420 Judah Monis to the Corporation

    [1734]

    Memorandum

    1. 1. Whether the Overseers, Corporation, Prophessors, and Tutors they ought to have a Grammar each?—or who shall?
    2. 2. Whether the Author is to have fifty Grammar?—or how many?
    3. 3. Whether is not proper to make a Law, that all the Sophimors, and freshman for the time being, and so for the time to come all those that are admited in the College, at their admission shall be obliged to buy one of the Grammars?
    4. 4. Whether is not proper to make a Law that All the Sophimors shall attend the Hebrew instructions, while such, without exception?
    5. 5. Whether is not proper to make a Law, that No Hebrician shall go out of Town the daies that they attend my instructions without my Leave? at Least the Sophimors?
    6. 6. Whether is not proper to make a Law that the Freshman in the Last Quarter shall be obliged to attend the Hebrew instruction? and at what time?
    7. 7. That the Treasurer with some of the Corporation may be appointed to examine and ballance my account of Printing the Grammar?
    8. 8. That All the Laws that shall be agread upon, shall be made known to the Scholars, and they shall enter them in the Body of Laws Lately exibited that so they may not plead ignoramus.

    A Catalogue of the Overseers, Corporation &c.

    The Governor—

    The L[t] Governour—

    28 Councellors—

    in all

    No. 30

    R.D. Colman

    Storrer

    Cooper

    Bradstreet

    D. Sewal x

    Abbot

    Prince

    Bowman

    Thatcher

    Appleton x

    Webb

    C. Hutchinson

    Foxcroft

    The President x

    Chauncy

    Flynt x

    Gee

    D. Wigglesworth x

    Mather

    Prince x

    Welsted

    Greenwood

    Cheekly

    Sewal

    Boyles

    Rogers

    Cheevars

    in all

    No. 30

    Walter Sr.

    Those marked thus x sustaine a Double Capacity

    Walter Jr.

    Williams

    per me Judah Monis

    [Endorsed:] Mr. Monis’s Proposals, 1734.

    Corporation Papers. This appears to be preliminary to the printed proposals for the Hebrew grammar, which appeared as: Dick Dook—Proposals for Printing by Subscription a Hebrew Grammar … Boston, 1734, broadside.