Minutes of the Proceedings of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College, 1775-1776 Digital
This is a small, paper-bound "waste book" containing minutes taken by the Secretary pro tempore, Samuel Cooke, at meetings held on the following dates: July 31, 1775; August 8, 1775; August 22, 1775; September 5, 1775; October 3, 1775; October 23, 1775 (fragmentary); November 5, 1775; April 16, 1776; and April 23, 1776. Because these meetings took place during the American Revolutionary War, they were held in the "Council chamber at Watertown."
Meeting minutes maintained by the Secretary, May 7, 1776; June 4, 1776; and July 2, 1776 Digital
Because the Secretary was absent from the May 7, 1776 meeting, John Winthrop was chosen as Secretary pro hac vice (for that occasion only). Samuel Cooke, Secretary pro tempore, recorded the minutes for the June 4, 1776 meeting, and the minutes from the July 2, 1776 meeting are in an unknown hand.
Meeting minutes maintained by the Secretary, Sept. 3, 1776; Sept. 10, 1776; and Sept. 30, 1776 Digital
Meeting minutes maintained by the Secretary, Nov. 12, 1777 Digital
Meeting minutes maintained by the Secretary, April 17, 1792 and May 7, 1793 Digital
These minutes, recorded on the recto and verso of a single page, are incomplete excerpts.
Meeting minutes maintained by the Secretary, Oct. 6, 1801 Digital
The verso of these minutes contains a list of various gifts and bequests to Harvard, including what was presumably their current value.
Meeting minutes maintained by the Secretary, April 16, 1807 Digital
Meeting minutes maintained by the Secretary, April 21, 1812; May 4, 1812; and June 3, 1812 Digital
These minutes pertain to discussions of the General Court's "act to repeal an act" (also called "the Act to alter and amend the Constitution of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College, and to regulate certain meetings of said Board") in February 1812, which repealed changes made in 1810 to the Constitution of the Board of Overseers. The Overseers present at these meetings doubted the act's legality and discussed ignoring and/or attempting to overturn the act.