Corporation papers, 1st series, supplements to the Harvard College Papers
An abridgement of ye Colledge accounts, [circa 1650-1653?] Digital
Title transcribed from document. The name Samuel Eaton appears at the top of the document.
Accounts of commencements and tuitions for the years 1640-1652, 1640-1652 Digital
List of debits and credits associated with commencement and tuition. Includes references to contributions to the College from towns and scholarships, including the scholarship created by Lady Anne Mowlson's bequest in 1643.
Subscription lists and letters from towns, 1653 Digital
The folder contains subscription lists and letters (addressed to Increase Newell, a member of the Courts of Assistants) regarding voluntary contributions to the College from inhabitants of the towns of Andover, Cambridge, Concord, Dorchester, Haverhill, Hingham, Medfield, Reading, Salem, Topsfield, Watertown, Wenham, and Woburn, Massachusetts, and York, Maine. The folder also contains an account of commencements and tuitions.
College accounts, 1654 Digital
"Mr. Henry Dunster President."
Positions concerning ye Colledge business, [1654] Digital
Title transcribed from document. References to the duties of the Steward and to the collection of contributions from the towns.
Letter from William Brett to Governor Thomas Prence, [circa 1660s?] Digital
William Brett worked with Mr. [James?] Keith to promote the design of the College; twelve pounds of Indian corn are to be delivered to an unspecified town. The undated letter also discusses attempts to purchase lands by the Titicut River.
Undated letter. The original letter is accompanied by a typewritten 20th-century transcription with manuscript pencilled annotations.
Letter from Alexander Nowell, Joseph Browne, and John Richardson, Cambridge, to Governer John Winthrop, February 2, 1671 (20th-century photostat) Digital
Thanks for the telescope and other instruments sent by Winthrop.
A transcript out of ye old charter law-book printed A. dom.i. 1672, p. 293, [circa 1672] Digital
Title transcribed from document. A caption title from the verso of the document reads, "Who ye overseers be: extracts from the old charter law-book respecting the support of the President H.C., 1659."
Letter from Richard Bellingham, Boston, April 22, 1672 Digital
Written "with the advice of the rest of the overseers of Harvard Colledge in New England" to Richard Saltonstall, Nicholas Gregson, Rev. John Knowles, Robert Newman, and Anthony Wilson. Bellingham appointed the five men trustrees of the Overseers, giving them the authority to collect donations for the College in England.
Letter from Leonard Hoar, Cambridge, to [Governor Simon Bradstreet,] January 7, 1674 (20th-century photostat) Digital
Hoar asks that his resignation be expediated.
Photograph taken in 1909 from original document owned by Miss Theodora Willard of Cambridge.
Letter from Urian Oakes, Cambridge, to [Increase Mather,] October 20, 1677 (20th-century photostat) Digital
Notifying Mather of a meeting of the Corporation.
Subscriptions due, April 24, 1678 (20th-century photostats) Digital
Negatives and positive photostatic copies of a report of subscriptions for Old Harvard Hall.
Bill of lading for books sent to the College by Sir John Maynard, March 24, 1681 Digital
Letter from John Rogers, Samuel Andrew, John Cotton, Cambridge, to [Increase Mather,] September 10, 1683 (20th-century photostat) Digital
Two photostat copies of letter written by President John Rogers and Fellows Samuel Andrew and John Cotton asking the Overseers to reschedule commencement due to an eclipse of the sun predicted to occur on the scheduled day of July 2.
Petition to the Governor for degree of masters of arts, [March 1687] Digital
Signed by Thomas Dudley, Rowland Cotton, Henry Gibbs, Edward Mills, John Eliot, John White, and Jonathan Pierpont, all members of the Harvard College Class of 1685.
Proposalls by Jno. Leverett and Wm. Brattle Fellows of Harvard Colledge tendred to ye consideration of the Hon. Corporation meeting at Harvard Colledge in Cambridge, June 2, 1690 Digital
Request for arrears in salary from John Leverett and William Brattle. At the bottom of the document are notes on the Corporation's affirmative answer to the request.
Title transcribed from document.
Order of Governor William Phips, June 6, 1693 Digital
Order authorizing the payment of £100 to Increase Mather for his service as Harvard president. On the back of the document is Mather's receipt of the payment from John Phillips, treasurer of the Province.
Letter from William Veasey, New York, to the Bishop of London, December 2, 1699 (20th-century manuscript copy) Digital
Urges the Bishop to monitor the efforts on establish the charter of N. England College.
Address of the General Assembly of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay to his Majesty, June 14, 1700 Digital
Letter from John Leverett, Cambridge, December 14, 1708 Digital
Regarding the confession of the son of Mr. Shattuck for an unnamed disgression and requesting clemency in the temporal courts.
The letter is unaddressed, but the donation documentation suggests it was written to the president of the Massachusetts colony.
Obligation of Calvin Galpine to submit to the regulations of Mr. Boyle's charity, August 30, 1712 Digital
Galpine to receive one quarter of Robert Boyle's legacy. Signed by Calvin Galpine and his father, Calvin Galpine.
Letter from the Committee on the Hopkins Legacy, Boston, to Sir William Ashurst, January 25, 1713 (20th-century photostat) Digital
Asks Ashurt to be their guarantee. Signed by Increase Mather, Cotton Matther, John Leverett, and 17 others.
Letter from John Leverett, Cambridge, to Samuel Sewall, July 6, 1714 Digital
Letters from John Leverett to John White, December 21, 1715-June 27, 1721 Digital
The folder contains seven letters from Leverett to White with orders to pay Oliver Peabody and Calvin Galpine from Robert Boyle's legacy, with receipts signed by Peabody and Galpine on the versos. The letters regarding Calvin Galpine are dated December 21, 1715, and May 26, 1716; the letters regarding Oliver Peabody are dated April 15, 1720, July 22, 1720, April 6, 1721, May 11, 1721, and June 27, 1721.
Collected documents from 1716, 1716 Digital
The folder contains two documents: a letter from William Brattle, Cambridge, to John White, May 30, 1716, regarding the Pennoyer scholarships, and a letter from Henry Flynt to John White, September 12, 1716, regarding his salary; the document includes a receipt dated September 19, 1716, signed by Cornelius Nye.