from William Croswell to Thomas L. Winthrop, 1824 August 10

Draft of a brief letter requesting Winthrop communicate an arithmetical solution to the Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Letter from William Croswell to Mr. Sparks, 1824 September 10

Draft of a letter requesting employment with the North American Review.

Letter from William Croswell to James [Lloyd], 1824 September 16

Draft of a letter chiefly concerning a proposal for a new edition of Croswell's Mercator map.

Letter from William Croswell to the Mr. Holt, [1824] September 30

Draft of a letter complaining about the noisiness of Holt's students.

Memorial to the Harvard Corporation, 1824 March 31

Two drafts of a letter.

Memorial to the Harvard Corporation, 1824 June 24

One draft of a letter.

Memorial to the Harvard Corporation, 1824 November 10

Three drafts of a letter.

Financial bills and receipts, 1822; 1824; 1826

This folder contains four bills and receipts.

Drafts of documents related to Harvard employment, 1822-1824, undated

This folder contains eight one-leaf documents with calculations, notes, and drafts of a statement accounting for Croswell's employment and financial situation with Harvard between 1812 and 1821.

Statement of receipts and expenditures relative to my employment in Cambridge, 1824 undated

Two drafts of a statement.

Payment order for Robert Williams on behalf of William Bradford, 1757 August 16

Handwritten order to John Sale to pay scholarship funds to Robert Williams on behalf of his nephew William Bradford (Harvard AB 1760), signed by Thomas Foxcroft, Charles Chauncey, Thomas Waite, Jonathan Williams, and Daniel Marsh.

Receipt signed by Robert Williams, 1757 December 14

Handwritten receipt signed by Robert Williams acknowledging payment by John Sale of scholarship funds.

Quarter bill book for the Classes of 1757-1773, 1757-1769

Parchment hardcover bound volume containing quarter bill tallies for the Classes of 1757-1773 arranged first by seniority, and later alphabetically, and covering the bill period ending on March 11, 1759 through the period ending December 8, 1769. Billing categories are occasionally added or removed in the volume, including a Hebrew Grammar category in 1764, and one for the Hancock Professor in 1765. After each quarter's tallies, an additional section provides the totals for all students in each of the categories, and deductions for building repairs.