Letter from William Croswell to Charles Stimpson, 1832 October 16

Two drafts of a brief letter regarding the sale of Croswell's map.

Letter from William Croswell to [Dr. Channing], 1832 October 19

Draft of a letter concerning housing problems.

Letter from William Croswell to the Friends of Literary Undertakings, 1832 November 2

Document containing a draft of a letter regarding Croswell's work on cubic equations and notes for some additional letters.

Letter from William Croswell to an unidentified recipient, [ca. 1832]

Draft of a letter regarding Croswell's work on cubic equations.

Note from William H. Jackson to William Croswell, undated

Brief note from Jackson to Croswell requesting the purchase of a work on antinomianism.

Note from William Croswell to an unidentified recipient, undated

Brief note from Croswell requesting a Latin Dictionary for a project.

Memorials and petitions, also letters to Hon. Boards, 1822-1833

Paper notebook containing copies of letters sent by Croswell to the Harvard Board of Overseers, the Boston City Council, the Boston School Committee, and the Harvard Benevolent Society.

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.

Complaint of Harvard President and Tutors against Nathan Prince, submitted to Governor William Shirley and the Board of Overseers on Jan. 29, 1741

President Edward Holyoke and Tutors Henry Flynt, Joseph Mayhew, and Thomas Marsh accused Prince of "sundry crimes & misdemeanors" and "sundry evil actions," including weakening and undermining the College government, showing contempt towards his fellow Tutors and towards Hollis Professor John Winthrop (who he claimed "knew no more of Philosophy than a Brute"), and making insulting remarks on numerous occasions. Prince was accused of calling others "Fool, Rogue, Rascal, Puppy &c." and of calling Col. Brattle "a Devilish Lyar." He was also accused of "appearing often times, to be what is commonly stil'd the worse for Drink" and of neglecting his duties towards his students.

William Brattle's testimony against Nathan Prince, Nov. 27, 1741

Brattle claims to have heard Prince say, in regard to Henry Flynt, that "he hop'd to have an opportunity to stomp upon his grave" and that fellow Tutor Daniel Rogers was "a Cursed Fellow, Ignoramus, Blockhead, and that he was not fit to be admitted a freshman."

Guarantee of financial support for student James Savage, signed by William Tudor and John Cooper, 1799 July 25

This legal agreement, a guarantee of financial support for entering student James Savage (A.B. 1803), was signed on July 25, 1799 by his two guarantors, William Tudor and John Cooper. The document was also signed by two witnesses, William Tudor's sons John Henry Tudor and Frederic Tudor. The agreement specifies that, in the event of Savage's failure to settle all financial obligations to the President and Fellows of Harvard College during the course of his studies, the two guarantors would be responsible for a payment of two hundred ounces of silver. It seems that the Tudors and Cooper were relatives of Savage, thus explaining their desire to assure his entry to Harvard by entering into this financial obligation.