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Box 3

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Contains 79 Results:

Abstract of the medical institution, 1791 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 19Identifier: UAI 5.120
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Published abstract contained within a letter to the editors of the Massachusetts Magazine, August 16, 1791.

Letters from John Coakley Lettsom, London, to Joseph Willard, 1791-1797 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 20Identifier: UAI 5.120
Scope and content: The five letters are dated February 23, 1791; March 12, 1792; March 26, 1795; February 20, 1796; and September 27, 1797. The letter of February 23, 1791, includes a long discussion of the French Revolution. The letter of March 12, 1792, includes a discussion of the Priestley Riots and the political situation in Europe; the letter of March 26, 1795 continues this political discussion. The letter of February 20, 1796, mentions Willard's election to the Royal Society of Göttingen; the letter of...

Letter from Granville Sharp, London, to Joseph Willard, February 25, 1791 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 21Identifier: UAI 5.120
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Thanks for the honorary degree.

Letter from Johann or John Peter Buck, Peter's son, Hamburg, Germany, to Joseph Willard, April 24, 1791 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 22Identifier: UAI 5.120
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Wishes to begin a correspondence with Willard or another member of the University on the subject of botany.

Letter from Joseph Willard, Cambridge, to John Hancock, July 15, 1791 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 23Identifier: UAI 5.120
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Thanks for gift of Madeira, sherry wine, and loaves of sugar.

Letter from Joseph Willard, Cambridge, to John Hancock, December 27, 1791 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 24Identifier: UAI 5.120
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Recommendation of Jacob Foster from Berwick, Maine, as chaplain at Castle Island.

United States loan office receipt no. 2163 for certificate no. 2636, transferred from Daniel Austin to Joseph Willard, May 14, 1792 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 25Identifier: UAI 5.120
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Receipt for Revolutionary War debt received by Nathanial Appleton, commissioner of loans.

Letter from Alexander Hamilton, Philadelphia, to Joseph Willard, September 6, 1792 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 26Identifier: UAI 5.120
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Acknowledgement of honorary degree.

Letter from Joseph Priestley, Clapton, to Joseph Willard, Boston, April 10, 1793 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 27Identifier: UAI 5.120
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Introduction of Harry Toulmin, and the possibility of Priestley immigrating to the United States along with his sons.

Letter from Joseph Willard, Cambridge, to Loammi Baldwin, Woburn, July 7, 1793 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 28Identifier: UAI 5.120
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Requests his presence at Commencement.

Anticipation, July 1794 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 29Identifier: UAI 5.120
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Title transcribed from document. Description of Commencement.

Letter from Christoph Daniel Ebeling, Hamburgh, Germany, to [Joseph Willard], September 20, 1794 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 30Identifier: UAI 5.120
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Thanks for presents sent to him and promise to send translation of second volume of his geography.

Corporation votes, 1795 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 31Identifier: UAI 5.120
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Notes and votes from Corporation meetings on March 24, 1795 and September 23, 1795. Both documents are signed by Joseph Willard.

Corporation vote, August 28, 1797 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 32Identifier: UAI 5.120
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Notes and votes from Corporation meeting, signed by Joseph Willard.

Notes from meeting of the Overseers, October 3, 1797 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 33Identifier: UAI 5.120
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Handwritten notes from the Overseers meeting, signed by secretary Simeon Howard.

Dr. [Aaron] Dexter's report of things stolen from the Chymical [Chemical] Room, December 10, 1798 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 34Identifier: UAI 5.120
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Title transcribed from verso of document.

Articles to be procured for tutors, [circa 1800?] Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 35Identifier: UAI 5.120
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Title transcribed from document. List of furnishings for each of the three chambers occupied by the tutors.

Letter from Count Rumford, London, to Joseph Willard, June 1, 1800 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 36Identifier: UAI 5.120
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The establishment of the Royal Institution of Great Britain.

Letter from Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Joseph Willard, June 6, 1800 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 37Identifier: UAI 5.120
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Written on behalf of Martha Washington, thanking Willard for sending copies of the program from Harvard's commemorative service after the death of George Washington.

Regulations respecting a permanent tutorship, July 10, 1800 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 38Identifier: UAI 5.120
Scope and content: This subseries contains votes of the Harvard Corporation, correspondence, and financial accounts. Topics documented include operating a lottery to raise funds for a new College building; furnishings for the tutors’ rooms; the establishment of a permanent tutorship; the impact of the depreciation of currency on salaries; subscriptions for the rebuilding of Princeton University’s Nassau Hall; honorary degrees; admission and degrees; French language instruction; and the University’s printing...

Letter from Ebenezer Fitch, Williamstown, to Joseph Willard, Cambridge, August 18, 1800 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 39Identifier: UAI 5.120
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Thanks for honorary degree.

Corporation votes, 1801 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 40Identifier: UAI 5.120
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Copies of votes from Corporation meetings of June 3, 1801 and September 22, 1801, signed by Joseph Willard. A note on the back of the September 22 document reads: "Committee appointed to defend against Nicholas Boylston Esq., December 22, 1801."

Draft of letter from Eliphalet Pearson, Cambridge, to Judge Daniel Newcomb, April 13, 1801 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 42Identifier: UAI 5.120
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Regarding the suspension of Newcomb's son, Daniel Newcomb.

Corporation vote, September 22, 1801 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 43Identifier: UAI 5.120
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Notes and votes from Corporation meeting, signed by Joseph Willard.

Corporation votes, 1802 Digital

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 44Identifier: UAI 5.120
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Notes and votes from Corporation meetings of March 20, 1802, May 3, 1802, and July 14, 1802, signed by Joseph Willard.