Memorial to the Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1828 April

Five drafts of a letters requesting support to reprint Croswell's 1791 Tables for Computing the Longitude by the Lunar Observations.

Power of attorney for Joseph Chip, 1804 December 21

Handwritten draft of a power of attorney, in Croswell's hand, authorizing John Jones to act for mariner Joseph Chip.

Liverpool travel documents, 1807

This folder contains five documents related to Croswell's voyage and stay in Liverpool, England.

Company orders, 1810 May 2

A printed request for Croswell to appear for military duty.

Housing advertisements, 1817; 1822

This folder contains an 1817 handwritten newspaper wanted advertisement for lodging and an 1822 newspaper advertisement paid for by Croswell for lodging and work as a copyist.

Draft of lease agreement, 1832 May

Handwritten document with drafts of a lease agreement with William Croswell and Sarah Bumstead, as tenants, for lodging in Boston.

Plan for the arrangement of the catalogue of the University Library, [1817 January]

Six-page handwritten draft of an organization plan for the catalogue of the Harvard University Library.

Harvard Corporation votes, 1819; 1821

One page containing handwritten copies of two Harvard Corporation votes related to Croswell's employment at Harvard.

Harvard College, undated

Two-page handwritten chronology of Harvard College's establishment and history from 1636 to 1657.

Rates of dockage, undated

One-page list of rates of dockage that may have been used in teaching.

Payment order for Peter Whitney, 1791 July 4

Handwritten order to John Sale to pay scholarship funds to Peter Whitney for use by his son, signed by John Clarke, David Tilden, and James Morrill.

Title page of scrapbook with Harvard University Library bookplate

This bookplate indicates that the scrapbook was donated to the library by Edward L. Pierce in June 1893; it is not known who assembled the scrapbook, although it was presumanly either Pierce or the younger Sumner.

[Form of Admission of Ichabod Tucker (Harvard AB 1791)], 1787 August 16-17

Printed certificate of admission for undergraduate Ichabod Tucker certified by Steward Caleb Gannett on August 16, 1787 and signed by President Joseph Willard on August 17, 1787.