Rule, 1830 March 31

One-leaf containing handwritten instructions about drafting a paper.

Catalogue of freshmen, 1751

List of the matriculating members of the Harvard Class of 1755.

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.

Annotated almanac, 1751

Almanac containing calendar pages with sporadic annotations of unidentified measurements and interleaved pages with short handwritten entries about Winthrop's daily activities, and astronomical and meteorological observations. The entries include personal notes about travel, the weather, vegetable planting, a Latin entry on the death of Winthrop's eldest sister, and the death of Winthrop's son "my dear little babe Sammy" (July 28). There is an entry listing the burials and baptisms in Boston for 1751.

Quarterly account book, 1722-1751

The quarterly accounts are held in one tall folio volume spanning the years 1722-1751. The volume contains three sections: a journal of quarterly accounts tallying money owed to the Butler by students and tutors, followed by a journal of purchases made by the Butler, and finally, written tête-bêche (from the back cover forward), a ledger with weekly calculations and final quarterly sums owed the Butler by students and tutors.