Receipts related to the dispersal of the Croswell estate, 1785-1788

Seven handwritten receipts dated between 1785 and 1788.

Votes in Plimpton, 1788 April 7

Handwritten list of the votes cast for state government candidates in Plimpton, Massachusetts.

Copy of Andrew Croswell's executor's account, 1788 June 2

One-leaf account of the disbursements of the estate of Andrew Croswell presented to the judge of probate for Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Payment order for Ebenezer Thayer, 1788 July 1

Handwritten order to John Sale to pay scholarship funds to Ebenezer Thayer for use by his son, signed by John Clarke, James Thwing, and Jacob Williams.

Common trees / by J. Francis Macbride, Asst. Curator, Taxonomy, Dept. of Botany.

no.11(1936)

Letter from Francis Dana to Samuel Langdon, 1780 January 19

This one-page letter from Harvard alumnus Francis Dana (1743-1811; Harvard AB 1762), in Bilbao, Spain, to Harvard President Samuel Langdon concerns the donation of a Spanish book by Dana to the College Library.

The races of mankind: an introduction to Chauncey Keep Memorial Hall / by Henry Field -- Preface by Berthold Laufer -- Introduction by Sir Arthur Keith -- 9 plates in photogravure and 1 plan of the Hall.

no.30(1933)

II. Butler bills, 1788-1794

The Butler's bills are printed quarterly bill forms that the Butler completed with his name, the name of the student, the specific quarter and its ending date, and the total owed for "permitted articles." In some years the form included a space to input the amount for "Wines and other permitted Liquors."

[Form of Admission of Francis Oliver (Harvard AB 1795)], 1791 August 19-20

Printed certificate of admission for undergraduate Francis J. Oliver certified by Steward Caleb Gannett on August 19, 1791 and signed by President Joseph Willard on August 20, 1791.

Annotated almanac, 1788

Almanac interleaved with pages containing household account entries and containing annotations on the calendar pages. The interleaved pages contain entries of baptisms and burials, accounting records and notes of household activities, including entries related to boarders. One of the pages has a short list of some topics in the periodical The Spectator.