Box 3
Contains 79 Results:
Commencement address by Joseph Willard, [circa 1782?] Digital
Three undated drafts of a commencement address by Joseph Willard; two are in English and one is in Latin. The Latin version includes a page of manuscript explanatory notes, perhaps written by the donor.
Letter from the Chevalier de la Luzerne, Philadelphia, to Joseph Willard, April 26, 1782 Digital
The letter is in French, and thanks Willard for honorary degree.
Letter from Joseph Willard, Cambridge, to Ebenezer Storer, September 4, 1783 Digital
Payment for Dudleian lecture preacherd by Moses Hemenway (Harvard College Class of 1755).
Letters from Richard Price, Newington Green, to Joseph Willard, 1784-1787 Digital
The six letters are dated March 14, 1784; July 23, 1784; March 18, 1786; July 24, 1786; January 22, 1787; and October 10, 1787; the last was sent from Hackney. Topics within the letters include a donation by Price of books for the Harvard library, thanks for books sent to Price from Willard and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Price's book of sermons, and a scheme for providing annuities for the widows of ministers.
Writ of attachment, April 27, 1784 Digital
Writ of attachment against Samuel Gleason, Samuel Gleason, Jr., and John Gleason of Framingham for failure to pay indebtedness to Harvard College.
Corporation vote, March 3, 1785 Digital
Thanks to Richard Price for a collection of his books, signed by Joseph Willard.
Letter from John Adams, Auteuil near Paris, to Joseph Willard, Cambridge, April 22, 1785 Digital
Sending his son, John Quincy Adams, to Harvard to complete his education, and advice to Willard on traveling to Europe.
Corporation vote, September 27, 1785 Digital
Copy of Corporation vote regarding alterations to the rules respecting the Hancock Professor of the Hebrew and other Oriental Languages, signed by Joseph Willard.
Queries from a Committee of the General Court respecting the state of the College, June 9, 1786 Digital
Title transcribed from verso of document.
Letter from John Carroll, Washington City, to Joseph Willard, Cambridge, May 14, 1804 Digital
Introduction and recommendation of John Lee, son of Governor Thomas Sim Lee.
Collected documents from 1805, 1805 Digital
The folder contains three documents: a memorial of the professors and tutors, July 24, 1805, to the Harvard Corporation requesting an increase in salary; a March 4, 1805 letter from Samuel Webber to Eliphalet Pearson about removing minerals from the Philosophy Chamber; and an undated document from Samuel Webber relative to the Philosophy Chamber.
Letter from Henry Ware, Hingham, to John Eliot, Boston, February 27, 1805 Digital
Questions regarding the duties of his appointment as Hollis Professor of Divinity.
Letter from Tench Tilghman, Talbot County, Maryland, to Eliphalet Pearson, July 6, 1805 Digital
Request for his diploma.
Letter from the tutors to the president of Harvard College, [1806?] Digital
Declining compliance with the Corporation vote regarding a new arrangement in the Hall. Signed by Levi Frisbie, Ichabod Nichols, Peter Nurse, and John Farrar.
Letters from Joseph Green Cogswell to the Corporation of Harvard College, 1806-1807 Digital
Cogswell's letter dated August 1, 1806 petitions to leave the College for health reasons and voyage to India, while his letter of July 23, 1807 petitions for his degree.
Letter from John Pierce, Brookline, to Samuel Webber, July 18, 1806 Digital
Petition on behalf of Isaac Sparhawk Gardner to receive his degree.
Copies of letters from [Samuel Webber] to James Savage and David Tenney Kimball, July 16 and 18, 1806 Digital
Requesting Savage and Kimball to deliver orations at Commencement, where they will received their second degrees.
Petition of the Singing Club, November 24, 1806 Digital
Requests copies of the second edition of The Salem collection of classical sacred musick in three and four parts. Signed by Winthrop Bailey, president, and Abner Loving, secretary.
Petition from John Farrar to the Corporation of Harvard College, June 22, 1807 Digital
Request to have his room papered and painted.
Copy of a letter from [Samuel Webber,] Cambridge, to Molton C. Rogers, New Castle, Delaware, July 1, 1807 Digital
Requirements for admission and advanced standing.
Copy of vote of concurrence passed the Board of Overseers, July 23, 1807 Digital
Title transcribed from verso of document. Grant of $1000 to be given to the family of Ebenezer Storer, late treasurer of Harvard College.
Petition from Aaron Dexter to the Corporation of Harvard University, May 14, 1808 Digital
Requesting the appoinment of an adjunct professor for the Medical Institution.
Overseers votes, 1810 Digital
Notes and votes from meetings of the Overseers, signed by secretary John Lathrop.
Candidates for degrees, 1810 Digital
Title transcribed from document.
The document lists candidates for the degree of MA.
Regulations respecting repairs, [circa 1810?] Digital
Title transcribed from document. Regulations regarding student rooms, including damages to them. Contains a mention to the Regent, a position first appointed in 1800.