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Conditions of lease of No. 8 Cornhill, on the Webb Estate, to Hervey Nolen, October 1, 1810 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 26Identifier: UAI15.750
Scope and Contents:

Signed by John Davis and Hervey Nolen.

Conditions of lease of a shop on Devonshire Street, on the Webb Estate, October 1, 1810 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 27Identifier: UAI15.750
Scope and Contents: This series contains documents related to the Webb Estate, which comprised land, a dwelling house, and spaces for commercial business in Boston. Included are a manuscript copy of Henry Webb's will; leases of the estate, or portions of it, to many individuals; correspondence about the property; memoranda of agreement; documents related to difficulties in procuring rent from tenants; bills and receipts for maintenance work on buildings; and lists of tenants and their rents. Records related to...

Bills from Michael Neef and Barnard Cermenati (for work done on Webb Estate?), February 9, 1811 and March 12, 1811 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 28Identifier: UAI15.750
Scope and Contents: This series contains documents related to the Webb Estate, which comprised land, a dwelling house, and spaces for commercial business in Boston. Included are a manuscript copy of Henry Webb's will; leases of the estate, or portions of it, to many individuals; correspondence about the property; memoranda of agreement; documents related to difficulties in procuring rent from tenants; bills and receipts for maintenance work on buildings; and lists of tenants and their rents. Records related to...

Bernard Cermenati’s agreement to lease house on Devonshire Street, on the Webb Estate, March 14, 1811 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 29Identifier: UAI15.750
Scope and Contents: This series contains documents related to the Webb Estate, which comprised land, a dwelling house, and spaces for commercial business in Boston. Included are a manuscript copy of Henry Webb's will; leases of the estate, or portions of it, to many individuals; correspondence about the property; memoranda of agreement; documents related to difficulties in procuring rent from tenants; bills and receipts for maintenance work on buildings; and lists of tenants and their rents. Records related to...

Proposal for insurance of house on Devonshire Street (Webb Estate) with Massachusetts Mutual Fire Insurance, July 19, 1811 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30Identifier: UAI15.750
Scope and Contents: This series contains documents related to the Webb Estate, which comprised land, a dwelling house, and spaces for commercial business in Boston. Included are a manuscript copy of Henry Webb's will; leases of the estate, or portions of it, to many individuals; correspondence about the property; memoranda of agreement; documents related to difficulties in procuring rent from tenants; bills and receipts for maintenance work on buildings; and lists of tenants and their rents. Records related to...

Memorandum of lease of house and shop on Devonshire Street (Webb Estate) to John Byrne, July 23, 1813 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 31Identifier: UAI15.750
Scope and Contents:

Signed by John Davis, John Byrne, and Henry Ware.

Lease of house and shop on Devonshire Street (Webb Estate) to Ephraim Russell, July 7, 1814 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 32Identifier: UAI15.750
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Signed by Ephraim Russell, John Davis, and John Knapp.

List of repairs needed at No. 9 Cornhill (Webb Estate), prepared by Caroline H. Fanning, August 1, 1814 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33Identifier: UAI15.750
Scope and Contents: This series contains documents related to the Webb Estate, which comprised land, a dwelling house, and spaces for commercial business in Boston. Included are a manuscript copy of Henry Webb's will; leases of the estate, or portions of it, to many individuals; correspondence about the property; memoranda of agreement; documents related to difficulties in procuring rent from tenants; bills and receipts for maintenance work on buildings; and lists of tenants and their rents. Records related to...

Lease of house and shop on Devonshire Street (Webb Estate) to Joshua Binney, November 1, 1814 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 34Identifier: UAI15.750
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Signed by Joshua Binney, Alexander Nash, John Davis, and John Knapp.

Lease of house at No. 9 Cornhill, on the Webb Estate, to Joel Dix, April 22, 1815 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 35Identifier: UAI15.750
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Signed by Joel Dix and Sarah Dix. Indicates payments made from 1815-1818.

Manuscript copy of letter from John Davis to Joel Dix about repairs to house at No. 9 Cornhill, May 25, 1815 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 36Identifier: UAI15.750
Scope and Contents: This series contains documents related to the Webb Estate, which comprised land, a dwelling house, and spaces for commercial business in Boston. Included are a manuscript copy of Henry Webb's will; leases of the estate, or portions of it, to many individuals; correspondence about the property; memoranda of agreement; documents related to difficulties in procuring rent from tenants; bills and receipts for maintenance work on buildings; and lists of tenants and their rents. Records related to...

Passage from an order issued by the Master of the Rolls in London, concerning William Pennoyer’s charitable gifts, March 7, 1706 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 62Identifier: UAI15.750
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Note on verso: “Received from our benefactor, Mr. Tho[ma]s Hollis of London, March 6, 1727. [Signed] Benjamin Colman.”

Legal decisions concerning distribution of Pennoyer estate, and schedules of payments to beneficiaries, July 25, 1706 and March 7, 1708 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 63Identifier: UAI15.750, UAI 15.750 Box 1, Folder 63
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William Rogers was the judge who made these decisions. Document contains two charts outlining the distribution of money from the estate to hospitals, schools, relief for the poor, and other charitable causes.

Letter from Henry Newman to John White about revenues from the Pennoyer estate, February 11, 1716/7 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 64Identifier: UAI15.750
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Newman wrote from Middle Temple, London; letter includes this passage: “And tho the late Lord Chancellor Harcourt was pleased to say that he would as soon consent to throwing the money in ye Thames as to remitting it over to he did not know whom in New England to be spent in Eating and Drinking, I wish only that all charitys here were as well managed as what is in your hands.” Document contains a second brief letter, undated and in an unknown hand.

Statement of account, Joseph Mico with Harvard College, April 1767-July 1771 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 65Identifier: UAI15.750
Scope and Contents: This series contains records related to Pennoyer's bequest to Harvard and includes an extract from his will; legal documents concerning the distribution of his estate; and decades of correspondence with the individuals who took responsibility for transferring the estate rents from the trustees at the Governors of Christ's Hospital to Harvard College. These individuals included Henry Newman, Joseph Mico, Thomas Gibson, and Thomas Gibson, Jr., and their correspondence with the Harvard College...

Letter from Thomas Gibson to Ebenezer Storer about payments from the Pennoyer Estate Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 66Identifier: UAI15.750
Scope and Contents: This series contains records related to Pennoyer's bequest to Harvard and includes an extract from his will; legal documents concerning the distribution of his estate; and decades of correspondence with the individuals who took responsibility for transferring the estate rents from the trustees at the Governors of Christ's Hospital to Harvard College. These individuals included Henry Newman, Joseph Mico, Thomas Gibson, and Thomas Gibson, Jr., and their correspondence with the Harvard College...

Statement of account, Gibson, Johnson & Co. with Harvard College, July 1774-May 1784 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 67Identifier: UAI15.750
Scope and Contents: This series contains records related to Pennoyer's bequest to Harvard and includes an extract from his will; legal documents concerning the distribution of his estate; and decades of correspondence with the individuals who took responsibility for transferring the estate rents from the trustees at the Governors of Christ's Hospital to Harvard College. These individuals included Henry Newman, Joseph Mico, Thomas Gibson, and Thomas Gibson, Jr., and their correspondence with the Harvard College...

Letter from Thomas Gibson to Ebenezer Storer about financial matters, February 2, 1785 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 68Identifier: UAI15.750
Scope and Contents: This series contains records related to Pennoyer's bequest to Harvard and includes an extract from his will; legal documents concerning the distribution of his estate; and decades of correspondence with the individuals who took responsibility for transferring the estate rents from the trustees at the Governors of Christ's Hospital to Harvard College. These individuals included Henry Newman, Joseph Mico, Thomas Gibson, and Thomas Gibson, Jr., and their correspondence with the Harvard College...

Letter from Thomas Gibson to Ebenezer Storer with statement of account, March 23, 1786 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 69Identifier: UAI15.750
Scope and Contents: This series contains records related to Pennoyer's bequest to Harvard and includes an extract from his will; legal documents concerning the distribution of his estate; and decades of correspondence with the individuals who took responsibility for transferring the estate rents from the trustees at the Governors of Christ's Hospital to Harvard College. These individuals included Henry Newman, Joseph Mico, Thomas Gibson, and Thomas Gibson, Jr., and their correspondence with the Harvard College...

Letter from Thomas Gibson to Ebenezer Storer with statement of account, February 4, 1788 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 70Identifier: UAI15.750
Scope and Contents: This series contains records related to Pennoyer's bequest to Harvard and includes an extract from his will; legal documents concerning the distribution of his estate; and decades of correspondence with the individuals who took responsibility for transferring the estate rents from the trustees at the Governors of Christ's Hospital to Harvard College. These individuals included Henry Newman, Joseph Mico, Thomas Gibson, and Thomas Gibson, Jr., and their correspondence with the Harvard College...

Letter from Thomas Gibson to Ebenezer Storer with statement of account, August 7, 1788 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 71Identifier: UAI15.750
Scope and Contents: This series contains records related to Pennoyer's bequest to Harvard and includes an extract from his will; legal documents concerning the distribution of his estate; and decades of correspondence with the individuals who took responsibility for transferring the estate rents from the trustees at the Governors of Christ's Hospital to Harvard College. These individuals included Henry Newman, Joseph Mico, Thomas Gibson, and Thomas Gibson, Jr., and their correspondence with the Harvard College...

Letters from Thomas Gibson to Ebenezer Storer about financial matters, May 31, 1791; June 21, 1791; and July 31, 1792 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 72Identifier: UAI15.750
Scope and Contents: This series contains records related to Pennoyer's bequest to Harvard and includes an extract from his will; legal documents concerning the distribution of his estate; and decades of correspondence with the individuals who took responsibility for transferring the estate rents from the trustees at the Governors of Christ's Hospital to Harvard College. These individuals included Henry Newman, Joseph Mico, Thomas Gibson, and Thomas Gibson, Jr., and their correspondence with the Harvard College...

Letters from Thomas Gibson to Ebenezer Storer about financial matters, December 17, 1793 and August 5, 1796 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 73Identifier: UAI15.750
Scope and Contents: This series contains records related to Pennoyer's bequest to Harvard and includes an extract from his will; legal documents concerning the distribution of his estate; and decades of correspondence with the individuals who took responsibility for transferring the estate rents from the trustees at the Governors of Christ's Hospital to Harvard College. These individuals included Henry Newman, Joseph Mico, Thomas Gibson, and Thomas Gibson, Jr., and their correspondence with the Harvard College...

Letter from Thomas Gibson to Ebenezer Storer with statement of account, December 30, 1797 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 74Identifier: UAI15.750
Scope and Contents: This series contains records related to Pennoyer's bequest to Harvard and includes an extract from his will; legal documents concerning the distribution of his estate; and decades of correspondence with the individuals who took responsibility for transferring the estate rents from the trustees at the Governors of Christ's Hospital to Harvard College. These individuals included Henry Newman, Joseph Mico, Thomas Gibson, and Thomas Gibson, Jr., and their correspondence with the Harvard College...

Letters from Thomas Gibson to Ebenezer Storer about financial matters, (with statement of account), April 5, 1798 and August 13, 1799 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 75Identifier: UAI15.750
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Gibson informed Storer on April 5, 1798, that he would need a renewed power of attorney from Harvard in order to continue to collect rents from the hospital trustees, as his previous power had been granted when Massachusetts was a colony and was no longer considered valid.