ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN PRODUCTION NOTE University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library Brittle Books Project, 2019.COPYRIGHT NOTIFICATION In Public Domain. Published prior to 1923. This digital copy was made from the printed version held by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It was made in compliance with copyright law. Prepared for the Brittle Books Project, Main Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign by Northern Micrographics Brookhaven Bindery La Crosse, Wisconsin 2019Xtbran? of 1barvart> ^ntversit^. Bibliographical Contributions. EDITED BY JUSTIN WINSOR, LIBRARIAN. ISTo. 50. AN ANALYSIS OF THE EARLY RECORDS OF HARVARD COLLEGE, 1636-1750. \ BY ANDREW McFARLAND DAVIS, S.B., A.M. CAMBRIDGE, MASS.: Jggueti tig tfje Etfararg of J^arfaart (SniSjersttg. 1895.Already issued or in preparation: [Some of these Contributions are out of print.] VOL. I. i. Edward S. Holden. Index-Catalogue of Books and Memoirs on the Transits of Mercury. а. Justin Winsor. Shakespeare's Poems: a Bibliography of the Earlier Editions. 3. Charles Eliot Norton. Principal books relating to the Life and Works of Michelangelo* with Notes. 4. Justin Winsor. Piet.ts et Gratulatio. An Inquiry into the authorship of the several pieces. 5. List of Apparatus in different Laboratories of the United States, available for Scientific Researches involving Accurate Measurements. б. The Collection of Books and Autographs, be- queathed to Harvard College Library, by the Honor, able Charles Sumner. 7. William C. Lane. The Dante Collections in the Harvard College and Boston Public Libraries. Pt. I. 8. Calendar of the Arthur Lee Manuscripts in Harvard College Library. 9. George Lincoln Goodale. The Floras of different countries. 10. Justin Winsor. Halliwelliana: a Bibliography of the Publications of James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps. 11. Samuel H. Scudder. The Entomological Libraries of the United States. 13. First List of the Publications of Harvard Uni- versity and its Officers. 1S70-1SS0. 13. Samuel H. Scudder. A Bibliography of Fossil Insects. 14. William H. Tillinghast. Notes on the Historical Hydrography of the Handkerchief Shoal in the Bahamas. 15. J. D. Whitney. List of American Authors in Geology and Palaeontology. 16. Richard Bliss. Classified Index to the Maps in Petermann's Geographische Mittheilungen. 1S55- 1SS1. 17. Richard Bliss. Classified Index to the Maps in the Royal Geographical Society's Publications. 18304. 1SS3. 18. Justin Winsor. The Bibliography of Ptolemy'* Geography. 19. Justin Winsor. The Kohl Collection of Early Maps,, 20. William C. Lane. Index to Recent References Lists, no. 1. 1SS4-1SS5. VOL. II. 21. Second List of the Publications of Harvard Uni- versity and its Officers. 1SS0-1SS5. 32. Justin Winsor. Calendar of the Sparks Manuscripts in Harvard College Library. 23. William H. Tillinghast. Third List of the Publica- tions of Harvard University and its Officers. j.SSc- 1SS6. 34. William C. Lane. Index to Recent Reference Lists, no. 2. 1SS5-1SS6. 25. W. G. Fablovv and William Trelease. List of Works on North American Fungi. 26. William C. Lane. The Carlyle Collection. 27. Andrew McF. Davis. A few notes on the Records of Harvard College. 38. William H. Tillinghast. Fourth List of Publica. tions of Harvard University and its Officers. 1SS6- 1887. 39. William C. Lane. Index to Recent Reference Lists;, no. 3. 1SS7. 30. Facsimile of the autograph of Shelley's poem "To m Skylark," with notes. 31. W. G. Farlow. Supplemental List of Works on North American Fungi. 32. H. C. Badger. Mathematical Theses, 17S3-1S39. 33. William H. Tillinghast. Fifth list of Publication! i of Harvard University and its Officers. iSS7-iSSS. 34. William C. Lane. The Dante Collections in the Harvard College and Boston Public Libraries. 35. George E. Woodberry. Notes on the ms. of Shell* in the Harvard College Library. 36. William C. Lane. The Treat Collection on Ritu alism and Doctrinal Theology. 37. Frank Weitenkampf. Bibliography of Hogarth, i VOL. III. 38. William H. Tillinghast. Sixth List of Publications of Harvard University and its Officers. 15SS-18S9. 39. Alfred C. Potter. Bibliography of Beaumont and Fletcher. 40. William C. Lane. Index to Recent Reference Lists, no. 4. J890. 41. William H. Tillinghast. Seventh List of Publica- tions of Harvard University and its Officers. 1SS9- 1890. 43. William H. Tillinghast. The Orators and Poets of Piii Beta Kappa, Alpha of Massachusetts. 43. Charles Gross. A Classified List of Books relating to British Municipal History. 44. William H. Tillinghast. Eighth l^ist of Publica- tions of Harvard University and its Officers. 1S90- 1891. 45. William C. Lane and Charles K. Bolton. Notes on Special Collections in American libraries. 46. The Class of 1S2S, with a list of the publications of its members. 47. William H. Tillinghast. Ninth list of Publication* of Harvard University and its Officers. 1S91-1S92. 48. Stephen B. Weeks. A Bibliography of the Historical Literature of North Carolina. 49. M. H. Morgan. A Bibliography of Persius. 50. Andrew McF. Davis. An Analysis of the Earl/ Records of Harvard College, 1636-1750.EARLY RECORDS OF HARVARD COLLEGE. IIY ANDREW McFARLAND DAVIS, S.B., A.M. PREFATORY NOTE. The records of the College covering the period from 1636 to 1750 are to be found in three books which are spoken of by Quincy as Books I, III and IV. Book I is labelled on its back, College Book No. 1 & 2, and Book IV is labelled College Book No. 4 & 5. The paper of Book I is somewhat the worse for hard usage and shows the ravages of time. Questions frequently arise which may perhaps be solved by consulting its pages, and it has been evident for some time that it was desirable that there should be a copy made of this book and also of Book III, which should serve the use of those who desire to consult the early records of the College. Such a copy lias just been finished and the editor of the Bulletin has availed himself of this oppor- tunity to secure at the hands of the person who made it an analysis of the contents of these two books. To this has been added a brief account of Book IV, with sufficient extracts from its pages to furnish a key to the character of its pages. INTRODUCTION. In the 27th number of the Bibliographical Contributions, issued by the Library of Harvard. University, in 1888, I have given my reasons for thinking that the missing volume of records, which Dr. Eliot calls the fir.-t of the series, contained the records of the Overseers from 1654 to 1682, and by means of an Index to the Records compiled by President Wadsworth, I there showed that through transcripts entered in Books I and III the more valuable portions of the missing record have prob- ably been preserved. When I made the examina- tion which led to the publication of the foregoing paper I found that the first page of the book mnrked on the back " College Book No. 1 and 2 " w headed " College Book No. 1." Beginning w U this page the leaves of the book were consecu- ti dy paged for some distance, and the numbers i lough faint can now be easily identified as far i number 47. Apparently through carelessness, th«j pages in the series which should have been ni mbered 8 and 9 were turned over together, so th at the page numbered 8 is actually the 10th page, and the mistake is thereafter continued in the series. This pagination is invariably to be found on\ the outer corner of the leaves which it includes. Oiii the 23d page of this series, and the 25th actual pa|ge of the book, there begins in the inner corner a liiew series of paging, which, up to the 83d page of thte series, was entered in the left hand upper corner of each page. Thereafter the numbers of this series are entered in the outer corner of each page. The highest number of this pagination is 227. Judging by the characters of the figures the series beginning at page 23 is the older of the two. The leaves of this book have been trimmed somewhat by the binder. The writing was in places so near the margin that the knife has in some instances trespassed upon it. The pages measure at present 16£ by 61 inches and their total number is 354. Of the^e about one-third are blank, while only about fourteen in the middle of the book are so completely given up to records of Corporation meetings that they can be regarded as dedicated to that purpose. The latest entry of this character is in the handwriting of Increase Mather and is dated April 22, 1687 (Quincy, vol. I, p. 450, says the latest regular entry by Mather is dated July 8, 1686). The miscellaneous character of the entries which precede and are mingled with the records, and which fill the pages at the back end of the book, will appear more clearly in the analysis which follows. It is enough, for the present, to say that the leaves at the beginning were evidently in use prior to the date of the earliest record, for the purpose of entering the items of expenses incurred in finishing the rooms in the first College building; and that after the entry of the first record, the book was made use I 1528884 EARLY RECORDS OF HARVARD COLLEGE. of for keeping track of matters of general interest to the College, whether connected with property, discipline, eleemosynary funds or transactions at meetings. The back end of the book was simul- taneously used for a record of certain gifts to the Library. The conglomerate character of this use, the violation of chronological sequence in Lhe en- tries and the duplicate pagination compel us to exercise our individual judgments in the determi- nation of what the book is and how the entries came to be made as they have been. When I made the examination of the records which led to the publication of the paper hereto- fore alluded to, I paged Book I consecutively in lead pencil. Between the date of this examination and the time when the book was recently submitted to my inspection for a second time, several pages had become detached from the binding and had apparently slipped out of the book altogether. Whoever undertook to replace them fastened them in advance of the first page of the book, thus giv- ing the book a new page 1 and entirely destroying the sequence of the former paginations. The mis- placed pages contain the record of the meeting at which the Seal was adopted (of which Quincy gives a fac-simile) and the copy of Eaton's ac- count. I pointed out to Mr. Winsor that these pages were out of place. The evidence being satisfactory as to where they belonged, he restored them to their proper position in the book. The double paging in Book I either indicates that it i3 composed of two different manuscripts bound together, or that it was originally devoted to one purpose and subsequently appropriated for another. In either event the lack of chronological sequ< nee in the entries shows that after some of the earlier entries were made the blank leaves left between these entries were used at different times for recording memoranda relative to eleemosynary funds, etc., etc. If we eliminate entries which may be characterized as intrusive, we find upon the first twenty-five pages of the book a set of charges which relate exclusively to the Studies and Cham- bers in the first College building at Cambridge. . The Board of Overseers of the College was originally composed of a body of men whose time was monopolized,—the magistrates by their busi- ness and their official duties, the clergymen by the several congregations in whose service they were employed. Communication between the towns was difficult, and to attend a meeting meant, for nearly all of them, that they should give the entire day for the purpose. The affairs of the College during its infancy could not have demanded much oversight on their part. It is probable that they were seldom convened together during this period and it is doubtful if they then kept any regular book of records. In 1654, however, they chose a Secretary anl we know that after that date the records of their meetings were entered in a book wrhich was called by President Wads worth Book II. There was one meeting, however, held in 1643, in the College Hall, which was of such im- portance that it was entitled to record. A com- mittee was appointed to audit the expenditure of the money received from John Harvard's estate, a Treasurer was elected and a Seal was adopted. There was evident necessity of a formal record of the foregoing and of other important business transacted at this meeting, and it was obviously desirable that this record should remain in the custody of the College authorities. On the 27th page of Book I a record of the pro- ceedings at this meeting will be found, and it is sup- posed that the same is in the handwriting of Dunster. From the date of this meeting until 1672 the records are of a desultory character. After that date fre- quent records of Corporation meetings are entered. The fact that there are no other records of Over- seers meetings in the book which can be claimed as probably original, may raise a question in the mind of the inquirer whether the record of this particu- lar meeting is original or a transcript. It seems to me probable that it is ai} original record, that Dunster having no blank book at hand, made use of this book, in which entries relative to the cost of the Studies and Chambers in the College Build- ing had already been made. Thereafter, matters of importance to the College were from time to time entered on the pages of the book, and after 1672 for about fourteen years what few records of Corporation meetings have been preserved are to be found grouped together in the middle of this book. The volume containing the Overseers records covering the same period was probably destroyed when Harvard Ilall was burned. Between the 4th and 5ill clauses in the record of the meeting of the Governors of Harvard College, entered on page 27, there is a memorandum rela- tive to the payment of money, dated 1647. If this memorandum was made simultaneously with 'he rest of the record, it destroys the character of e entry as an original and relegates it to that o a transcript, made certainly as late as August, 16 '. I am of opinion that the entry in question is not the same handwri;ing as the record of the meeti" There are many points of resemblance between the two handwritings, but they are not identical. If this opinion is correct the date, 1647, applies cnlv to the intrusive entry which forms no part of the original record. College Book, No. Ill, is a much thinner book than the book labelled No. 1 and 2, having only 170 pages. The leaves measure 9 X 14 inches. On one of the fly leaves, inserted by the binder, Mir. Sibley has made a memorandum to the effect thatEARLY RECORDS OF HARVARD COLLEGE. 5 ''these books [referring probably to the Corpora- tion records then in existence] were bound in President Quincy's day." The paper of Book III, as well as that of which the Book numbered 4 and 5 is composed, was of French manufacture. It has two water-marks. One is a crown over a shield and on the latter is the jfteur de lis. Below, connected by a line, is a monogram composed of the letters WR. The other represents a cross standing upon the cross- bar of the letter Ii, in the abbreviation I.H.S. Below are the letters P. B. I have already alluded, in my former paper, to the fact that Mr. George Stewart, Jr. found paper with this water-mark in the Quebec Archives. This book is a compilation, all entries in it of date prior to 1683 being, ac- cording to Quincy, in Thomas Danforth's hand- writing. Certain marginal entries scattered through the book are mainly in Leverett's handwriting. The records of two or three meetings in 1681 are made partially illegible and the marginal entries by Leverett are evidently intended as substitutes. The records in this book which are of later date than 1683 and which form a connecting link with those in Book IV., together with a statement of the College property in 1693 are also in Leverett's handwriting. The portion of the book which immediately fol- lows that which has just been described, was appro- priated by Wadsworth for the purpose of entering an abstract of the real estate and a description of the annuities owned by the College in his day. The custom of entering the College lands here was kept up by some of his successors. Plots of some of the lots are given, some of which are of interest. The reverse end of the book was, at a later date, devoted to transcripts of degrees, either issued by foreign universities to local celebrities, or honorary degrees of the College. The collation of material in this book, illustra- tive of the history of the College, is of very great value. With the exception that it contains an im- pression of the first seal used by the College, it lacks the interest which attaches to the original entries in Book I. It is not easy to determine when the work was performed of collecting and^ entering the details which are transcribed in this book. If we knew positively when and how Dan- forth did this work it would aid us materially in the settlement of some disputed points. For in- stance, immediately under the date 1659, the fol- lowing entry occurs : "Mr. William Paine Merch4 gave to the Colledge Twenty pounds, to be layd out for the purchase of lands, & with money the lands whereon the Colledge now stands & the President's lodgings was bought conteyning about one acre & a rood." Under the heading, "An Ab- breviate of the Colledge Accounts conteyning both receits and disbursements from October 1654 untill Decemb. 1663. Extracted out of the Colledge Books, made and given in by Thomas Danforth, Treasr." Harvard College is made debtor "To a parcell of land on well the Coll. now stands . . 020£-10s-00d." Now if this entry was contempo- raneous it would indicate that the lot on which the first building stood, was not paid for until after 1659. Mr. T. W. Harris has noted in the margin against these entries an opinion that they refer to the second College building, which opinion was probably founded on the language used by Wads- worth in his description of the College homestead lot. A memorandum by Treasurer Richards in one of his account books corroborates this view. He says the money received from Mr. Paine was applied in payment for a lot purchased from John Betts, April 20, 1661. This lot is on Harvard * Square just north of where the old meeting house stood. If the northerly line of the lot was north of Harvard Hall it would bring the site, or the greater part of the site of the second building within its bounds. The earliest possible date, at which this building could have been spoken of, was in 1672. It was not until 1676 that the Library was established within its walls. At least it was on the 31st of August in that year that Daniel Gookin was paid £2 10s. " in satisfaction for his paines in removing the library to the new Colledge & placing them." From this we must^ infer that the transcripts entered in Book III were certainly not collated before these dates. I think it not improbable that the greater part of the work was done just before the latest date entered by Danforth ; that is to say, just before 1684. It may not be inappropriate to give a few ex- amples of the use of words in these records, either obsolete or unusual in our present vocabulary. Abbreviate, as a noun. The Treasurer's ab- stracts of College property are so termed. Act. Degrees were granted if at any Public Act the student had the approbation of the Col- lege Authorities. Bevers. Lunch. Beer, single and double. I take it this is a measure of strength. Behoofull. Bktrusted. Bequeathes and Bequeathals, in the sense of bequests. Caleshe* A carriage, (in the accounts). Commencer. One who takes part in the Com- mencement exercises. Cue-cups. A term in use at the English Uni- versities to designate a cup in which a small sizing or allowance was served. Concernement.6 EARLY RECORDS OF HARVARD COLLEGE. Damnify. To injure. Discontinuers. Students who do not complete their course of study, or, Fellows who do not serve out the term to which they were appointed. Dissettlement. Used to indicate a state of mind. Thus : The Overseers spent the day in prayer in consequence of dissettlement in College. Deo volente et juvante. Eared-cups. Exhibition. A beneficiary fund. Generally applied to funds founded in behalf of students. Flasket. Foreshowed. Foresignified. Goodman. Goodwife. Goody. Inceptor. One who is about to take the degree of A.M. Jag or Jagge. A load. Found in the Treas- urer's accounts. Thus: A Jagge of Wood. Ap- parently a Jag was smaller than an ordinary load. Jimmeros. In one of the accounts in Book I, a charge for "jimmeros" is combined with one for "nayles." The next entry in the .same account is "more gemmows." There would seem to be no other entry in the account to which the "more" coupled with gemmows could refer, than to that of jimmeros in the previous line. In the next account we have a charge for " gimmals/' In other ac- counts we have " gimmers " and " gimmews." All of these entries are probably charges for hinges used in the construction of the first College build- ing, and the several forms of the word are trace- able to a common origin. A brief review of the etymology of the word and of the history of its changes may be necessary to show this. Gemmow is an obsolete form for gimmal, the one according to Skeat, corresponding to the old French gemeau, masculine, and the other to gtmelle> the feminine form of the same word, the derivation of both being from the Latin, ge- mellus. Both forms have undergone extraordi- nary changes according to the dictionary makers. Huloet, in his A. B. C. Edarium, gives gemoll an I gemmow as the same, and defines gymmow as u a ringe to hange at ones eares as the Egyptians have." He also gives the " gymmow of a dore," thus indi- cating the use of the word in the builders' vocabu- lary in the first half of the sixteentli century. Baret refers for the definition of a gemmow-ring to gemmew. He gives no such word as gemmew but under gemow repeats Huloet's definition. Phillips refers for the definition of gimmal to gemmow-ring, which he defines as a kind of double ring linked with two or more links. Later, the word gemmow may be recognized in dictionaries under the forms gemmew and gimmew. Gimmal will be found as gimal, gimel, gimmel, gemmel, gemel, and gimmer. At some period in the existence of the word the letter b was introduced and we find the forms gimbal, gimbol, and gimble. Among modern orthoepists there is a division of opinion as to whether the g should be hard or soft in many of the foregoing forms of the word, but the fact that it was in many instances soft is shown by such spellings as jimmer, jimmel, and jimmal. The most acceptable spelling of the word to-day seems to be gimmal. The special form gimbal refers to the concentric rings applied to a ship's compass in order to preserve it in a horizontal position. Knight, in his Mechanical Dictionary, defines a gemel-hinge as consisting of an eye, a loop, and a hook. Jimmers are defined in modern diction- aries, either as hinges or as jointed hinges. If I am correct in supposing that the charges for jimmeros, gemmows, gimmals, gimmers and for gimmews, are for one and the same thing, viz. : for hinges, then we have upon these pages five of the forms in which this protean word has been perpetuated. In the same series of accounts we have also charges for hinges. Keeler. Knippers (Nippers?). M argent. Margin. Moderate. The verb having the same meaning that we find in the noun Moderator, a presiding officer. Mustard Querne. In the Inventory. Peale. An iron peale, in the Inventory, mean- ing, I should think, something which was used as a substitute for a hand-bell. This, however, is mere conjecture. Pottle-pots. Probationer. A divinity student on trial. Publiquely. Purge used thus : " Purge himself by sufficient witness." Questionist. Redeem. In the sense of improve, thus: "re- deem their time." Scoale. In the Inventory and probably meant for Scales. Seer. A title, the meaning of which I have not ascertained. Sire. Used in the list of rooms, thus : "the two sire studies." Perhaps the same as seer. Sizing. A portion or allowance. Ungirt. Dissolute. Wearth. A derivation of the verb to wear, formed like growth from grow, meaning practi- cally wear and tear. we all publicise. Winch for the Jack.EARLY RECORDS OF HARVARD COLLEGE. / The following is an analysis of the Contents of Books I, III, and IV, in which a sufficient number of the entries are given in full to show their character. Pages concerning which no mention is made are blank. BOOK I. Page 1. Forms: 4 4 Baccalaureorum Praesentatio"—44 Mag. Praesentatio in Angl." (Quincy, vol. I, p. 582.) Page 3. u An account of the glasse taken of Christopher Grant of Wattertowne, March 5, 1641. Imprimis, In the Hall & Schoole 112f 112-0 j Ite In the Library 35f 035-0 j Ite, In the Kitchen 18f-£ 018-h | The chamber over ye Schoole 25-| Item, In the Lanthorne 12f 012-0 Ite in the Turret 18f Staire Case 8f 026-0 Alcocks Studdy & Stowes 7f-£ 007-i Dns Alins Studdy & Welds 7{-h 007-i Dns Saltonstal's Studdy 5f-£ 005-h ! Stowes Chamber 6f 006-0 | Dns Saltonstalls Chamber 17f 017-0 ' Dns Bellingams Chamber 10f 010-0 Dns Buckleyes Chamber 31f 031-0 Winthrops Studdy lf-0-£ 001-i ! Mr Parish his Studdy 4f-£ 004-4 | ! Mr Harris his Chaber 6f-0 006-0 Mr President 31f-0-£ 031-4 1 : Bradfords Princes Starres & Cottons Studdyes llf on-o ! ! i : | Hall Studdy 1' 4 001-4 1 ; Mending glas at severall times 8f 1 ! Ad y4 was forgot 25f| I I • 1 370f of glas in all — Summe Totall in feet 370£ At 10d per foot ye summe j j Totall in value is all things acconted ! 15 ! 04 Whereof discharged by the Countrye 5lb j 05 00 00 In Glasse by the Praesident | 07 08 11 Payd by Mr Weld for H. Dunster to Cofer Grant 4 ! 03 01 Page 5. A few entries relating to the distribution of the Exhibition funds in 1673. The handwriting of these entries is of a different character from that of the majority of the entries in this part of Book I, and is said by Quincy (vol. 1, p. 449) to be that of President Hoar. Page 6. More entries of the same character as the foregoing and in the same handwriting. Page 9. Sir Bulkleys Study lb $ d Impr. For plankes.................0-16- 0 It. Toyejoyner.................0-17-10 It. For hinges, lock, & nnvles........... 7- 4d It. For glasse..................0-2-6 It. For dawbing ye walles............. -0-6 * d Sufiia..........2-4-2 It. Ye charges of ye chamber belonging thereto . . . 0-13— 4 This Study let to Sir Amos December 1645 Per me Johannem Bulkleyu Novem 17 1643.8 EARLY RECORDS OF HARVARD COLLEGE. The expenses on Thomas Paris his study This study let to John Bear- Bricks.......................0-12-00 don [?Birden] ye 29th of y« 8th Carting..............................................0-03-08 Mentletree......................0-01-08 Clay........................0-02-06 Masons work.....................0-12-00 Board........................0-10-00 Joyners work....................0-13-00 Nayles.......................0-01-06 Table & jiiueros......".............0-02-06 Lock & more gemmows................0-03-00 Seeling.......................0-00-10 Calking.......................0-01-00 The glass......................0-01-00 3-04- 8 Thomas Parrish Sir Brewsters Study. • 1645, November, 1. This s d Impr. For 200 foot of pine boards...........0-12- 0 It. For 8 dayes work & an halfe..........0-14- 8 It. For halfe a dayes worke to ye mason & joiners more 0-01- 0 It. For 3 foot of glasse ..............0-02- 6 It. For small gimmalls ..............0-0-7 It. For greater hinges...............0-2-6 It. For nayles, locke & key............0- 5-10 Suma Totalis...........1-19- 1 It. Ye charges of ye Chamber...........0-13- 4 2-12- 5 study let to Abraham Waiver Impr. It. It. It. It. It. Sir Downings Study, lb 8 d For boards 272 foote...........0-16- 3-ob. q] Ten dayes & k worke at 22d a day.....0-19- 3 For ye Smithe's worke...........0- 6-11 For glasse................0-2-1 For nayles, locke & key..........0-3- _ lh Suma Totalis.........2-7- 6-ob. q] The charges of ye chamber......... 0-13- 4 3-00-10 Let to Mr Danforth by y® Colledge Samuel Wintrops Study November ye first 1645 let to „ „ . , lb Sr Stow For all Particulars......................2- 0-0 It. ye Chamber....................0-13-4 2-13-4EARLY RECORDS OF HARVARD COLLEGE. 9 Page 10. Mr Richard Ilarriss Chamber Sieled with Cedar round about............. For ye Chimny half costs wth Tho. Paris so amounts to . . 1-11-10 Boarding round about wth all appurtenances of working thing nailes &c..................1-15-00 Glasse & Casmets..................0- 6-08 More July 18. & 9 board 107—lgt...........0-06-08 More board to John Weld 93f.............0-05-04 Item 100 foot of Willm Trench [?]...........0-05-06 Item 300 8d nailes..................0-02-00 Glass mending....................0-03-00 Joiners work by sd Weld...............0-12-00 A form & table.....• * •...........0-11-00 A key 8d, & smal nayles 3d..............0-00-11 Totall 5-19-11 Page 11. Sir Brewsters Study. 8 For two hundred foote of pine boards..........12-00 For eight dayes work and an halfe............14-08 For halfe a dayes worke to ye mason and somewhat upward . 01-00 For three foote of glasse................02-06 For small gimmalls...................00-07 For greater hinges...................02-06 For Nayles & other appurtenances from the Iron Monger . . 04-08 For a Locke & key....................01-02 Summa Totalis -01-18-01 Note. — This Brewster account is crossed out in the original. The Studies of High East Chamber. Sir Bellinghams Study Page 13. Contains the charges against "Sir Downing's Study." The account contains several corrections and erasures, and the whole of it was finally crossed out. Beneath the heading " The Library Chambers Studies " are the charges against "John Brockes Study." On the same page are charges for finishing the following Studies: " Jo- siah Winslow his Study — Let to Jonathan Michil, April, 1G46"; 11 John Newton or George Stirk, his Study — Let to George Stirk, 1G44"; and "John Allin, his Studdy — Let to Nath. Whyte, 1644." Page 14. Contains a memorandum entry dated March 1, 1659 [? 16§§]> relative to " Old Mary," who was apparently a goody, and one Norton who aspired to the position of Butler. Page 15. Under the heading "The Hiest West Chamber" is "A Note of the Expences of John Weld about his Study & bed," and below "The Expences for Sr Alcocks Study " are given. Page 17. The account entitled " Samuel Stow, his studyes account & bed together " was entered at the head of this page and then crossed out. This study was apparently in the Middle West This study left by Sr Belling- ham wth Sampson Eiton & after to Will. Stoughton. Chamber. Below on the same page the charges for finishing Sr Saltonstall's Study and Chamber are separately entered. Page 19. "John Brockes Studyes Account" is entered on this page. Page 21. The Account against Bradford's Study which had " a right to a Cabin in ye great chaber," is on this page. Page 23. Only a portion of this leaf remains. What is left of this page contains the charges for the finish of "Starr, his Study." The leaf is pieced out with two fragments which do not belong properly to this book. On the upper the records of two Corporation Meetings in 1673 are entered. On the lower there is a record of a meeting in 1675. Page 25. At the top of this page the charges for the finish of Prince's Study are entered. Below this there is entered a tabulated statement of the Studies in the College. In one column the income of the several rooms is given. In the other the quarterly rents. The figures given in the in- come column are in nearly every instance exactly forty times the corresponding quarterly rent.I o EARLY RECORDS OF HARVARD COLLEGE. The studdies in Harvard Colledge with their incoms $ quarterly rents. 1 Imprimis the Senior fellows Studdy in y® great chamber..... in y® corner west off ye buttery . . (Incom £4-0-0)....... His Sizers studdy over y® porch off that chamber........ 2 In ye lower East Chamber y® studdy by y® Hall......... The middle Studdy next thereto............... The Northermost Studdy in ye same row........... The corner Studdy over against it.............. 4 The low chamber westward off this betwixt it & ye Turret . . . The Studdy with ye fire in it over this little chamber...... The little Studdy next to it Eastward............ 6 In y® East Middle Chamber ye Southermost studdv........ The Middle Study..................... The Northermost Study in ye same row............ The corner study over against it............... 6 In ye highest East Chamber, ve Southermost Study........ The Middlemost Study................... The Northermost Study................... 7 In ye turret, ye South east study................ The North East Studdy................... The North West Study................... The South West Study................... 8 In ye great Chamber next ye Library the East study next ve Library The West Study in the corner................ . The West Study with ye firo ................ The Middle West Study .................. In ye middle chamber over ye kitchins. The Southermost Study . The Middle Study..................... The Northermost Study.................. The Corner Study over agst it..............• . 10 The Study in ye Chamber East off this over ve Larder..... In ye highest chamber over ve kitchen y® study wth ye fire..... 11 The middlemost study................... The corner study next to it................. The lowest study in ye Turret................ Income. £, 8 d 05-00- 0 0 04-00- 0-0 01-10- 0-0 03-00- 0-0 03-00- 0-0 03-00- 0-0 03-00- 0-0 03-10- 0-0 03-04- 8-0 01-00-00-0 02-17-06-0 02-12-05-0 03-00-10-0 02-13-04-0 03-00-00-0 12-10-00-0 12-10-00-0 02-00-00-0 02-00-00-0 02-00- 0-0 02-00- 0-0 02-10- 0-0 03-08-00-0 03-06-05-0 02-13-09-0 02-10-00-0 03-08-05-0 02-10-00-0 02-10-00-0 02-10-00-0 03-05-01-0 03-01-03-0 02-10-00-0 03-00-00-0 94-11-08 Qters rent. s d 00- 2- 6- 00-02-00-0 00-00-09-0 00-01-06-0 00-01-06-0 00-01-06-0 00-01-06-0 00-01-09-0 00-01-08-0 00-00-06-0 00-01-06-0 00-01-04-0 00-01-06-0 00-01-04-0 00-01-06-0 00-01-03-0 00-01-03-0 00-01-00-0 00-01-00-0 00-01-00-0 00-01-00-0 00-01-03-0 00-01-09-0 00-01-08-0 00-01-04-0 00-01-03-0 00-01-09-0 00-01-03-0 00-01-03-0 00-01-03-0 00-01-08-0 00-01-06-0 00-01-03-0 00-01-06-0 02-07- 6 Page 27 contains the record of a meeting of " the Governours of Harvard Colledge, held in the Colledge Hall" the 27th of December, 1643, at which a committee was appointed to audit the dis- bursements of the money received from John Har- vard's Estate, a Treasurer was appointed, a Seal was adopted, and other important business was transacted. This entry is supposed to have been made by Dunster. A fac-simile of a portion of this page is given by Quincy (vol. I, facing p. 48), and also in the Quinquennial issued in 1890, and in the Record of the 250th Anniversary. Page 30 contains the account of Samuel Shepard (Quincy, vol. I, pp. 453-454) who suc- ceeded Eaton in the superintendence of the con- struction of the first College building. It is numbered 5 in the second series of paging. It naturally should have been 6 in this series. Page 31 is only about three-quarters the length of the ordinary pages in this book and is pasted in a little below the line of the adjacent pages. This page is numbered 29 in the series of paging which begins with the first page. It should have been page 7 in the §§qpjid series if that pagination hadEARLY RECORDS OF HARVARD COLLEGE. II been consecutively entered, but is not included in that series. It contains a number of entries concerning the quarterly rentals of Studies and Chambers in "the old house," in 44 Mr. Goffe's house," " in yl weh was the schoolhouse " and " in the old Colledge." Mr. Sibley identifies the writing as that of President Chauncy. The paper of this fragment of a leaf is the same as the other paper in the book, but it is not certain that it is in its proper place. Page 33 has a list of the Magistrates of the Colony of Plymouth in 1672, and a list of the Towns of the Colony giving also the names of the Ministers in the several Towns at the same date. Page 34. The sole entry on this page is a list of the "Benefactors to the first Font of Letters for Printing in Cambridge. Their names collected per L. H. 1674" (Leonard Hoar, in Quincy, vol. I, p. 459). Page 35. This page is devoted solely to the en- try of the account of Tyng the Country Treasurer (Quincy, vol. I, p. 455). Page 37 contains a copy of a grant in 1646, to the College, of 600 acres at Andover, by Rev. Nathaniel Ward (Quincy, vol. I, p. 510). Also a copy of a Legacy by Israel Stoughton of 300 acres in Dorchester (Quincy, vol. I, p. 511). Page 39 contains the following forms in Latin: Certificate for an Undergraduate, Certificate for a Bachelor of Arts, and Certificate for a Master of Arts (Quincy, vol. I, pp. 581-582). Page 41 has for its only entry a copy of an agree- ment on the part of Richard Taylor, a tenant of a shop in Boston given by Major Robert Sedgwick to the College, dated Jan. 13, 164y, setting forth the terms of the tenancy. Page 43. " The Lawes, Liberties & Orders of Harvard Colledge, confirmed by the Overseers & President of ye Colledge in the yeares 1642-1643- 1644-1645 & 1646 and published to ye scholars for ye perpetuall preservation of their welfare & gov- ernment." Sections 1-17 inclusive (Quincy, vol. I, pp. 515, 516-517). Page 44. Sections 18 and 19 of the same. Also "Orders agreed upon by ye Overseers at a Meeting in Harvard Colledge, May 6th, 1650" (Quincy, vol I, pp. 517, 518, 519). Page 45. " Statuta, Leges, Privilegia, et Ordi- nationes per Inspectores et Praesidem Collegii Har- vardini Constitutae An. Chr. 1642, 1643, 1644, 1645, 1616, et promulgatae ad scholarium salutem et disciplinam pepetud conservandam." Sections 1-17 inclusive (Quincy, vol. I, pp. 577, 578). Page 46. Sections 18 and 19. Page 49. " Certain orders by the Schollars & Officers of the Colledge to bee observed, written 28 March 1650" (Quincy, vol. I, pp. 582, 583). Page 50. Same continued (Quincy, vol. I, pp. 584, 585). Page 51. Forms. Praesentatio Baccalaureo- rum — Admissio — Praesentatio Magistrorum — Admissio Inceptorum (Quincy, vol. I, pp. 580, 581). Page 52. "Formula Publicae Confessionis" (Quincy, vol I, p. 581). Page 53. Forms. Sociis admittendis. In Scho- laribus admittendis (Quincy, vol. I, pp. 579, 580). Also a copy of a proclamation by the Magistrates of the Colony, May 10, 1649, concerning the wear- ing of long hair (Quoted from the Records by Hut- chinson, vol. I, p. 143). Page 55. "A Clause of Mr Willm Penoyers will bearing date 20th May, 1670." " A clause in ye will of Sir Matthew Hoi worthy." Page 57. "A clause of Mr Rogers's wil." Page 59. A copy of the Charter of 1650 (Quincy, vol. I, pp. 589, 590, 591). Page 60. Charter continued and also under the heading "Rerum Exemplar. Out of the printed lawes in the title Colledge," a copy of the Act of 1642 establishing the Overseers. Page 61. " The form of exemption for Col- ledge Servants" (Quincy, vol. I, p. 585). Also the record of a vote passed at a Corporation meet- ing June 10, 1659, authorizing the town watch to exercise their powers within the precincts of the College yard (Quincy, vol. I, p. 544). Page 63. The heading of the entry on this page is illegible, the top of the leaf having been cut off. The page is devoted to a record of the laws of the College relating to the Steward, Butler, and Cook. The same laws are entered in Book III, beginning on page 33. They were passed at a meeting of the Overseers at the President's House, March 27, 1667. Page 64. Continuation of same. Also a record of a vote by the Corporation June 17, 1667, giving the Bachelors the forenoon of Commencement day for their work. Page 65. Records of votes of the Corporation, 1669, 1670, 1671, 1672, mainly relating to money matters and the distribution of eleemosynary funds. Page 66. A memorandum relative to Treasu- rer Danforth's accounts dated January 25, 1672 [?167|]. Page 65. Record of transactions at a Corpora- tion meeting at Cambridge, Sept. 27,1670, at which business came up connected with the follow:ng topics: The Pequot lands; proposed settlement with Capt. George Denison; money due the Col- lege from remote towns called in; stone fence ordered to be built around the President's land; Treasurer ordered to procure a copy of John Glover's will; Treasurer ordered to receive the Printing press given by the " honorable oorporacon12 EARLY RECORDS OF HARVARD COLLEGE. fory® Indians." A copy of a receipt given Treas- urer Danforth by Richards entered and then crossed out. Page 68. Record of a Corporation meeting. References to gifts and bequests from Elder Champney of Cambridge, John Hayward of Charlestown, Ezekiel Rogers, Mr. Ward of Ip- swich, an:l Mr. Glover. Page 69. A copy of the receipt given by John Richards, Treasurer, to Thomas Danforth, late Treasurer, June 3, 1669, setting forth the Bonds, Obligations, &c. belonging to the College. Page 70. Memorandum of Cattle received by Richards from Danforth for the legacy of Capt. Richard Sprague to the College. Page 75 is headed " Acts of ye Corporation since ye 10th of Decembr 1672." Then follows the entry of an order January 25, 167^, for the payment to Thomas Danforth of the balance due him, and the record of a Corporation meeting held February 3, 167^. A memorandum note to the heading given above is entered on this page as follows : 11 Memo. President Hoar was elected July 30 and inaugurated 10, Septr. 1672. J. D." President Quincy made the following annotation to the note : 44 This memo, was made by Treasurer Davis within the present century. His authority must have been College Book No. 3, p. 54. J. Q. 1839." Mr. Sibley also entered the following in pencil below Treasurer Davis's note : " No! it was 10 December. J. L. S." Note. — Quincy, Vol. I, p. 450, describing Book I, says: " One of its earliest entries is in the handwriting of President Hoar, and has the signature L. II., whence it has been con- jectured, that this book was collected and bound together in his time, or about 1673." It seems to me clear that the memo- randum entry referred to by Quincy was intrusive, and that the conjecture to which he alludes was probably based upon the fact that the dedication of this book by Hoar to the pres- ervation of corporation records is clearly defined in the heading on page 75. Page 76. Records of Corporation meetings, May 27, 1673, Sept. 15, 1673, Nov. 5, 1673, Feb. 2, 167f, March 1, 167|. Page 77. Same, April 15, 1674, May 4, 1674, June 15, 1674, Dec. 11, 1674. In the margin against the record of the December meeting, a transcript of certain proceedings at an Overseers meeting, Dec. 3, 1674, is entered in President Leverett's handwriting. It refers to the speedy filling up of vacancies in the corporation. Page 78. Record of Corporation meeting, Dec. 11, 1674, continued, and that of another meeting, Dec. 21, 1674, entered. Page 79. 44 An Inventory of the Colledge Uten- sills belonging to the Kitchin & Butterie, Nov. 18, 1674." Page 80. Conclusion of Inventory. Corpora- tion meetings, April 19, 1675, June 1, 1675, Sept. 2, 1675, Dec. 22, 1675, Dec. 27, 1675, April 11, 1676. Page 81. Corporation meetings, August 22, 1676, October 23, 1677, May 14, 1677, March 6, 167^, June 30, 1679, July 3, 1679. President Leverett has transcribed in the margin against the March meeting, a recommendation of the Over- seers, Jany 28, 167^, to the Corporation to fill certain vacancies. In the record of the meeting of July 3, 1679, James Allin and Noadiah Russell, both of New Haven, are described as both of the Colony ofNox. (Proc. Am. Ant. Soc., April, 1887.) Page 82. Corporation meetings, Oct. 8, 1679, Feb. 2, 16||-, July 12, 1681, August 9,1081. The election of Increase Mather, in 1681, as President, is also recorded, but the day and month are not entered. Page 83. Corporation meetings, Nov. 7, 1681, Dec. 13, 1681, Jan. 5, 168^, March 27, 1682. Page 84. Corporation meetings, April 10, 1682, May 4, 1682. An order relative to the sale of dupli- cate books in the library, without date. Corpora- tion meeting, Jan. 10, 168-|. Page 85. Corporation meeting, March 22, 168^. "An Inventory of ye Colledge Utensills belonging to ye Butterie, October 26, 1683." Page 89. Corporation meetings, Dec. 5, 1683, March 17, 168§. Page 91. Memoranda relative to the distribu- tion of the Penoyer Exhibit, covering 1679-1680, 1683-1684. Page 93. Overseers meeting Commencement Day, July 1, 1684. Corporation meetings, July 21, 1684, Oct. 1, 1684, Oct. 16, 1684, Oct. 30, 1684, March 2, 16S|, March 23, 108f. Page 94. Record of a vote that Leverett was chosen Probationer. Corporation meetings, March 23, 168-|. These two entries probably constitute a part of the record of the meeting, March 23, be- gun on the foregoing page. Corporation meeting, May 4, 1685. Transcript from Overseers meet- ing, June 11, 1685. Memorandum entry, Sept. 8, 1685, to the effect that Welch who had been ex- pelled was re-admitted. Page 95. Transcript from proceedings of the General Court, May 27, 1685, relative to the use of the hundred pounds appropriated for the President's Salary. Corporation meeting, July 2, 1G85, re- citing the foregoing and appropriating the money for specific purposes. Corporation meetings, Sept. 15, 1685, Nov. 25, 1685. Page 96. Corporation meetings, April 12, 1686, April 25, 1686, July 8, 1686. Page 97. Orders by Rector and Tutors, March 8, 168f, April 22, 1687. Note. —Quincy, Vol. I, p. 450, says: "The last regular entry in this book is in the handwriting of President Mather and is dated July 8,1686." The records of the Hector and Tutors would appear to be the only records that we can ex- pect to find at this period. See Quincy, vol. I, p. 58.EARLY RECORDS OE HARVARD COLLEGE. 13 Pages 98, 99. Harvard College in account with the Penoyer Legacy. Credit and debit entries, covering 1(>85, 1686, 1687. Pages 101-133 inclusive, are devoted to the entry of the names of graduates — covering the years 1642-1795. The list was begun by President Wads- worth in 1733 and continued by his successors up to and including the year 1795. Pages 164, 165, 166 are devoted to the record of a body of laws relating to the Library. The record was made May 24, 1736, and the laws were pub- lished in the College Hall by the President after Morning Prayers, July 1, 1736. Pages 182-206 inclusive. " The body of laws for Harvard College, made by the President and Fel- lows thereof and consented to by the Overseers of said College, Anno Domini, 1734 " (Peirce, Ilist. of Harvard College, Appendix, 125). These laws were entered by Bridge, Sophomore, June 25, 1734, and compared with the original by Presi- dent Wadsworth, June 26, 1734. They were 4'published in the College Hall, the Hond and Revd Overseers and Corporation being present (as well as ye members of ye College), on Sept. 24, 1734." Page 206 also contains a corporation vote rela- tive to the price of Monis's Hebrew Grammar. The remaining entries in this Book were made by reversing the Book and opening it at the back. They are therefore all inverted. Page 250. A list of books presented by Governor John Winthrop (Life and Letters of John Winthrop, p. 438). Page 259. A list of books presented by Sir Kenelme Digby (Lib. II. U. Bib. Cont., No. 27, p. 13). There is a pencil notation to the effect that the entry is in the handwriting of President Chauncy. Pages 264-260 inclusive. A list of books re- ceived from John Harvard's estate (Lib. II. U. Bib. Cont., No. 27, pp. 10 etseq.). The following notation is made on page 264: "Is not this Dun- ster's handwriting?" On page 260, this list is concluded, and below, the page being inverted, there is a copy of a memorandum agreement given Joshua Scottow, Oct. 28, 1649, on the occasion of his deposit in the library of Stephen's Thesaurus in four volumes folio (Quincy, Vol. I. p. 512). The work was to be surrendered to any child of Scottow's who might need it. Below this is a copy of a receipt given President Oakes by Josh. Scottow for the Thesaurus in accordance with the condition. Page 268. List of Books given by Peter Bulkley (Lib. H. U. Bib. Cont., No. 27, p. 13). Page 272. List of Books given by Sir Richard Bellingham (Ibid., p. 14.) The last page in this book is the 354th. On this page some person started to enter the names of the Treasurers of the College. The list comprises the names of Pelham, Danforth, and Richards. BOOK III. On the fly leaf at the beginning of this book Mr. Sibley has made the following notation: "These books bound in President Quincy's day." Quincy states that all entries in this book up to the date January, 1683, with the exception of some mar- ginal insertions in the handwriting of John Leverett, are in the handwriting of Thomas Danforth (vol. I, pp. 450, 451). All entries subsequent to that date, Quincy says, are in Leverett's handwriting. By this he means probably all records of meetings subsequent to January, 1683. Note. — The date fixing the termination of Danforth's work in this book should be January, 16S4. The date of his last entry is January, 1633, but it succeeds entries in Decem- ber, 1683, and is obviously Old Style. Page 1 contains a memorandum relative to the appropriation by the General Court of four hun- dred pounds for the College in 1636. A statement of the amount of John Harvard's legacy. A memo- randum concerning the gifts by Thomas Adams and Christopher Coulson, and a statement concerning the gifts of Lady Mowlson, Mr. Bridges and others (Proc. Am. Ant. Soc. Oct. 1887, Oct. 1892). There are also some marginal notations. Page 2 contains Nathaniel Eaton's appointment as Superintendent of the construction of the first College building and his account (Quincy, vol. I, pp. 452, 453). Page 3 contains a statement of the cause of his removal, Samuel Shepard's appointment as his successor, Dunster's appointment as President, and the beginning of the Act of 1642 establishing the Board of Overseers (Quincy, vol. I, p. 587). Page 4. Act of 1642 continued. Gift of Books by Magistrates and Revd Elders. Page 5. Record of gifts of money, books, etc., to the College. Page 6. Record of gifts continued. The last entry of gifts states that the Colonies of The Massa- chusetts Bay, Plymouth, Hartford and New Haven, gave in the space of eight years two hundred and fifty pounds and more, and refers for a particular account to page 10. Below this is an abstract of the record of the meeting of the Governors of the College held December 27, 1643, at which the Seal was adopted. An impression of the first Seal of the College. The shield and the open books are similar to those shown in the vignette in Quiney'sH EARLY RECORDS OF HARVARD COLLEGE. History, vol. I, p. 23. The surrounding motto is 44 Sigillum - Coll - Harvard - In - Cantab - Nov Ang." The words "In Christi Gloriam" are lacking. Page 7. Record of gifts and bequests of real estate to the College. Nathaniel Ward's gift. Israel Stoughton's legacy. Major Robert Sedg- wick's gift. Page 8. Forms. Presentatio Bacalaureorum (Quincy, vol. I, p. 580). Ad,jnissio Bacalaureorum {ibid. p. 580). Presentatio Magistrorum {ibid. p. 580). Admissio Inceptorum {Hid. pp. 580-581). Formula admittendi Socios (Sociis admittendis, ibid. pp. 579-580). Page 9. Formula admittendi Socios continued. Formula admittendi Scholares Aediles. Page 10. "A more particular Accompt of the contributions made by the several 1 Colonies afore- named in pag. 6 followeth." A detailed statement of the gifts of the towns in the several Colonies is then given (Quincy, vol. I, pp. 455, 456). Page 11. 44 The distribution made of the moneys given from the severall Colonyes now followeth " (Quincy, vol. I, pp. 456, 457). Then comes a de- tailed statement showing the applicati >n of the money. This is followed by a statement that Dunster as President received money and dis- tributed it as ordered by the Overseers, an account of which will be found on page 18. In the margin is written "Mr. Hen. Dunster, Trear de facto." Page 12. Charter of 1650. Page 13. Charter of 1650 continued. Page 14. Charter of 1650 concluded. This is followed by a certificate of H. Flynt that it had been compared with the original. Page 15. The form of exemption for College servants (Quincy, vol. I, p. 585). Page 16. Gifts of real estate to the College — John Newgate, 1650, John Coggan, 1652, Cam- bridge and Henry Dunster, lands at Shawshin. Followed by "The names of sundry Gentlemen that contributed towards the repair of the Colledge in the year 1654 & 1655, &c." Page 17. Same continued. Dunster's resigna- tion delivered to the Overseers and the order of the General Court in the premises. Page 18. Order of General Court continued. Meeting of Overseers October 24, 1654. Dunster's resignation pressed. Vote of Overseers accepting the same. Dunster's account presented, followed by a memorandum concerning the same signed J. Q. Pages 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. College laws passed 1642, 1643, 16+4, 1645 and 1646, with ad- ditional laws passed 1650, 1654, 1660, 1663, 1666. Followed at the bottom of page 25 by sections 1, 2 and 3 of the rules and orders with reference to the Library passed in 1667. There are a few memo- randa and cross references in the margin against these laws and rules, made by Leverett and Wadsworth. Pages 26, 27. Library rules continued. Fol- lowed on page 27 by an order of the Overseers passed 1681, with reference to wine at Commence- ment. Page 28. Order of Overseers as to Proctors entering rooms of disorderly students. Corpora- tion meeting June 17, 1667. Order giving the forenoon of Commencement day to Bachelors. Formula publicae Confessionis (Quincy, vol. I, p. 581). Page 29. Proclamation of the Magistrates of the Colony, May 10, 1649, relative to the wearing of long hair (Hutchinson, vol. I, p. 143). Page 30 is headed " In the yeare 1659." Then follows a record of gifts, — Richard Saltonstall, money and goods; William Paine, twenty pounds for lands, " & with sd money the lands whereon the Colledge now stands & the President's lodgings was bought, conteyning about One Acre & a Rood." In the margin, referring to the College, these words are written in pencil: "The 2d Harvard which was burnt; " and these words with refer- ence to the President's lodgings : 4 4 The 4 lodgings' or house finished by Dunster which stood near Massachusetts." These notations were probably made by T. W. Harris. Following the gift of William Paine, other gifts are entered, — Robert Keyne, a money legacy and a moiety of a house in Boston; Henry Webb, by will, a house in Boston, also a money legacy, to be laid out, according to a notation by Leverett, in lands; the General Court, 2000 acres in the Pequot Country in 1657. Page 31. Gifts and bequests. Capt. Richard Sprague, John Hopkins corrected by Leverett to Edward Hopkins, Bridget Wynes, Thomas Pierce Senr, Mr. Wilson of Boston, Mr. Rowss of Charles- town, Sir Kenelme Digby, Sir Thomas Temple, Edward Ting, Thomas Graves, John Willet, Ralfe Freck, John Frecks. Page 32. Gifts continued. John Winthrop, Sir Richard Daniel, Mr. Latham, minister of Bury- withe, Mr. Stranguish of London, John Ward some- time of Ipswich, John Payne of Boston, Wm. Colbran of Boston, The Inhabitants of- (Mr. Sibley has filled the blank with " Segotea, J.L.S."), Mr. Stranguish. 44 Mr. John Buckley first Master of Arts in Harvard Colledge & Matthew Day Stew- ard of the Colledge gave a garden conteyning about one acre & one rood of land scittuate & neer adjoyn- ing to the Colledge & ordered the same to be for the use of the Fellows that should from time to time belong to & be resident at the said Society, the sd garden being now commonly called & known by ye name of the Fellows Orchard" (Quincy, vol. I, p. 510).EARLY RECORDS OF HARVARD COLLEGE. 15 Pages 33, 34, 35, 36. College laws with refer- ence to the Steward, Butler and Cook, 1667. At the bottom of page 36, the first part of the Vote of the Corporation, June 10, 1659, authorizing the Town Watch of Cambridge to exercise their pow- ers within the precincts of the College yard, is recorded (Quincy, vol. I, p. 514). Page 37. Same concluded. Bulkley's deed of the Fellows Orchard to the College in Latin (Quincy, vol. I, pp. 505, 506). Page 30. Overseers meetings, Oct. 24, 1654, Nov. 2, 1654, Nov. 27, 1654. Proceedings with reference to the election and inauguration of Rev. Charles Chauncy as President. Page 40. Memorandum entry of Dunster's con- sent to vacate the President's House. Election of Fellows, Feb. 28, 1655 [?163§], Aug. 12, 1656. Sundry pieces of plate given to the College by Thomas Langham, Mr. Yen, and Richard Harris. Real estate bequeathed by John Hayward of Charlestown and Rev. Ezekiel Rogers of Rowly. Page 41. The Inventory of 1654. Page 42. Inventory continued. Page 43. Inventory concluded. Statement of College debits. Fellows chosen, Aug. 24, 1663, Nov. 28, 1666. Stoddard chosen Library keeper, March 27, 1667. Treasurer ordered to provide utensils for the kitchen. Page 44. Proceedings at Corporation meetings, Jail. 1, 1667 [?166|], Oct. i, 1669, Feb. 21, 16f|. Page 45. Corporation meetings, Sept. 27,1670, Aug. 1, 1671, Nov. 15, 1671, Feb. 12, 1671 [?107fc]. Pages 46, 47. " An Abbreviate of the Colledge Accounts, conteyning both receits and disburse- ments from October, 1654, untill Decemb. 1663. Extracted out of the Colledge Books, made and given in by Thomas Danforth, Treas." Debtor en- tries, p. 46; Credit entries, p. 47. On page 46 one item reads : "To a parcell of land on wch the Coll. now stands." "20.10.00." Beneath the state- ment the following note explanatory of this entry is written in pencil: " 1 On which the Coll. now stands' is an interpolation not written by Treas- urer Danforth at the above date, if by him at all, and probably written as late as the year 1683. The College referred to was the 2d Harvard, which was burnt in 1764, and on the site whereof the 3d Har- vard Hall was built." In still another hand the following is written: 44 ThWm Harris's pencilling." Note. — My investigations lead me to the same conclusion that Mr. Harris adopted as to the building referred to in the entry, but I think the interpolated portion of the entry was written by the same person who wrote the rest of it. The second College building was not erected until 1672, nine years after the last date given in this abbreviate. It is quite likely that Danforth did not make this compilation until several yeay.s after.that date. • . .. .. . . Pages 48, 49. " An Abbreviate of the Accounts of Harvard Colledge in Cambridge for five years past Beginning in Decemb. 1663." Debit entries, p. 48; Credit entries, p. 49. Page 50. " An Account of the Colledge Stock, Feb. 1, 1668" [?1G6$]. Page 51. "The Colledge Estate in houses, lands & Annuityes, Feb. 1, 1668" [?166-|]. Lands belonging to the College recorded in the Town Book. Richard Champney's bequest. Page 52. John Glover's Legacy. Order of.. Overseers, March 7, 167^, for payment of the funeral expenses of President Chauncy. Request of Overseers and Corporation, December 5, 1667, that Thomas Danforth shall assume the office of Steward for one year. 1G68, Danforth's resigna- tion as Treasurer. Note. — This probably should be 1669. The bonds etc. transferred to Richards and referred to in the next entry being fully set forth in the lists, pp. 50-51. Page 53. Copy of certificate, June 3, 1669, setting forth delivery of bonds, etc., by Danforth to Richards, with a reference to the page where they are recorded in full. Henry Henly's gift. Order of Overseers, June 3, 1669, for the disposi- tion of the Piscataqua gift, the same not being complete. Page 54. Remainder of same. Overseers meet- ing, July 30, 1672. Doctor Leonard Hoar elected President. Statement that he was inaugurated, Sept. 10, 1672. Overseers meeting June 20, 1672. Appointment of Deacon John Cooper and Mr. William Manning to oversee the construction of the new College building, the same not being complete. Page 55. Concluding portion of appointment. Page 56. Committee of Overseers appointed to co-operate. Jan. 20, 1672 [?167-|], One hundred pounds allowed Pres't Hoar for travelling expenses. Sept. 15, 1673, Resignations and elections of Fel- lows. Nov. 10, 1674, the Overseers met and spent the day in prayer and humiliation with reference to some dissettlement in the College. Page 57. President Hoar's resignation, March 15, 167-|. Contributions towards the new edifice, 1672. Note. — The pagination of this book is somewhat confused, owing to carelessness in entering the numbers, but up to this point the numbers correspond with the corrected system which finally prevailed. At this point, however, 57 Avas repeated, and from page 57 forward the error was continued as far as the book was paged. Pages 58, 59. Same. Page 60. " Sundry donations to the Colledge received by Capt. John Richards Trear." Page 61 has the following heading: " Here fol* lows the severall Orders, Appoyntments and Distri- butions ma4e by .the Pqrporation^ during_the timei6 EARLY RECORDS OF HARVARD COLLEGE. that Doctor Hoar did officiate, extracted out of the old Colledge-Book." Then come Corporation meetings, October 4,1672, Sept. 27, 1670, the latter being incomplete. Page 62. The record of the meeting of Sept. 27, 1670, continued. January 25, 167|-, balance due Danforth ordered paid. Corporation meeting, Feb. 3, 167$. Page 63. Sundry transactions at a Corporation meeting, May 27, 1673. Resignations and con- firmations of Fellows by the Overseers, September 15, 1673, with marginal notations by Leverett. Corporation meeting, November 5, 1673. Memo- ran lum that Sir Sewall was confirmed as Fellow by the Overseers Nov. 26. Marginal notation by Leverett. Page 64-. Danforth's accounts adjusted, Feb. 2, 1674 [? 1671 ] . Sir Sewall, Library keeper. A stu- dent subjected to discipline March 1, 1674 [? 167|]. April 15, 1674, Seniors to be punished as well as Freshmen if they compel Freshmen to go on errands during hours of study. May 4, 1674, Order as to declamations. June 15, 1674, Sir Thatcher chosen Fellow. Marmaduke Johnson's contract confirmed. The death of Rev. Samuel Danforth, Senior Fellow, Nov. 19, 1674, noted by Leverett. Page 65. Proceedings of an Overseers meeting, Dec. 3, 1674, at which the President and Fellows were recommended speedily to fill up their num- ber, transcribed from old Overseers book at the head of this page by Leverett, Dec. 11, 1674. Thomas Sergeant's degree granted. Election of Urian Oakes, Thomas Shepard, and Increase Mather, as Fellows. The corresponding record in Book I. transcribed by Leverett in the margin and credited to "Long College Book," Daniel Gookin, Library keeper. Sundry other details of business transacted at this meeting. Page 66. 44 An Inventory of the Colledge Utensills belonging to the Kitchen and Buttery, Nov. 18, 1674." Page 67. Dec. 21, 1674, Thomas Sergeant ad- mitted B itchelor of Arts. Marginal entry of an Overseers meeting at Cambridge, March 15, 1671, by Leverett. At this meeting, Urian Oakes and Thomas Shepard were confirmed as Fellows. Hoar resigned as President. There is also an entry, by Leverett, to the effect that Increase Mather was entreated to accept the Presidency, under which is written 44 at Boston 11. (1.) 167|." November 10, 1674, allowance by Overseers in aid of Barnabas Chauncy. April 7, 1675, consent of Urian Oakes to accept the place of President temporarily. The names of those present at these meetings noted in the margin by Leverett. An order of the Overseers at the meeting of April 7, inserted by Leverett. Corporation-meeting,- April 26, 1675, Samuel-Dan- forth chosen Fellow. Names of those present in- serted by Leverett in the margin. Page 68. Corporation meetings, April 19, 1675, June 1, 1675, Sept. 8, 1675, and Oct. 27, 1675. The confirmation of Danforth by the Overseers on this day noted by Leverett. Page 69. December 22, 1675, Corporation meet- ing at which Ammi Corlett was chosen Fellow. In the margin Leverett has noted his confirmation at an Overseers meeting Jany 1, 167^. The choice of Daniel Russell as Fellow, December 27, 1675. Leverett has filled out the entry with the words 44 and to be presented to the Overseers for ye ac- cept?." Sir Allen chosen Library keeper, April 2, 1676. Corporation meeting, August 22, 1676. The names of those present inserted in the margin by Leverett. Wadsworth chosen butler, Oct. 23, 1677. Corporation meeting, May 14, 1677, at which John Rogers, of Ipswich, was chosen President. Under this entry Leverett has inserted the record of a meeting of Overseers, January 28, 167^, at which the Corporation were recommended to choose a Fellow in place of Rev. Mr. Shepard, deceased. Below this Leverett has written 44 Turn over and see how the Corporacon understand the above comendation of the Overseers." Note. — Quincy, vol. I, p. 472, says Rogers was elected in June. Page 70. Corporation meeting, March 1, 167-|, containing the record of the election of John Sher- man as Fellow. Leverett has filled out the record somewhat and has noted in the margin that Isaac Foster was chosen Probationer and took charge of the Sophomores. Also, 44 That the Presid't remit'd 165 to this new Tutr whom the Corporacon saw meet to choose to officiate on the place, besides the Revd. Mr. J. Sherman now chosen a non-resid't Fellow of the College and member of the Corpora- tion." Overseers meeting, May 21,1678, containing the record of the instalment of Isaac Foster, and having a clause inserted by Leverett, to the effect that 44 Mr. Sherman was now presented & approv'd by ye Overseers. In wch place he continued to his death wch happen'd Aug. 8, 1685." Corpora- tion meeting, June 30, 1679. Mr. Stoughton invited to provide a President for the College. Daniel Gookin chosen Library keeper. Page 71. Boston, July 3, 1679, distribution of the Penoyer money. James Ailine and Noadiah Russell are described as 44 of the Colonie of Nox or 'New Haven." In the margin an entry was made at a later date as follows : 44 Mem0. In the copy of Mr Penoyers will w* is in this Paragraf sd to be in the Colony of Nox is sd to be in the Colonie now or of late call'd N. Haven colony." Corporation meeting. Oct. 8, 1679, Samuel Andrew chosen Fellow. Sir Matthew Holworthy's gift announced.EARLY RECORDS OF HARVARD COLLEGE. 17 February 2, 1679 Mr. Oakes chosen President. Note. — Quincy, vol. I, p. 35, says: "In February, 1679, Oakes, being again elected, accepted the Office." The date is obviously Old Style, and should be 16^. Page 72. Records of same meeting continued. Feb. 9, 1679 [? 16^|]. Approval of the choice of Mr. Oakes by the Overseers. Inserted by Leverett, 44 The Revd Mr. Urian Oakes was Installed Presid't of Harvard College by Govern. Bradstreet in the College Hall on the Cornencmet Day August 1680." Memorandum entry to the effect that Revd Urian Oakes died July 25, 1681. Then follows the record of an Overseers meeting, July 26, 1681. This date and the entire record of the meeting has been scratched out. Most of it can be deciphered. It reads as follows: 44 For the managem't of the Commencem't nowx shortly to be attended Its ordered y* the Goverm't of the day & work be by the [illegible] of the Col- lege in manner following. The Revd. Mr. [illegible] to begin the day with prayer & give the comencers their degrees. The Revd Mr. [illegible] is to moderate ye dispute [illegi- ble] conclude the work of the day with prayer. [Two lines absolutely illegible.] Its further ordered that the Fellows of the Col- ledge take care thereof in all respects as well for admission of students as Goverm't & Instruction till a President be orderly settled." Leverett has filled out a substitute record of this meeting in the margin. In his record the 44 Fellows" are to manage the day. Rev. John Sherman is to begin with Prayer. Rev. Increase Mather is to moderate the dispute of the masters and conclude the day with prayer. Daniel Gookin is to moderate the dispute of the Bachelors. The Fellows are to take care of the College until a President is elected. Page 73. Overseers meeting, July 28, 1681. The opening paragraph of this record is to the effect that 44 The Overseers being informed that the Revd. Mr John Sherman may not be capable, through age, of attending the work of the Com- mence't, they hereby impow'r the Revd Mr Increase Mather to carry on the work thereof & give the Commencers their degrees. And Mr Daniel Gookin jun'r is desired to be helpful in moder- ating the disputes of the Batchelors." This also is scratched out and a substitute record of the meeting entered by Leverett, in which the same facts are stated in slightly different phraseology. Following this is an order restraining the use of wine at Commencement, and after that the appoint- ment of Samuel Andrews as Proctor for the Com- mencement with instructions as to the hours at which visitors will be admitted, etc., etc. Record of a Corporation meeting, July 12, 1681. Page 74. Corporation meetings, Aug. 9, 1681; Boston Anno 1681, Rev. Increase Mather chosen President; Nov. 7, 1681, John Cotton chosen Li- brary keeper; Dec. 13, 1681, Nehemiah Hubbard chosen Fellow; January 5, 1681 [?168^-], Rev. Samuel Torrey chosen President. Note.— Quincy, vol. I, p. 38, sa}'s: "In 1681 the Rev. Increase Mather was chosen and declined. In the same year the Rev. Samuel Torrey, of Weymouth, was chosen, £.nd also declined." This is another instance of the confusion of old and new style dates. Torrey was chosen January 5,168^. Page 75. Corporation meetings, March 27,1682; April 10, 1682, John Rogers chosen President. Capt. Richards, the Treasurer, being about to depart for England, was desired to leave the Ac- counts & Papers concerning the College Stock with Thomas Danforth. Page 76. 44 Colledge Estate delivered by the Worth Capt. John Richards unto the Dep* Gov1 is as followeth, in the Acco* underwritten." Page 77. 44 Moneys Lett out Anno 1681 at 8 p. c. p. annu," followed by a list of the real estate, annuities,^etc., belonging to the College, dated April 10, 1682. Page 78. Corporation meetings, May 4, 1682, Jan. 10, 168§, March 22, 168§. Page 79. Record of meeting, March 22, 168^, concluded, followed by 44 An Inventory of the Col- ledge Utensills belonging to the Buttery Octob. 26, 1683." Pages 80 , 81. 44 An Acco't of the Colledge Stock betrusted by Capt. Jno Richards Esqr. with Thomas Danforth, Esqr." Debit Entries, p. 80; Credit Entries, p. 81, followed by a certificate, Jan. 1, 168|-, that the securities had been delivered to Samuel Nowell. Page %2. 44 An Acco't of the Estate belonging to Harvard Colledge under the care of Sam1 Nowell, Esqr delivd unto him by Thomas Dan- forth is as followeth: In moneys due by Bond and Bill." The footing of this page is £1763 025. 04d. Page 83. 44 In moneys behind for rent, Interest, Legacyes, &c. as followeth." These foot up £594 09s. 04d. and the total is given £2357 lis. 06d. Then follows a statement of 44 Lands, Houses, An- nuity es," etc. Page 84. This latter statement is continued on this page, and the whole thing is summed up as follows : £ 8. d. (In Stock upon Emprovemt, . 2357.11.08 Totall } ====== (In Annuityes, Rents, &c. perann. 242.10.00 Below this is the following: 44Aug. 12, 1683. Mr. John Rogers was solemnly inaugurated into the place of President." Followed by a Corporation meeting, December 5, 1683, the entry being incomplete.i8 EARLY RECORDS OF HARVARD COLLEGE. Page 85. This meeting continued on this page. Also an Overseers meeting, January 3, 1683 [?168|]. This latter entry is the last made by Danforth in this book. Leverett has entered in the margin, records of a Corporation meeting, March 17, 168-|, and of an Overseers meeting, July 1, 1684, and has noted the death of President Rogers in the following language: "July 2, 1684. The Revd Mr. President Rogers dyed. The Sun beginning to emerge out of a central eclyps." Below these entries he has recorded the " Colledge Stock, April 29, 1693," the personal property with back interest amounting to £1630 12s. OOd. Below is a memo- randum which is not absolutely clear but the apparent purport of which is that the substance of this statement was submitted to Sir Edmund Andros. Page 86. Memorandum of gifts by Nathaniel Hulton and Thomas Gunston. Corporation meet- ing, July 21, 1684, Joshua Moody chosen Presi- dent. Sept. 1684, Choice approved by Overseers. Oct. 14, 1684, Mr. Moody having declined, the Overseers ordered the Corporation to nominate some other person. Corporation meetings, Oct. 1, 1684, Oct. 16, 1684, Oct. 30, 1684, March 2, 168^, March 23, 168 g-, May 4, 16^;. June 11, 1685, at which Mr. Increase Mather was invited to act as President till a further settlement be orderly made; July 2, 1685, Sept. 15, 1685, Nov. 21, 1865. Page 87. 1686. Rules and orders respecting the Steward, Cook and Butler of Harvard College. These are the former rules modified by the substi- tution of Rector and Tutors for President and Fellows. Page 88. Rules, etc., continued. Records of meetings, April 12, 1686, April 25, 1686, July 8, 1686. Page 90. Index referring to the pages imme- diately following in the book. Page 91. Lands and Annuities belonging to Harvard College. " Whereas ye lands and Annuities belonging to Harvard College, are entered in ye College Books after a broken, disjointed manner, I (Benja. Wads- worth, President, Dec. 10, 1733) thought it proper to collect said entries, and what I find farther belong to them, and enter them here in a more uniform compact manner." Capt. Kein's House, sold. 20 acres at Lexing- ton, sold. 6 acres, sold. " Mem. Tho there were Corporation votes to sell a strip of land in Cambridge Neck 3£ acres; and in Fresh Pond Meadows l£ acre, yet I don't . find yx hitherto they have been sold." " College homestead. As for ye oblong parcel of land, on which ye three Colleges & ye President's house & barn now stand; I suppose ye Easterly part of it was granted by ye Town of Cambridge An. 1638, to ye use of a publick school or college forever, containing 2f acres. The Westerly part of ye South End (where ye President's house now is) was bought of Edwd. Goffe with a building on it, afterwards call'd Goffe's College. See Coll. Book No. 2, p. 18; No. 3, p. 41. That part wch runs Northward from Cambridge Meeting House, even to a rod or two North of ye present Old Col- lege, was bought of John Betts, April 4, 1661, and entered with ye Records of Deeds for Middlesex, Lib. 13, p. 424-5. This land was bought with money given to ye College by Mr. William Payn, Merchant, and by his son. See Coll. B. No. 2, p. 38; B. 3, p. 30. The Northwest corner of y® land where ye Colledges are was sold by Thomas Sweetman to Michael Spenccr, Dec. 10, 1677. Entred in ye Register at [Page 92] Cambridge, Lib. 8, 287, and sold by Michael Spencer to ye College, Jun 12, 1697. Entred in y« Registry of Deeds for Middlesex, B. 12, pp. 80, 81. These three deeds of Betts, Swetman & Spencer are with ye College Treasurer." Page 92. Following the conclusion of the Col- lege Homestead entry, Land before ye President's House. Land in ye Neck. Westfields. South side Charles River. Page 93. Lot 33, S. side Charles River. Elder Champney's 40 acres in Newtown. Cambridge Rocks, Lot 15, Lot 36, Lot 66, Lot 77, Lot 12, Lot 6. Page 94. Lot 58, Land in Watertown given by Mr. Heyward. Shawshin Farm. Ward's or Bumpkin Island. Page 95. Mr. Coggan's Marsh at Rumney Marsh. Mr. Webb's house in Boston. The Honble Wm. Stoughton, Esqrs. land in Dorchester. Page 96. Revnd. Mr. Ezek. Rogers. The Honble Judge Sewal's 500 acres in Narragansett. Page 97. The Revd. Mr. Danl. Russell's land given to Coll. Page 98. Same continued. Page 99. Lands at Paucatogue or Southerton. Page 100. More about Pequot lands, Page 101. Merricaneag in Province of Maine. Page 102. Same continued. Plan of Salt Marsh in Dorchester, given by Governor Stough- ton, inserted 1754 by Prest. Holyoke. Rutland, entered by Wads worth. Page 103. Lunenburgh. Page 104. Townsend land. The Honble Tho. Danforth, Esqrs. gift. Page 105. Land at Hopkinton, given by y® Honble Saml. Brown, Esqr. Mr. Nathl. Ward's farm. Page 106. Robert Cook's grant of 800 acres. General Court grant of 800 acres. Page 107. Mr. Edwd. Jackson's 400 acres. Mr. Atkinson's land.EARLY RECORDS OF HARVARD COLLEGE. 19 Page 108. Mr. Newdigate's annuity. Mr. John Glover. Major Sedgwick's gift. Page 109. Capt. Scarlet's annuity. Charles- town Ferry. Elder Penn. Page 110. Hopkinton rent. Mr. Penoyr's legacy. In this latter occurs the phrase: "Ye other of ye Colony of Nox, or of late called," and in the margin is written " now or late called." Page 111. Mr. Dodderidge. Esqr Boyle. Page 112. Mem. to inquire in England after the wills of Robert Turner and Daniel Williams. A plot of the College farm at Lunenburgh. Page 113. A plot of the College farm at Town- send. Page 114. Charges in connection with Town- send lands. Pages 115, 11G, 117, 118, 119. Partition of Rowly lands. Waltham farm purchased with money from Rowly lands, also on p. 119. Pages 120, 121. A plan of the settled part of Rutland, by Holyoke. Page 122. A plan of the Rutland Farm by Holyoke. Page 123. A plan of the Shawshin Farm by Holyoke. Page 124. The Waltham Farm. Page 125. A plan of the Waltham Farm by Holyoke. Page 126. A plan of the sink from the kitchen of the new building and of the drain from Stough- ton and the Massachusetts. Page 127. Plan of lot on S. side of Harvard St. opposite Wadsworth House. Page 128. Copy of Agreement. Plan of Col- lege lot on the West side of the Common. Page 129. Plan of Brownfield, Langdon. Page 131. Plan of Fryburg, showing Lovel's Pond and place of Lovel's fight, Langdon. The entries in the rest of the book were made from the back end and are consequently inverted. Pages 137, 138. Degree to Joseph De Valnais. Pages 138, 139. Degree to Horatio Gates, and in 139 a reference to a degree given Gen'l Wash- ington. Page 140. Degree to Ebenezer Pemberton by the College of New Jersey. Page 141. Degree to Prof. Winthrop, Ed. Page 142. Degree to Chas. Russell, Aberd. Page 143. Degree to Chas. Russell, Aberd. Page 144. Degree to Naphtali Daggett, Camb. Page 145. Degree to John Cummings, Camb. Page 146. Degree to William Appleton, H. C. Page 147. Degree to Andrew Eliot, Ed. Page 148. Degree to Samuel Auchmuty, Ox. Page 149. Degree to Ezra Stiles, Ed. Page 150. Degree to Samuel Langdon, Ab. Page 151. Degree to Matthew Byles, Ab. Page 152. Degree to Thomas Bulfinch, Ed. Page 153. Degree to Benj" Franklin, H. C. Page 153. Degree to Ebenezer Miller, Ox. Page 154. Degree to Jonathan Mayhew, Ab. Page 155. Degree to Charles Chauncy, Ed. Page 156. Degree to Samuel Mather, Glas. Page 157. Degree to Jos. Sewall, Glas. Page 158. Degree to Benj. Colman, Glas. Page 160. Degree to Edwd. Wigglesworth, Ed. Pages 161, 162. Memorial to the General Court, petitioning them to construct the new dormitory one hundred feet in length. Pages 163, 164. Memorial of Overseers to the General Court setting forth the need of increased accommodations for students. Pages 165, 166. Degree to Cotton Mather, Glas. Page 168. Degree to Jeremiah Dummer, Utr. Page 169. Partial Index to Degrees. Page 17C. Open Letter 01* Certificate in Latin from Herm. Witrius, Leyden, Feb. 3, 1703, setting forth the proficiency of Jeremiah Dummer in his studies, etc. BOOK IV. The next book in the sequence of the records was labelled by Quincy when he had the books bound, College Book No. 4 and 5, and was included by him in what he termed the early records of the College. Records were entered at each end of this book. If we determine which end of the book is the be- ginning by the label upon its back, the book must be reversed and opened at what is apparently its back end to reach the oldest records which it con- tains. The first entry at this end of the book, is on the 352d page, counting from the other end, and is a record of "A Meeting of the Honourable President & Council at Cambridge on July 23d Anno Dom* 1686," at which it was "unanimously agreed upon and declared that the Revd Mr In- crease Mather be desired to accept the Rectorship of the Colledge & make his usual visitations." This is followed by the record of other votes at this meeting, and by the record of meetings of the Rector and Tutors, and also by records of other meetings during the years 1686 and 1687, which simply state what was done without men- tioning by whom. These entries are in Leverett's handwriting and two of them are duplicates of records which had already been entered in Book I, by Increase Mather. There are also on this page the records of two meetings in 1690, entered 1 y some other person and denominated Corporation meetings.20 EARLY HISTORY OF HARVARD COLLEGE. The change of title from President and Fellows to Rector and Tutors and the gap in the records are easily to be accounted for. The Colonial charter was annulled in 1684. Affairs ran along as best they could, until as Cotton Mather says "the honourable Joseph Dudley Esq. was by the Kings commission made President of the Territory of New Engl'd," then the Corporation and Overseers disappeared for a while, or to use the language of Mather, Dudley " continued the government of the Colledge in the hands of Mr. Mather, and altered his title unto that of rector." During the time of Increase Mather's visit to Eng- land in 1688 and the years immediately following, the College was not only without a head, but was also without an acknowledged legal form of gov- ernment. Note.—At one of the Commencements William Hub- bard was appointed by Andros to act as President (Quincy, vol. I. 58). Cotton Mather says (Jlagnalia, 1.14), that on his father's return with the Province Charter of 1692, he reas- sumed " the quality of President over the Colledge, which in his absence had flourished for divers years, under the pru- dent government of two tutors, Mr John Leverett and Mr William Brattle." The resumption of the title of " The Corpora- tion" in 1690, which was cont'nued by Leverett in entries on the next page in 1690 and 1691 was not based upon any change in the legal status of affairs. The marginal entries, giving the names of those present, show that those who attended these meet- ings were all members of the Corporation under the charter of 1650. Increase Mather reached the province with the new Province charter which con- tained specific power to incorporate the College in 1692. The passage by the General Assembly in 1692 of the Act incorporating Harvard College, furnished a new point in its history from which to date events. The entries of records at the end of Book IV. which was first opened, ceased with that event, and the book was opened at the eleventh page at the other end with a record. This page was adopted as the first in the pagination from that end of the book. Records of Corporation meetings follow the en- try of the Act of Incorporation. Through some of these we can trace the earnest desire of the mem- bers of the Corporation that Increase Mather should retain his connection with the College. Note. — New light is thrown upon the struggle between Mather and the General Court, in the 7th Volume of the Acts and Resolves of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Intermixed with these Corporation records are occasional records of Overseers meetings. As the College estate increased the proceedings at the meetings were extended at greater length and in a more systematic manner. It is plain that as time went on, the necessity of using the books of record for the specific purpose for which they were intended became more and more apparent. Random entries of matter which is of importance to the College, but not connected with the proceed- ings of meetings, became therefore less frequent. In 1693 the College abolished the custom of having "Plumb-Cake" Commencement Day. A meeting of the "Commissioners for propagating the gospel among the Indians," held in 1695, was interpolated on page 11, and on page 13 the order of the Lieutenant Governor appointing the officers of the College to continue the management of its affairs until the further pleasure of his Majesty should be known, was entered. Then follow records of Corporation meetings during the years 1696, 1697, 1698, many of which were held in Boston. On page 15, the following entry is made in In- crease Mather's handwriting : "Memorandum. On June 5, 1698, Mr Eliakim Hutchinson of Boston, delivered to the President ten pounds, New Eng- land money, for the use of the Colledge, withall de- claring that it was his purpose to give £10 every year to the Colledge as long as the government thereof should be such as he approved & no longer." The following is taken from the record of a Corporation meeting held at Cambridge in 1698 : "That so ye worship of God may be upheld in ye Colledge wth ye greater solemnity and that the schollars may be better acquainted with ye original languages in wch ye holy Scriptures are written, it is hereby ordered that prayer shall be constantly attended morning and evening in the Colledge Ilall, and that when there is a President or Vice Presi- dent residing in the place, he shall as often as will consist with his other work expound the Scriptures to ye Schollars and that instead of ye readings by ye Schollars formerly used in ye Colledge Hall at ye times of worship it shall from hence forward be part of ye work of ye Tutors to hear their Pupills read every morning out of English into Hebrew and in ye afternoon out of English into Greek, a chapter or so much of it as their Tutors shall think convenient, & that they take care that their Pupills perform their reading with due exactness & not perfunctorily." A slip an inch in depth has been cut out of the bottom of page 26. Apparently there was some- thing written on it. On page 29 the proceedings of the General Court " Anno Regni Annae Regi- nae Sexto," concerning the choice of Leverett as President, the fixing of his salary, and the direc- tion to the President an 1 Fellows to regulate them- selves according to the rules and conditions of the constitution of the Act of 1650, are duly entered. During Leverett's presidency the records are entered with method and in a clear, distinct hand- writing. A few entries of Overseers meetingsEARLY RECORDS OF HARVARD COLLEGE. 21 occur. Occasionally there is a special entry as to some application for a degree out of order, or some proceeding connected with the violation of a Col- lege rule by a student. There are a few memo- randa concerning wills and gifts to the College, but nearly all the entries are specific records of Corporation meetings. A detailed statement of the condition of the Col- lege estate, followed by an Inventory of the College stock, is recorded April 12, 1713. This was the last of Thomas Brattle's statements. Another In- ventory of the College stock, with Treasurer White's receipt to Rev. Mr. [Wm.] Brattle for sai l stock, is recorded October 8, 1715. There are one or two instances of records of meetings entered out of chronological sequence, anl one instance in which the proceedings of a meeting arc recorded twice. February 5th, 172^-, an address to the King was adopted, which was recorded in full, together with the following vote : " It is voted that the King be addressed by the Corporation upon the discovery of the horrible and detestable conspiracy against his Majesty's life and the Royal family." Wads- worth has made the following marginal entry: " I think the ship in which it went miscarried and so it was not presented. B. W." At a Corporation meeting held in Boston in May, 1724, a resolution prefaced with the following pre- amble was passed : " Whereas the College is now without any P/esident's House, it being removed when the Massachusetts College was built," etc. At tl.is period nearly all the Corporation meet- ings were held in Cambridge. The place of meet- ing is in some instances specifically designated as the Library, in others the statement is made that the meeting was held in the College, while other records are merely dated at Cambridge. In June, 1725, a meeting was held in Boston, at Wadsworth's house. Leverett had then been dead more than a year. Wadsworth was elected President this month and was inaugurated in July. The recor ds are for a time thereafter exclusively in his handwriting. The proceedings at his in- auguration do not appear in place in the records, but a full account ii entered further on in this book. In addition to the regular records, Wads- worth made an entry of certain proceedings of the House of Representatives, Dec. 31, 1725. An Address to the King was adopted in September, 1727, and it was voted to send it to Thomas Hollis for presentation. The language of the body of this is identical with the one adopted four years and a half before, concerning which Wadsworth ma le the marginal notation that it must have mis- carried. Note.— Quiney, Vol. I, p. 384, says the reason tlie first address was not presented, was that it did not reach London till alter George the First's death. He adds: " Having been read at that time 'paragraph by paragraph, and approved of,' it was thought too good to be lost; and after changing the beginning and the end to suit the new occasion, it was inserted bodily into an address to George the Second, con- gratulatory upon his accession." Hollis who was requested to present it declined to do so, and plainly said that the address was pronounced " fifty if not one hundred years too ancient for our present polite style and court." August 13, 1728, Wadsworth records the visit of Governor Burnet to the College. On that occa- sion 4'near sixty or thereabout" dined in the Library. In December, 1728, the Steward was directed to expend forty shillings for the use of Mary Pren- tice who had been a servant of the College a long time and had become reduced to a necessitous con- dition. September 9, 1730, an account is given of the dinner tendered Governor Belcher in the Library. On that occasion, "ye Masters at Col- lege were not invited, 'twas feared there would not be room for them." The President and Tutors, Sept. 18, 1736, took an account of the College plate, weighed it and made out an Inventory, which is recorded under that date. The entries in Wadsworth's handwriting cease with the record of a meeting held November 3, 1736. Flynt was then authorized by vote of the Corporation to enter the records, a duty which he performed until September, 1737, when the work devolved upon Holyoke as President. An account is given in detail of the reception and entertain- ment of Governor Shirley. The records of meet- ings in this book cease on page 316, where the following entry is made: " Memorandum. The above is the last meeting of the Corporation re- corded in this book, the subsequent records being entered in Lib. No. 7, Sept. 7, 1750." Following this on page 316 is the 44 Oratio Inauguralis Revd Edw. Holyoke." And on pages 318, 319, 320, there is an account of the proceedings at the in- auguration of Benjamin Wadsworth. The records at the other end of the book ceased on the third page from that end of the book, or the 350th page as the book is bound. The space between the 350th and the 320th page has been used for the entry of gifts and legacies received by the College. The work was begun by Lev- erett, continued by Wadsworth, and carried on by Holyoke. This concludes the analysis of the books which Quinry classed as early records. The record of the contents of Books I and III is complete, page by page. In describing Book IV, I have not thought it desirable to enter into detail. Previous to the 18th century the records are desultory in their nature, but since the Act of 1707 the records of the Corporation and of the Overseers are reason- ably complete.This book is a preservation facsimile produced for the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (permanence of paper). Preservation facsimile printing and binding by Northern Micrographics Brookhaven Bindery La Crosse, Wisconsin 2019