Method of preventing disorders at chapel, church &c., 1797 November 25

Three-page draft of a report presented to the "executive government" of Harvard College by the "committee appointed to prepare a plan for the suppression of certain disorders during the public services in the chapel & in the meeting house."

Address to the students in general, 1797 March 13

Handwritten copy of an address by Eliphalet Pearson made "in ye middle of public lecture 13 Mh. 1797, in consequence of repeated scrapings, shuffling, & thumping with various other noises; all which appeared to be confined to the freshmen."

Exhortation read to 27 of the Sophomore class, 1797 July 1

9-page handwritten copy of an address by Eliphalet Pearson read to twenty-seven members of the sophomore class after an incident on June 27, 1797 in which "in direct violation of College law a majority of the sophomore class repaired to the house of Richard Boardman in this town; that they did then & there indulge to a free use of wine" that incited them to drunkenly parade through town and disturb the evening church services of the College.

Quarter bills, 1797

Four printed quarter bills for Loammi Baldwin dated February 23, 1797, May 25, 1797, August 24, 1797, and November 23, 1797.

L.B.'s letter respecting excuse to president of College, 1797 August 31

Brief handwritten note to Loammi Baldwin from his son requesting a written excuse to be sent to the Harvard President for his absence on election day.

Absence notes, 1797-1800

Five short handwritten notes from Loammi Baldwin to the Harvard Faculty excusing his son for absences from College. The excuses were written on September 9, 1797 for sickness; September 23, 1797; February 10, 1798; February 19, 1799 due to the illness of Mrs. Baldwin; and March 23, 1800 due to weather.

Lists of Phi Beta Kappa's new members, 1790, 1793, and 1797

Shapleigh served as Secretary of Harvard's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in 1797.

[Correspondence originally sewn into the front of Volume 1], 1771-1783

This folder contains three letters originally sewn to the front inside cover of Volume 1 of Sewall's bound lectures (HUG 1782 Box 3). A fourth letter is still glued to the inside front cover and listed with the volume. The three letters consist of a letter from B. Kennicott to Stephen Sewall, May 14, 1771 and two letters written in French from Antoine Court de Gébelin to Stephen Sewall, one written on March 3, 1780, and the second received on November 18, 1783. The letter from Benjamin Kennicott acknowledges Sewall's letter to him and offers instructions for paying for a subscription to Kennicott's work. A portion of the missing text from Box 1 can be found in this folder.