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Clause copied from the 1711 will of Reverend Daniel Williams "as it stands recorded in a Book of Harvard College," attested by Benjamin Wadsworth at an unknown date.

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Clause copied from the 1711 will of Reverend Daniel Williams at an unknown date in the hand of John Leverett.

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Clause copied from the 1711 will of Reverend Daniel Williams at an unknown date.

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Copy of an extract of 1711 will of Daniel Williams attested by Joseph Willard at an unknown date. Title transcribed from the document.

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Copy of an extract of 1711 will of Daniel Williams attested by Joseph Willard at an unknown date. Title transcribed from the document.

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Copy of an argument for the rights of tutors to seats in the Corporation, and a petition for increased pay by Henry Flynt, Nicholas Sever, and Thomas Robie. Title transcribed from document.

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Copy of an argument for the rights of tutors to seats in the Corporation, and a petition for increased pay by Henry Flynt, Nicholas Sever, and Thomas Robie. Title transcribed from document.

This document is a duplicate of an item that can be found in Harvard University. Corporation. Harvard College Papers, 1st series, 1636-1825, 1831 (UAI 5.100):

Scope and Contents: Copy of a letter, dated November 14, 1720, from a clergyman to an unknown Harvard College Overseer regarding the state of the college, the Fellows of the House and their right to seats in the Corporation, higher salaries, and holdings in perpetuity. In Nicholas Sever's hand. Title transcribed from document.This document is a duplicate of an item that can be found in Harvard University. Corporation. Harvard College Papers, 1st series, 1636-1825, 1831 (UAI 5.100): ...

Scope and Contents: Copy of a letter, dated November 14, 1720, from a clergyman to an unknown Harvard College Overseer regarding the state of the college, the Fellows of the House and their right to seats in the Corporation, higher salaries, and holdings in perpetuity. Title transcribed from document.This document is a duplicate of an item that can be found in Harvard University. Corporation. Harvard College Papers, 1st series, 1636-1825, 1831 (UAI 5.100): ...

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Copy of an argument for the rights of tutors to seats in Harvard Corporation, and a petition for increased pay, by College Fellows Nicholas Sever and William Welsteed, dated June 20, 1721. Title transcribed from document.

This document is a duplicate of an item that can be found in Harvard University. Corporation. Harvard College Papers, 1st series, 1636-1825, 1831 (UAI 5.100):

Scope and Contents: Correspondence from Stamford, Connecticut, minister John Davenport to Boston minister and Harvard College Overseer Benjamin Colman (1673-1747; Harvard AB 1692, AM 1695), dated April 20, 1725, inquiring about the William Pennoyer bequest to Harvard and funding available for Reuben Pennoyer to attend. The Pennoyer estate provided stipends for two Fellows and two Scholars per year, and stipulated that one of those chosen should be an heir to Robert Pennoyer. Reuben Pennoyer did not become a...

Scope and Contents: Unsigned memorial by Nicholas Sever, possibly dated June 21, 1721, outlining arguments for rights of tutors to seats in the Corporation. This document is a duplicate of an item that can be found in Harvard University. Corporation. Harvard College Papers, 1st series, 1636-1825, 1831 (UAI 5.100): Another duplicate of this item can be found in Harvard University. Records relating to the Fellowship...

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Survey of 250 acres of Harvard-owned land in Lunenberg, Massachusetts, conducted by Nathaniel Heywood, dated December 26, 1729.

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Clause from Mary Saltonstall's will, dated March 11, 1729/30. Her gift supported two indigent students at Harvard. Title transcribed from document.

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Extract from the will of Samuel Browne, a Connecticut plantation owner who lived in Salem, Massachusetts, donating 200 acres of land, and £60 for Harvard College to buy a piece of plate bearing his arms. The Browne Cup, part of the Harvard College Plate, was commissioned with his gift.

Scope and Contents: Copy of a letter dated April 23, 1734, to Moses Bordman of Cambridge and Samuel Jones of Concord, Massachusetts, from Benjamin Wadsworth, Fellow Henry Flynt, and Steward Andrew Bordman II (1681-1747), regarding a survey of 250 acres in Townsend granted to Harvard College by the General Court in 1719. This document is a duplicate of an item found in Harvard University. Corporation. College Books, 1636-1827 (UAI 5.5): ...

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Note dated April 27, 1734, listing documents delivered to Moses Bordman prior to his departure to survey of 250 acres in Townsend, Massachusetts, which was granted to Harvard College by the General Court in 1719. The papers include the General Court grant, orders to Bordman and surveyor Samuel Jones, and a plan of Lunenberg Farm. Title transcribed from document.

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Copies of a quitclaim deed of property in Cambridge from John Bradish to Edmund Trowbridge and Ebenezer Bradish, dated 1741, and a quitclaim deed from Bradish to Trowbridge, dated 1744. The leases were entered into the registry of deeds in 1765.

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Copy of an agreement of Christopher Grant to sell Harvard Corporation 3.5 acres of land in Watertown, Massachusetts, adjacent to Hayward's Pasture, dated March 19, 1757. Deed includes a clause concerning the potential closure of a road running through adjacent land belonging to Francis Brinley. Signed by Edward Holyoke, with the College seal attached.

Scope and Contents: Copy of a conveyance of 3.5 acres of land in Watertown, Massachusetts, adjacent to Hayward's Pasture, from Christopher Grant to Harvard Corporation, dated March 19, 1757. Signed by Grant and his wife, Mercy, and witnessed by Edmund Trowbridge. Grant sold the land for approximately £23. This document is a duplicate of an item that can be found in Harvard University. Corporation. Records of land and property owned by Harvard University, 1643-1835 (UAI 15.750): ...

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Extracts of grants of land to assorted persons, dated 1763-1765. The source from which the extracts were copied, probably in 1809, is unknown, but appears to be a volume; the entries are numbered by page.

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Incomplete copy of Harvard College laws and extracts of administrative history, from 1642 to 1657 including the act to establish the Overseers in 1642 and the Charter of 1650. Title transcribed from document.

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Notes on meetings of the Overseers of Harvard College on June 6 and 13, 1722, to discuss a memorial by Tutor Nicholas Sever and request to expand the number of the Corporation Fellows to include tutors; the request was presented to and rejected by the Massachusetts General Court.

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Harvard College Charter, approved by the Massachusetts General Court on May 30, 1650, and signed by Governor Thomas Dudley (1576-1653).

This document is a duplicate of an item that can be found in Harvard University. Corporation. Harvard College Papers, 1st series, 1636-1825, 1831 (UAI 5.100):

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List of legacies funding scholarships to Harvard College, and appropriations for professorships, from 1650 to 1796. The name of the compiler of the list and date of compilation are unknown.