Box 3
Contains 79 Results:
[Notebook], 1802 Digital
Small sewn notebook containing notes on salaries of presidents and professors from 1792 to 1802. The notebook also contains objections, which focus on maintaining social rank and order. The notebook presumably pertains to the petition raised by Professors David Tappan and Samuel Webber regarding an increase in their salaries, and may be in the handwriting of Eliphalet Pearson.
Subscription list, March 31, 1802 [20th-century photostat] Digital
Subscription list from members of the Harvard and surrounding communities for the rebuilding of Princeton University's Nassau Hall, which was damaged by fire in 1802. The donors included Catherine Sweetser, who pledged $100.
Letter from James Dana, New Haven, to Joseph Willard, Cambridge, May 11, 1802 Digital
Request for an honorary degree for Josiah Whitney.
Letter from Joseph Willard, Cambridge, to Elnathan Weed, Stamford, Connecticut, May 13, 1802 Digital
Requirements for admission, in response to Weed's inquiry regarding his son, Jared Weed.
Letter from Samuel Webber, Cambridge, to Loammi Baldwin, Woburn, October 30, 1802 Digital
Wishes to procure for the College a stone as support for an astronomical instrument.
Statistics about graduates and degrees, [circa 1803?] Digital
One document lists the average number of scholars annually graduated at Harvard from 1642 to 1788; the other document lists the number of AB and AM degrees conferred by Presidents Holyoke and Willard between 1738 and 1803, along with calculations for related fees for degrees.
Immediate government vote, May 10, 1803 Digital
Notes and a vote from a meeting of the president, professors and tutors (known as the Immediate Government) on May 10, 1803, regarding disorderly conduct of the sophomore class.
Letter from Samuel Webber to Loammi Baldwin, June 29, 1803 Digital
Wants to procure a stone to use as support for an astronomical instrument.
Certificate, September 28, 1803 Digital
Certificate, signed by Joseph Willard, dissolving Elisha Hinds' connection with the College.
Letter from James Kendall, Plymouth, to Joseph Willard, September 28, 1803 Digital
Encloses a published version of the sermon he preached on the death of Professor David Tappan.
Papers relating to the University's printing press, [circa 1804] Digital
Contains accounts and memoranda documenting the cost of work done in the College's printing press, as well as indications of the works printed.
List of funds for student aid, 1670-1784, [circa 1804-1805] Digital
On the verso of the folded document are, on one side, a memorandum dated April 4, 1804, regarding student scholarships, and, on the other, the beginning of an unaddressed letter regarding a donation to the Library, dated June 19, 1805.
Extract of a letter from Dr. [Samuel] Williams dated Rutland, Vermont, January 6, 1804 to Dr. [Benjamin] Waterhouse, January 6, 1804 Digital
Title transcribed from document. Regarding use of the Philosophy Chamber while Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy.
Letter from Ezra Ripley, Concord, to Joseph Willard, April 9, 1804 Digital
Leave of absence from commencement requested by his son, Samuel Ripley.
Application for leave of absence from Samuel Ripley to the Corporation of Harvard University, [April 1804] Digital
A note at the bottom of the document reads: "May 9, 1804 granted."
Documents relating to John Lowell and the Royal Society, May 1804 Digital
An account of sundry articles bought for the apparatus of Harvard College in 1787 by S. [Samuel] Williams, April 27, 1787 Digital
Title transcribed from document. Account settled with Ebenezer Storer April 27, 1787.
Letter from Joseph Willard, Cambridge, to Loammi Baldwin, July 11, 1787 Digital
Requesting Baldwin or a deputy to have charge of the guard at Commencement. The letter is accompanied by a copy of the Corporation vote on this subject dated May 28, 1787.
Invitation to the Tutors and Samuel Webber, July 24, [1787] Digital
Invitation from the Corporation to Tutors Eleazar James, Nathan Read, Timothy Lindall Jennison, and Jonathan Burr, and Samuel Webber to dine. The invitation also contains notations of votes regarding the vacant logical tutorship.
An account of sundry articles bought for the apparatus of Harvard College in 1788 by S. [Samuel] Williams, April 14, 1788 Digital
Title transcribed from document. Account settled with Ebenezer Storer April 14, 1788.
Summons, August 7, 1788 Digital
Summons for Joseph Parker of Lincoln and John Parker and Thaddeus Parker of Lexington for indebtedness to the President and Fellows of Harvard College.
Letter from de Warville, Cambridge, to [Joseph Willard], September 8, 1788 Digital
Gathering vital statistics, presumably for his Nouveau Voyage dans les États-Unis de l'Amérique septentrionale, published in 1791.
Letter from Joseph Willard, Cambridge, to Thomas Jefferson, September 24, 1788 Digital
Presents Jefferson with an honorary degree, with a brief discussion of recent publications of scientific works.
Corporation vote, May 28, 1789 Digital
Copy of vote requesting the presence of James Winthrop as civil magistrate at Commencement, signed by Joseph Willard.
Letter from Caleb Gannett, Cambridge, to Joseph Willard, November 8, 1790 Digital
Regarding woodcutters.