Index

    Index

    A

    Abbot, Hull (1720), 510; Hollis scholar, 328, 368; obtains Sprague gift, 321

    Abdere, Matthew (of Cambridge): deposition of, 116–117

    Abny, Lady Mary, 566

    Addresses and memorials: by the Corporation, 128, 129, 263, 372, 488; by J. Dudley, 154; by ministers of the Gospel, 118, 130; by the Overseers, 254; by students, 143; by Tutors and Fellows, 208, 228

    Agreements: R. Boyle’s gift, 161; H. Dunster and his farmer, 4; C. Galpine, 165; E. Northend, 136

    —Narragansett Farm, 433; P. Austin and, 411; J. Tripp and P. Reynolds and, 412; P. Reynolds and, 429, 462

    Alexander, David (of Cambridge): deposition of, 117

    Allen, James (of the First Church, Boston): signs protests and petitions, 109, 115, 118, 135

    Allen, Jeremiah (1729): letter to unidentified person, 466

    Allen, Thomas (of Charlestown), 48

    Ailing, James (1679), 131n; deposition of, 115, 118

    Amesbury: gift of, 143

    Andover: gift of, 20, 141; land in, 11

    Andrew, Samuel (1675): letter to I. Mather, 91

    Andros, Sir Edmund (Governor): petition to, 96

    Angier, John (1720): obtains Sprague gift, 321

    Angier, Samuel (1748): receives payment, 646

    Apparatus. See Scientific apparatus

    Appleton, Daniel: sells Rowley lands, 714

    Appleton, John: petitions by, 36, 38; H. Dunster’s reply to, 37

    —Mrs. (Priscilla Glover), 59–60, 62

    Appleton, Nathaniel (1712), 491; and Rowley lands, 340, 428; letter to Hopkins Trustees, 355

    Arms, military: sent by T. Hollis for sale for benefit of College, 304, 312, 314, 361–363, 386

    Arrington, Abraham (of Cambridge): deposition and sentencing of, 124, 129

    Arrington, Hannah (of Cambridge): deposition of, 121, 124

    Arrington, Mary (of Cambridge): deposition of, 118–119, 124

    Ashurst, Sir Henry, 184–185, 203, 236; letter to W. Popple, 187

    Ashurst, Robert (Governor of N. E. Company), 511, 562; illness and death, 553, 569–570

    Ashurst, Sir William, 252; letters from I. Mather, 158A–C, 160A, 177A

    —Lady Ashurst, 237, 265

    Asty, John (Dissenting minister, London): death of, 629

    Atkinson, Theodore: gives land in Boston, 15, 70

    Austin, Paske (tenant, Narragansett Farm), 670, 411

    Avery, Benjamin (English author), 561, 686, 756; gives books, 543

    Avery, John (1759): attests to document, 612

    B

    Badger, Stephen (1747): receives payment, 646–647

    Baptists: in N. E., described in a letter from T. Hollis, 270; students drawn from ranks of, 396–398. See also Hollis, Thomas

    Barnard, Jonathan, 386

    Barnard, Thomas (1679), 131n; deposition of, 116

    Barney, Jacob (of Salem): signs letter, 24

    Barrington, John Shute, 1st Viscount, 455, 563–564; book by, 659

    Belcher, Andrew (died 1673?): order to pay, 56

    Belcher, Andrew (died 1717?), 218

    Belcher, Andrew (1724), 629

    Belcher, Jonathan (1699) (Governor), 327, 562, 628

    Bellingham, Richard (Governor): letter to R. Saltonstall, 72

    Bellomont, Richard Coote, Earl of (Governor): orders of, 120, 121; extracts of orders and letters of, 181–186

    Berkeley, George (Bishop of Cloyne), 556, 594

    Bermuda: Harvard student from, 555, 592, 600; university in, 594

    Bernon, Gabriel: signs vote, 107

    Berry, Thomas (1712): gives account of Rowley land, 273, 338

    Beverly: gift of, 142

    Bible: reading of to students, 171

    Biggs, John, 274

    Billerica: gift of, 139; Shawsheen Farm at, 227

    Bills and invoices: to J. Mico, 448; to J. White, 230; for legal services, 287; for shoes, 2

    Bird, Samuel (1744, non-graduate), 773; testimony about, 478

    Blackman, John: suit against, 287

    Blathwayt, William, 206; letter to I. Mather, 138; letter from I. Mather, 146

    Board of Trade and Plantations: copies of documents relating to College charter, 123

    Bonds: of O. Campbell, 317; of P. Cleaveland, 456, 467; of O. Peabody, 207; of P. Reynolds and W. Tanner, 468

    Books. See Library

    Bordman, Andrew (Steward), 219, 281; on committee for Narragansett Farm, 453, 460, 463; for Rowley land, 428; for Townsend land, 413, 415, 416, 421, 745; order from E. Holyoke, 745

    Bordman, Moses: and Townsend land, 415, 416, 417, 421, 704

    Boston: gift of, 25, 138; lease of property in to W. Payne, 159; property in given by T. Atkinson, 15, 70; by S. Scarlet, 76; by R. Sedgwick, 12; property in belonging to Mrs. Goffe, 274

    —Bumpkin Island: given by S. Ward, 15, 84, 85

    —maps of, 628

    Bowers, Benanuel: order to pay, 56; Mrs., 95

    Bowker, Ellinor (of Cambridge): deposition of, 124

    Bowman, Jonathan (1724), 280, 474–478

    Boyle, Robert Fund, 230, 236, 356, 551–552; agreement as to payment of donation of, 161; agreement by recipient, C. Galpine, 165; O. Peabody, 207; statement of account, 378

    Boylston, Edward (merchant), 551, 615

    Boylston, Zabdiel (physician), 533, 537, 551, 576

    Brackett, Anthony: letter to Mr. Pate, 787

    Bradbury, Thomas (Dissenting minister, London): mentioned by T. Hollis, 500, 525, 526, 564, 629

    Bradford: gift of, 142–143

    Bradstreet, Simon (Governor): letter from J. Hoar, 75

    Bradstreet, Simon (1693): serves as Sprague Trustee, 321

    Braintree: gift of, 25, 140

    Brattle, Thomas (1676) (Treasurer), 309; given treasurer’s records, 161; map by, 108; signs documents as treasurer, 103, 168; extract of will of, 246

    Brattle, William (1680) (Treasurer), 257, 259, 309, 528; payment to, 153; petition of, 98; proposed as vice president, 195; extract of will of, 246–247; letter to I. Mather, 150; to J. White, 173

    Brattle, William (1722), 278; power of attorney to, 439

    Brett, William (of Bridgewater): letter about town’s gift, 71

    Brewer, Daniel (1727): Hollis scholar, 535. 609

    Bridge, Christopher (1733): Hopkins scholar, 613

    Bridgewater: gift of, 71

    Brown, John (1725), 777

    Browne, Benjamin (1666, non-graduate): gift of, 308

    Browne, Daniel (Yale, 1714): death of, 479

    Browne, Joseph (of Salem): gift of, 308

    Browne, Samuel (of Salem), 313; gift of, 309; extract of will of, 626

    Browne, William (of Salem, d. 1688): gift of, 308

    Browne, William (of Salem, d. 1716): gift of, 308

    Browne family (of Salem): gifts of, 200

    Bucknam, Sarah: testimony of, 52

    Buildings, College. See College buildings

    Bumpkin Island. See Boston

    Burnet, William (Governor), 628

    Byfield, Nathaniel: chosen Hopkins Trustee, 616

    Byles, Mather (1725), 514, 628n; Hollis scholar, 398, 452

    C

    Cabot, Marston (1724), 280

    Calamy, Edmund (Dissenting minister, London), 468, 605, 628–629

    Callender, Elisha (1710) (Baptist minister, Boston): mentioned by T. Hollis. 303. 324, 344–345, 347, 377, 390, 398, 406, 453, 514, 527; by T. Cutler, 616; T. Hollis gives books to, 445; gives money to, 423; questions conduct of, 509

    Callender, John (1723): Hollis scholar, 324, 328, 437, 602

    Cambridge: books printed at, 44; gift of, 25, 16, 40, 138; lands in, 9, 132–133, 668

    —First church: gallery in, 184

    —School, 300. See also Hopkins, Edward Fund

    Cambridge Neck, 668; appraisal of wood lot on, 43; sale of land on, 764

    Cambridge Village (Brighton-Newton): gift of, 140

    Campbell, Othniel (1728): bond of, 317

    Cane, Jonathan (of Cambridge): deposition and sentencing of, 125, 128–129

    Carr, Richard (physician), 594

    Caverly, Anthony (of Waltham): sale of farm of, 470

    Chamberlayne, Edward (English author), 218

    Chamberlayne, John (English author), 218, 249; death of, 499

    Champney, Richard: gift of land in Newton, 199, 254

    Chandler, James (1728): Hollis scholar, 552, 564, 609

    Chandler, Samuel (London bookseller), 518, 569, 629, 752

    Charlestown: gift of, 25, 141

    Charlestown ferry: income from, 157–158, 329, 393

    Charters, College: 1697, 166–167; 1699, 118; 1697 and 1700, 123; 1707 (1650), 220–221; W. Blathwayt and, 138; J. Leverett and, 424, 486–487; I. Mather and, 142, 144, 145, 146; N. Prince and, 474; N. Sever et al and, 317–318, 332–338, 340–341, 377–380, 392–393, 420–421, 281; students and, 143

    Chauncy, Charles (President): and College Records, 803, 804, 805, 807, 809

    Chauncy, Charles (1721), 751; Hollis scholar, 364, 398, 423, 491; receives Walley aid, 247

    Checkley, John (minister, Church of England), 459

    Cheever, Thomas (1677), 131n; deposition of, 116

    Chelmsford: gift of, 142

    Chelsea. See Rumney Marsh

    Chisholm, Thomas (Steward): collector for Cambridge, 29

    Churchill, Awnsham (London book-seller): gives books to library, 235

    Cider, possession of by students, 342–343

    Clergyman, letter from a, 218

    Cleaveland, Palmer (tenant, Narragansett Farm), 433, 444, 728–729, 737, 459, 462, 750–751, 781–782, 786–787, 792; bond of, 456, 463, 467; lease of, 489; letters to H. Flynt, 445, 451

    Cogan, John (d. 1658): gives land Rumney Marsh, 14, 16n; plan of land, 171

    Cole, Elizabeth (tenant, Narragansett Farm): lease of, 385

    Collar, John (of Cambridge): deposition of, 125

    College accounts (by College in this index is meant Harvard College unless otherwise noted): H. Dunster and, 28, 29, 30, 32; S. Eaton and, 31; 1686, 94; 1724, 310; 1737, 443; 1743. 475; 1746/47, 485

    College bells, 827n

    College Books. See College Records

    College buildings: proposal for, 39; repairs to, 40; Indian College, 107; Old Harvard Hall, 112, 83; Wadsworth House, 602

    College charters. See Charters

    College, gifts to. See Library; Scholarships; Town contributions; Wills; and individual donors, such as Hollis, Thomas

    College government: N. Prince on, 474. See also Charters; Fellows’ controversy

    College laws. See Laws

    College library. See Library

    College Records: College Book I–II–III, Appendix, passim

    College seals, 828

    College, taxation: protest against, 488

    College yard. See Yard, College

    Collins, Edward: as executor of H. Dunster’s will, 91–93, 95, 101

    Collins, John (1649): payment to, 40

    Colman, Benjamin (1692): and T. Cotton gift, 546, 559; at installation of E. Wigglesworth, 430; offered College presidency, 533–534; letters from T. Cotton, 342; J. Davenport, 318, I. Hollis, 486; T. Hollis, 198, 213, 215, 216, 222, 225, 234, 238, 239, 244, 245, 251, 252, 255, 258, 259, 266, 269, 271, 272, 274, 279, 282, 283, 289, 291, 293, 294, 295, 297, 299, 301, 302, 307, 308, 313, 316, 320, 321, 322, 323, 326, 327, 328, 329, 331, 333, 334, 335, 337, 344, 346, 349, 351, 366 (extracts only), 628n, 657n; M. Saltonstall, 319

    Colman, John (brother of Benjamin): mentioned by T. Hollis, 493, 509, 512, 552–553, 557, 564, 566, 576; borrows money from T. Hollis, 502; his still house fails, 536–537; refuses offer of position, 538

    Commencement: accounts for, 29, 32; change of date of, 91

    Commissioners for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians, 230; meeting and vote of, 107, 161; new members and officers of, 505, 533, 538

    Commons, College: arrangement and charges for, 39–40

    Compton, Henry, Bishop of London: letter from W. Vesey, 119

    Conant, Roger (of Salem): signs letter, 24

    Concord: gift to College, 25, 19, 139

    Condy, Jeremiah (1726): Hollis scholar, 398, 609

    Condy, Susanna, 437

    Confessions: of P. Nelson, 206. See also Disorders; Misdemeanors

    Connecticut: college of. See Yale College; land in, 11, 310

    Converse, James (Speaker of the House): letter from I. Mather, draft of, 131

    Cook, Robert (of Charlestown): gift of land, 12, 13n

    Cooke, Elisha (1697): mentioned by T. Hollis, 495, 501, 509; sends directions to a surveyor, 361

    Cooke, George, Capt.: on committee, 52–53

    Cooke, Middlecott (1723), 495n

    Coolidge, Joseph: leases Hayward lot, 424, 476, 479

    Cooper, William (1712), 349, 751; book by, 391

    Corlet, Ammi Ruhamah (1670), 111–112

    Corlet, Elijah (d. 1687), III–112

    Corporation, of Harvard College: addresses, memorials and petitions of, 128, 129, 263, 278, 372, 488; deeds and agreements of, 470, 472; duties of, 415; enlargement of (Fellows’ controversy), 333, 248, 254, 256, 419; lists of, 34, 241, 178, 198; meetings and votes of, 131–132, 158, 104, 284, 348, 819; religious exclusion of members of, 183; summons to, 457; letters from F. Foxcroft, 309; E. Goffe, 403; C. Mather, 163, J. Monis, 247, 304, 419, 420; W. Palmer, 491. See also Fellows

    Corporation for Propagation of the Gospel among the Indians. See New England Company

    Corwin, George (of Salem): signs letter, 24

    Cotton, John (1657): letter from T. Danforth, 74

    Cotton, John (1678): letter to I. Mather, 91

    Cotton, Josiah (1722): obtains Sprague gift, 321

    Cotton, Rowland (1685): signs petition, 95

    Cotton, Rowland (1719): obtains Sprague gift, 297; letter to E. Holyoke, 780

    Cotton, Thomas (London minister): gift of, 545–546, 557, 324, 561–562; T. Hollis on, 601–602; letter to B. Colman et al, 342

    Cowdry, William: signs letter about Reading’s contribution, 22

    Cox, Thomas (London bookseller), 519, 575

    Craddock, George (d. 1771): handles Hollis gifts, 344, 352, 366, 408; receipt for, 191

    Crispe, Samuel: handles Pennoyer funds, 225

    Crocker, John (1743): letter to E. Holyoke, 471

    Curtis, Philip (1738), 774

    Cutler, Timothy (1701), T. Hollis on, 438, 443, 459, 461, 469, 602; petition of, 354; letters to Bishop of London, 350, 359; S. Grey, 339; unidentified person, 454

    Cutlery: sent by T. Hollis for sale for benefit of College, 288, 291

    Cutt, Richard (of Portsmouth, N. H.): 111n; will of, 77

    Cutter, Ammi Ruhamah (1725): Hopkins scholar, 615; letters to and from B. Wadsworth about Merricaneag Neck, 373, 397, 400, 405, 406, 408; map of Merricaneag Neck, 370; report on Merricaneag Neck, 369

    Cutter, Gershom (of Cambridge): deposition of, 126

    Cutter, William (of Cambridge): deposition of, 126

    D

    Dancing, 78

    Danforth, John (1677): inauguration of J. Leverett, 224; signs address, 118

    Danforth, Samuel (1683): suggested as vice-president, 172

    Danforth, Samuel (1717): receives Hopkins grant, 613–614

    Danforth, Thomas (Deputy Governor, College Treasurer), 29, 636; and College Records, 805, 807, 808, 823–828; conducts hearings on disorders, 78; notes on Dunster-Appleton cases, 38; will of, and gift of property, 435–436, 528, 336, 343, 764; letters to J. Cotton, 74; W. Stoughton, 89

    Davenport, Addington (1719), 756

    Davenport, John (1687): letter to B. Colman, 318

    Davies, Joseph: estate of, 54

    Davis, William: on committee, 27, 59

    Day, Stephen (printer), 71; affidavit by, 49; indenture of, 1; testimony of, 47

    Dedham: gift of, 25, 139

    Deeds: of T. Atkinson, 70; H. Dunster, 61; T. Lambert, 435; J. Newgate, 11; E. Rice, 3; T. Sweetman, 80; E. Trowbridge, 472; various persons, 6; S. Ward, 84

    Degrees: I. Mather’s doctor’s degree, 214

    Dennis, Josiah (1723): Hollis scholar, 324, 328, 344

    Desaguliers, John T. (London tutor), 576, 578

    Dexter, Samuel (1720): obtains Sprague gift, 270, 297, 321

    Disorders, student, 78, 221, 490. See also Misdemeanors

    Dixon, John (of Cambridge): deposition of, 125–126

    Doddridge, John (d. 1659): bequest to College, 12, 13n; efforts to collect, 305–307, 503–504, 360, 410, 716–717, 491, 493; will of, 60

    Dolbear, John: buys nails, 292

    Dollings, Sir Daniel, 582

    Dorchester: gift of, 25, 14, 141

    Dorr, Joseph (1711): change in his commencement part, 255

    Downes, William: buys nails, 291; promissory notes of, 293

    Drinking and drunkenness, 78. See also Cider

    Drowne, Shem: buys nails, 292

    Dudley, Joseph (1665) (Governor), 229–230, 237; address by, 154; addresses and petitions to, 128, 129, 130, 135, 143, 145; instructions to, 87; order issued by, 94; letters (drafts) from I. Mather, 142, 144

    Dudley, Paul (1690), 342n, 388; appointed scholar of the House, 153; bequest of, 496

    Dudley, Thomas (Governor), 207

    Dudley, Thomas (1685): signs petition, 96

    Dudley lectures, 496

    Dummer, Jeremiah (d. 1718), 218

    Dummer, Jeremiah (1699), 236, 249, 327, 348, 364, 449, 458; and proposed professorship for, 200, 141; and Yale, 447, 452, 502

    Dummer, William (Lt. Governor), 264–265, 502

    Dunbar, Samuel (1723), 775; letter to E. Holyoke, 477

    Dunster, David: fines against, 102–103; testimony of, 59

    Dunster, Faith, 95

    Dunster, Henry (President): 828; bill for shoes, 2; and College Records, 802, 803, 804, 808; and Indians, 5; land belonging to, 3, 4, 10, 43, 61; will and estate of, 62, 101–102; letter from T. Greene, 42

    —and Glover estate, 28, 29, 30, 39, 46, 54, 55; findings, 51, 53, 57, 58; motions by, 45, 48; petitions of, 13, 35, 38, 40, 41; reply to J. Appleton, 37

    —Mrs. I (Elizabeth Glover), 4n, 6; plate belonging to, 73, 76

    —Mrs. II (Elizabeth Atkinson): petition of, 66; release by, 92–93; and will of her husband, 94–95

    Duplicate books. See Library, duplicate books in

    E

    Eames, John (London tutor), 567, 574

    Eaton, Nathaniel (President), 802, 827–828, 830

    Eaton, Samuel (1649): abridgement of college accounts, 31; payment to, 40

    Eclipse of the sun, 1684, 150

    Eldred, Nathaniel (shoemaker): bill for shoes, 2

    Eliot, John (1685): signs petition, 96

    Ellery, John (1732): extract from will of, 484

    England, Church of: attempt of clergymen to obtain seats on Board of Overseers, 350, 354, 359; conversion to, of T. Cutler and others, 443, 459, 461

    England, raising of funds in, 72

    English laws. See Laws, College

    Evans, John (Dissenting minister, London), 510

    Evans, Matthew (London solicitor), 287; and Hopkins legacy, 265–266

    Exhibitions: comments on, by J. Leverett, 211; by N. Sever, 482. See also Fellowships; Scholarships

    F

    Faculty. See Immediate government

    Fellows: fourth, recommended by H. Flynt, 204; installment of, 473; lists of, 34, 241; salary of, 153, 98, 358–359, 380–381, 393–394, 479–480; three-year limitation of, 337, 480; weakness of, 480–482; letter from J. Leverett to, 221. See also Tutors

    Fellows’ controversy, 828–829; arguments by H. Flynt, N. Sever and T. Robie, 208; by N. Sever and W. Welsteed, 228, 240, 246, 277; by N. Sever, 179, 183, 218, 257, 281; the Corporation and, 248, 254, 256; the Overseers and, 263, 278; T. Hollis on 439, 450

    Fellowships: recommendation for setting up of, 39

    Ferry. See Charlestown Ferry

    Fessenden, Benjamin (1718): obtains Sprague gift, 270

    Fessenden, Benjamin (1746): payment to, 646

    Fessenden, Ebenezer (messenger), 357–358

    Fessenden, Nicholas (1701): death of, 300

    Fessenden, Stephen (1737): Hopkins scholar, 357

    Fessenden, William (1737): Hopkins scholar, 357

    Fiske, David (d. 1711): surveys land in Newton, 134

    Fitch, Jabez (1694): as Tutor, 172, 179n

    Fitzgerald, James (1723): Hollis scholar, 552

    Flynt, Ephraim, Capt.: will of, 435

    Flynt, Henry (1693), 178, 279–280, 529n; abstracts of wills made by, 247n, 264, 529n; and College Records, 807, 809, 828; eulogy of J. Leverett, 298; memorial to Corporation by, 208; and Merricaneag Neck, 383, 401; and Narragansett Farm, 380, 390, 737, 453, 460, 463, 482, 483, 495; from P. Cleaveland about Farm, 445, 451; to and from F. Willett about Farm, 387, 427, 446, 447, 461, 480, 481; and Rowley land, 428; and Townsend land, 413, 415, 421; letters to Hopkins Trustees, 355; J. White, 197, 201, 204; letter from H. Newman, 151

    Fowler, Philip: signs agreement, 136

    Foxcroft, Francis (d. 1727): and T. Danforth gift, 309, 336, 343

    Foxcroft, Francis (1712), 284, 528

    Foxcroft, Thomas (1714), 528, 628n, 751

    Framingham: property in belonging to College, 528, 343

    French books. See Library, French books in

    Frizell, John (1724): will of, 382

    Frost, Ephraim (of Cambridge): deposition and sentencing of, 123, 130

    Frost, Edmund: as executor of H. Dunster, 91–93, 95

    Frost, Thomas (of Cambridge): deposition and sentencing of, 126, 130

    G

    Galpine, Calvin, Jr. (1715): agreement on receipt of Boyle fund, 165

    Galpine, Calvin, Sr.: statement by, 248

    Gardner, John: plan of land by, 171

    Gardner, Stephen (tenant, Narragansett Farm): 177, 666; report by, 390

    Gee, Joshua (1717), 751; prepares library catalog, 492n

    General Court, Massachusetts. See Massachusetts General Court

    George I, King of England: mention of address to, 456

    George II, King of England: mention of address to, 606–607, 614

    Gerrish, Samuel (printer), 566

    Gibbs, Henry (1685), 404, 406n, 491; scholar of the House, 153; signs petition, 155; will of, 435

    Gibson, Edmund, Bishop of London, 753; letters from T. Cutler, 350, 359

    Gilbert, James (merchant), 366; T. Hollis bought of, 188

    Gilbert, John (merchant), 288, 291; receipt for T. Hollis gift, 189

    Gilbert & Craddock, merchants, 190, 298–299, 331, 352, 366–367, 386

    Gloucester: gift of, 26, 142

    Glover, Elizabeth (Mrs. Jose). See Dunster, Henry, Mrs. I

    Glover, John (1650), 26–27, 59, 62; Dunster-Glover case, 51, 54, 57, 58; lease to E. Rice, 10

    Glover, John (d. 1654), 259; gift of, 16–17, 19n

    Glover, Jose (d. 1638): Dunster-Glover case, 52–53, 39; indenture of Stephen Day to, 1; references to will of. 26, 55–57

    Glover, Priscilla. See Appleton, John, Mrs.

    Glover, Roger, 26–27, 58–59

    Goble, Thomas: appraises Dunster woodlot, 43

    Goffe, Edward: appraises Dunster woodlot, 43

    Goffe, Edmund (1690), 294–296, 299; lawsuit by, 181

    —Mrs. (Hannah Lynde Mitchell), 181, 294–295

    Goffe, Edmund, Jr. See Trowbridge, Edmund

    Gold, Mr.: and Narragansett Farm, 713; report by, 437

    Goldthwaite, Ezekiel: report on Merricaneag Neck, 399

    Gooch, Joseph (1720), 281

    Gookin, Nathaniel (1703): and J. Leverett’s inauguration, 223, 224n

    Gore, John (1702): death of, 391

    Great Awakening. See New-lights

    Green, Bartholomew (printer), 566

    Green, John (1719): obtains Sprague gift, 297, 321

    Green, Percival (1680): supplies cider, 115, 131n

    Greene, Thomas: letter to H. Dunster, 42

    Greenwood, Isaac (1721): mentioned by T. Hollis, 553, 555–556, 567, 570, 574–577, 592–593, 600n, 628; by T. Hollis 2nd, 666, 701; departs from England under a cloud, 576, 578; election as professor, 601, 607; marriage, 628

    Greenwood, Samuel (1709), 567

    Gregory, Lewis, 688; letters about the Doddridge gift, to J. Tallamy, 199, to J. Leverett, 296, to H. Newman, 360

    Grey, Samuel: letter from T. Cutler, 339

    Groton: gift of, 143

    Gunston, John (Treasurer, Society for Propagation of the Gospel in N. E.), 262, 533; letter from T. Hollis, 300

    Gunston, Thomas (donor), 159

    Guy, Thomas (London bookseller), 535

    Guyse, John (English author), 629; gives books, 542

    H

    Hadley: gift of, 139

    Hager, William (of Waltham): lease to, 449

    Hamilton, William (professor, Edinburgh), 686

    Hampton, N. H.: gift of, 25

    Hancock, Belcher (1727): Hopkins scholar, 614; report on Narragansett Farm, 487, 492

    Hancock, Ebenezer (1728): Hollis scholar, 609

    Hancock, John (1719): obtains Sprague gift, 270, 297; as witness, 548

    Harmon, Johnson: writ relating to Merricaneag Neck, 402

    Harris, Henry (assistant, King’s Chapel), 585, 617

    Harris, William (Dissenting minister, London), 373n, 406, 510, 602

    Harvard Hall, Old, 112, 143

    Hastings, John: leases Hayward lot, 424, 476, 479

    Hatfield: gift of, 143

    Hathorne, William (of Salem): signs letter, 24

    Haven, Moses (of Framingham): to pay rent to College, 343

    Haverhill: gift of, 23, 141

    Hayward, John: gives land in Watertown to College, 424, 476, 479

    Heath, Peleg (M.A. 1724), 283

    Hebrew grammar: memo of Judah Monis on, 420

    Hebrew, instruction in, 209, 247, 304, 419. See also Monis, Judah

    Henshaw, Daniel: testimony of, 59

    Hibbins, William (d. 1654), 71; on committee, 52–53

    Higginson, John (1717): letters to B. Wadsworth, 367, 377

    Hill, Abraham (d. 1746): Menotomy land leased by, 600

    Hill, Jacob (of Cambridge): deposition of, 127–128

    Hills, Joseph: on committee, 27, 59; executor of H. Dunster, 91–93, 95, 101

    —Mrs. (Helen Atkinson), 95

    Hingham: gift of, 25, 21, 142

    Hirst, Samuel (1723), 509

    Hoar, John: letter to J. Leverett, 157

    Hoar, Leonard (1650) (President), 111–112; 827n; and College Records, 803, 804, 805, 806; letter to S. Bradstreet, 75

    Hobart, Nehemiah (1667): recommended as College officer, 172, 196; takes part in inauguration of J. Leverett, 223, 224n

    Hobby, Sir Charles (d. 1715), 203

    Holden, Samuel (d. 1740), 751

    Hollis, Isaac (d. 1731), 717; letter to B. Colman, 486

    Hollis, John (d. 1735), 235, 303–304, 440, 443, 467, 513; gives books, 518–519

    Hollis, Nathaniel (d. 1738), 717; gift for Indian students, 666

    Hollis, Thomas (d. 1731) (English benefactor; though actually the second Thomas, he was the first in Harvard annals. He is referred to in this Index as simply T. Hollis.): mentioned, 235, 385, 432; autobiographical sketch by, 345–348; portrait of, 399, 424, 426, 428–429, 440, 450; word received of death of, 656–657

    —donations of (except books): record of, 246, 193, 226; sends apparatus, 670; sends goods to be sold for benefit of College, 187 thru 191, 304, 311–312, 314, 330, 352–353, 361–363, 366–367, 370, 373, 408, 423, 442, 450; sends printers’ type, 565; supplies information about bequests of others, 156, 210, 241, 303

    —donations of (books or money for College library): 303, 388, 390, 403, 425–426, 444–445, 488, 496, 511, 517–520, 526, 315, 564–565, 569–571, 577, 582, 593, 605; appeals for books from others, 510, 300, 311; comments on the catalogue, 388, 426, 492, 497–499, 501, 509, 526, 535, 537, 561; on duplicate books, 532, 534–535, 542, 547–548; on French books, 533, 536, 551; on books “pro and con”: 538–539

    —health of: suffers from failing eyesight, 468, 488–489, 628; from gout, 407, 409, 629

    —orders and requests made by: for bond or agreement from Corporation, 440, 446, 450, 456, 467–469; for his professors and scholars, 223, 355–356, 236, 374–375, 440, 446, 314, 574, 345; payment to College Treasurer, 344, 570, 598

    —religious belief of: is proud to be a Baptist, 303, 397, 404, 453, 578, 593–594; suggests Baptists worthy of his aid, 344, 437, 454, 491

    —remarks by: on College’s address to the King, 605; on College’s agent in England, 488, 491; on death of his wife, 532, 535; on death of J. Leverett, 514; on defection of Conn. ministers, 437, 441, 452; on Fellows’ controversy, 439, 450; on Jews in London, 426–427; on opposition to N. E. in England, 456, 485–486; letters to B. Colman, 198, 213, 215, 216, 222, 225, 234, 238, 239, 244, 245, 251, 252, 255, 258, 259, 266, 269, 271, 272, 274, 279, 282, 283, 289, 291, 293, 294, 295, 297, 299, 301, 302, 307, 308, 313, 316, 320, 321, 322, 323, 236, 327, 328, 329, 331, 333, 334, 335, 337, 344, 346, 349, 351, 628n, 366, 657n; to J. Gunston, 300; to E. Hutchinson, 253; to J. Leverett, 202, 212, 216, 225, 238, 250, 260, 267, 280, 285, 288; to I. Mather, 187; to E. Wheten, 270; to J. White, 205, 217, 224, 229, 232, 233, 235, 237; to E. Wigglesworth, 249, 265, 268, 286, 290, 303, 305, 312, 325, 330, 352, 365; letter from E. Leeds, 311. See also Hollis Professorship of Divinity; Hollis Professorship of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy; Hollis scholars

    Hollis, Thomas (d. 1735) (nephew of the above Thomas; designated as Thomas 2nd), 303, 376, 467, 570; gives books, 505; letters to E. Wigglesworth, 381, 388, 394, 409, 414, 422

    Hollis, Thomas (d. 1774), 376

    Hollis Professorship of Divinity, 329, 385; gift of J. Townsend toward, 734; orders and rules for, 350, 236, 314; re-election of, 375, 439, 494, 525, 532; stipend for, 355, 368, 494, 666. See also Wigglesworth, Edward

    Hollis Professorship of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, 567, 570, 666; election of professor, 348; rules for, 345. See also Greenwood, Isaac

    Hollis scholars, 302–303, 311, 351, 355; Baptists as recipients of, 437, 454; T. Hollis requests reports from, 404, 428, 437, 532–533. See also individual scholars: Hull Abbot, Daniel Brewer, Mather Byles, John Callender, James Chandler, Charles Chauncy, Jeremiah Condy, Josiah Dennis, James Fitzgerald, Ebenezer Hancock, Jedediah Jewett, John Loring, John Lovell, Joseph Marsh, Samuel Mather, John Owen, David Parsons, Ebenezer Pemberton, Seth Sweetzer, Nathaniel Walter, William Williams, Joshua Wood

    Hollister, John: gives books, 542

    Holyoke, Edward (1705) (President), 257; and inauguration of J. Leverett, 224; and Narragansett Farm, 453, 456, 460, 463, 465, 467, 468; and Newton land, 199; and Townsend land, 458; and Watertown land, 476; obligation to Henry Prentice, 473; salary of, 442; letters to W. Palmer, 493; F. Willett, 465; letters from R. Cotton, 780; J. Crocker, 471; T. Cutler, 454; S. Dunbar, 477; D. Rogers, 469

    Honyman, James: signs letter to Bishop of London, 350

    Hopkins, Edward Fund: the College’s claim to, 234–236, 249–250, 167, 262, 178; grants to scholars, 356, 614–615, 393, 407; letter from B. Wadsworth about, 355. See also individual scholars, Christopher Bridge, Ammi Ruhamah Cutter, Stephen or William Fessenden, Belcher Hancock, Solomon Prentice, Joseph Seccombe, Thomas Tufts, Joshua Wood

    Hopkinton: gift of property in, 626. See also Hopkins, Edward Fund

    House: construction of at Narragansett Farm, 689–690, 710–711

    Howard, William: letter about Topsfield’s gift, 25

    Hubbard, Joshua: letter about Hingham’s gift, 21

    Hubbard, Nathaniel: lease of land in Newton to, 199, 168

    Hubbard, Thomas (1721) (Treasurer): accounting for R. Boyle gift, 378

    Hull: gift of, 141

    Hulton, Nathaniel (d. 1694): letter to I Mather, 99

    Humfries, John, 102

    Hunt, Jeremiah (Dissenting minister, London), 329, 345–347, 370, 373n. 455

    Hunting, Nathaniel (1722): obtains Sprague gift, 321; signs for exhibition money, 321–322

    Hussey, Joseph, 517; catalogue of books from, 306; death of, 593

    Hutchinson, Edward (Treasurer), 386, 398, 505; accounts of, 310, 443, 475, 485; bill for legal services, 287; order from General Court, 442; receipt to, 292; and Narragansett Farm, 389, 392, 395; and Newton land, 332; and Rogers Farm, 449; and Rowley land, 340, 428; letters to B. Wadsworth, 356, 358, 389; letters from T. Hollis, 253; J. Mico, 448; O. Peabody, 276; B. Wadsworth, 353, 357, 393; F. Willett, 392, 395

    I

    Immediate government (College faculty): N. Sever on, 333

    Indentures: S. Day, 1; P. Cleaveland, 455; N. Hubbard, 168; W. Payne, 159; P. Reynolds, 430, 464. See also Deeds

    Indian Bible, 237–238, 666, 785

    Indian College: use of bricks from, 107

    Indian wampum: presented to King George, 501

    Indians: accounts for education of, 5; bonds of graduates working with, 165, 207, 317; war and peace with, 451. 567. See also Boyle, Robert Fund; N. E. Company

    Invoices. See Bills and invoices

    Ipswich: gift of, 25, 139; court held at, 271

    Ironmongery: sent by T. Hollis for sale for benefit of college, 314, 352, 366

    Ivory fans: sent by J. Mico, 730

    J

    Jackson, Edward: on committee, 27, 59

    Jackson, Edward (1719): obtains Sprague gift, 298, 321

    Jefferds, Samuel (1722), 310; signs for exhibition money, 321–322

    Jeffries, John (Boston merchant), 410–411

    Jewett, Jedidiah (1726): Hollis scholar, 535

    Jewett, Joseph (of Rowley): will of, 63

    Johnson, Samuel (Yale, 1714), 461; signs letter to Bishop of London, 350

    Jones, Samuel: surveys Townsend land, 413, 415, 416, 705

    K

    Keayne, Robert (Boston merchant): gift of, 18–19

    Keith, James (of Bridgewater), 109

    Kick, Abraham (Amsterdam merchant): letter from I. Mather, 90

    L

    Lamb, Joshua (1723, non-graduate), 281

    Lambert, Thomas: sale of Rowley land to, 435; suit brought by him, 438, 439, 440, 441, 457

    Lancaster: gift of, 143

    Lardner, Nathaniel (English author), 605

    Latin laws. See Laws, College

    Lawrence, Abbott (1792–1855): letter from H. Stevens, 123

    Lawrence, William: and Townsend land, 418, 425, 432, 458

    Laws, College: N. Sever on, 219; N. Sever on English laws of 1655, 333–334, 378, 392, 472–473; Sever on Latin laws of 1692, 379, 474–477

    Leases: to P. Cleaveland, 489; E. Cole, 385; J. Coolidge and J. Hastings, 424, 476; S. Gardner, 177; W. Hagar, 449; E. Rice, 10

    Leeds, Edward (London mercer): gives books, 541; letter to T. Hollis, 311

    Leverett, John (Governor): on committee, 27, 59

    Leverett, John (1680) (President), 230, 327; and College Records, 807, 828–830; complaints against, 179, 183; death of wife, 322; inauguration of, 154, 155;, second marriage of, 399; petition of, 98; salary of, 153, 153; serves as Sprague trustee, 210; eulogy on, 298, 514; letters to Fellows, 221; M. Leverett, 152; Samuel Sewall, 170; Stephen Sewall, 169, 192, 193, 196; J. White, 172, 174, 180, 194, 211, 220; H. Wolcott, 112; to ? , 158; letters from L. Gregory, 296; J. Hoar, 157; T. Hollis, 202, 212, 216, 225, 238, 250, 260, 267, 280, 285, 288; J. Monis, 209; D. Neal, 214; H. Newman, 160, 166; E. Pierpont, 182; J. White, 226

    —Mrs. (Margaret Rogers): death of, 322; letter from J. Leverett, 152

    Library, College: catalogues of, 326, 388, 426, 492, 497–499, 501, 509, 526, 535, 537, 561; duplicate books in, 532, 534–535, 542, 547–548; French books in, 533, 536, 551, 693; law relating to, 768–769; state of, 556

    —gifts of books or money for: B. Avery, 543; J. Browne, 308; T. Cotton, 559, 615; T. Hollis, 303, 315, 388, 390, 403, 423, 425–426, 444–445, 488, 496, 511, 517–520, 526, 541–545, 564–565, 569–571, 577, 582, 593, 605; T. Hollis “2nd”, 686; J. Hollister, 542; J. Hussey, 517, 306; E. Leeds, 311, 541; R. Mead, 577; B. Mee, 542; D. Neal, 543; H. Newman, 218, 235; J. Reynolds, 571; J. Ruck, 542; I. Watts, 657n; W. Wooly, 541

    Liquor, sale of, 78

    Little, Tristram: directions to a surveyor, 361

    Lloyd, John (London attorney): transmits books, 542; letter to J. White, 186

    London, Bishop of. See Compton, Henry; Gibson, Edmund

    Longhorne, Thomas: appraises woodlot, 43; order to pay, 56

    Loring, John (1729): Hollis scholar, 609

    Lovell, John (1728): Hollis scholar, 535, 609

    Lunenburg: land belonging to College in, 16, 371, 694n

    Lyndall, Timothy, 342n

    Lynde, Benjamin (1686), 274, 294, 295n

    Lynn: gift of, 25, 140

    M

    MacSparran, James (Church of England minister), 747; his claim to land disputed, 466; signs letter to Bishop of London, 350

    Maine, land in: See Merricaneag Neck; Saco land; Winter Harbor

    Malden: gift of, 142

    Manning, William (d. 1691): payments to, for College building, 140–143

    Marblehead: gift of, 139; church wardens sign petition, 612

    March, Edmund (1722), 775

    Marlborough: gift of, 140

    Marsh, Joseph (1728): Hollis scholar, 552, 609

    Marshall, Samuel (1721), 279

    Marston, Benjamin, 255

    —Mrs. (Patience Rogers), 255, 295

    Marston, Benjamin (1715), 634

    Marston, Benjamin (1749), 790

    Massachusetts General Court: addresses, memorials, petitions to, 118, 254, 256, 263, 372; J. Appleton, 36; H. Dunster, 35, 40, 41; Corporation, 111, 115, 278; Episcopalians, 354; N. Sever and W. Welsteed, 275, 277; grants of land, 10–13, 152; instructions of, 87; law enacted by, 341; orders of, 101, 121, 133, 442; resolution of, 125, 127, 141; votes of, 86, 100, 105, 116, 153; letter to Board of Trade, 185–186; letter from C. Phips, 140

    Masters of Arts: petition for liberty to “read public lectures,” 193–194

    Mather, Cotton (1678): mentioned by T. Cutler, 584–585; by T. Hollis, 348–349, 377, 556, 563, 566; by E. Hutchinson, 616; signs protests and petitions, 109, 115, 118; letters to Corporation, 163; T. Prince, 242; P. Thacher and J. Webb, 243

    Mather, Increase (1656) (President), 493, 808, 824–825; biographical notes on, 149; confirmed as president, 177–178, 190; doctor’s degree of, 214; protest on behalf of, 109; residence in Cambridge, 145–146; resignation, 104, 113; salary of, 145–146, 100, 101, 105, 116; signs votes and petitions, 95, 107, 111, 118, 135, 145; subscription for, 110; letters to W. Ashurst, 158A–C, 160A, 177A; W. Blathwayt (draft), 146; J. Dudley (drafts), 142, 144; Corporation, 106; A. Kick, 90; J. Richards, 102; Speaker of House (draft), 131; W. Stoughton, 117, 122, 124 (draft), 126; letters from W. Blathwayt, 138; W. Brattle, 150; T. Hollis, 187; N. Hulton, 99; U. Oakes, 79; J. Rogers, 91; G. Willcocks, 139

    Mather, Samuel (1690), 526

    Mather, Samuel (1723), 628n; Hollis scholar, 303, 324, 328, 377, 437

    Matthews, Albert (1882): and College Records, 801, 821–822

    Mayhew, Experience (M.A. 1723), 582; payments to, 643–644

    Mayhew, Joseph (1730), 582, 763, 791n; payment to, 643–644

    Mayo, Daniel (Dissenting minister, London), 594

    Mead, Richard (physician): gives books, 577

    Medfield: gift of, 26, 17, 139

    Medford: gift of, 143

    Mee, Benjamin: gives books, 542

    Mendon: gift of, 143

    Menotomy (Arlington), 668; land in, 347

    Merricaneag Neck (Harpswell, Maine), 13, 15, 147, 151–152; College’s claim to, 379, 384, 398, 401, 402; deeds to, 383; history of, 363; map of, 108, 370; memorial on, 372; reports on, 369, 399, 403, 404

    —letters on: A. R. Cutter, 397, 405, 408; J. Higginson, 367, 377; J. Moody, 375, 396; B. Wadsworth, 373, 374, 400, 406; A. Winthrop, 368

    Mico, Joseph: letter and invoice from, 448

    Mico, Richard (London merchant), 500; vote concerning, 486

    Miller, Ebenezer (1722), 594

    Mills, Mrs. Anne: will of, 436

    Mills, Edward (1685): signs petition, 96

    Milton: gift of, 139

    Mirack, John (of Cambridge): deposition of, 122

    Misdemeanors: S. Bird, 478; D. Dunster, 102–103; P. Nelson, 206; J. Sever, 490; B. Shattuck, 158; T. Wasing, 86–87. See also Disorders

    Mitchell, Jonathan (1687): scholar of the House, 153; will of, mentioned, 271, 273–274, 294

    —Mrs. (Hannah Lynde Bigg), 271, 274

    Monis, Judah (M.A. 1723), 280; books by, 424–425, 420; mentioned by T. Hollis, 405, 440, 451, 478, 514; by N. Sever, 280; letters to Corporation, 247, 304, 419; to J. Leverett, 209

    Moody, Joshua (1716): report on Merricaneag Neck, 369; letters to B. Wadsworth, 375, 396; letter from B. Wadsworth, 374

    Moody, Samuel (1689), 530, 631, 639

    Morton, Charles (d. 1698); signs votes and petitions, 107, 111

    Mountfort, Edmund, 635; report on Merricaneag Neck, 369

    Mudgen, Kenneth (of Cambridge): deposition of, 118–119

    Myles, Samuel (1684), 585; signs letter to Bishop of London, 350; signs petition, 354

    N

    Nails: sent by T. Hollis for sale for benefit of College: 288–291, 298–299, 304, 314, 330, 332, 357, 363, 366, 386, 408

    Narragansett Farm (Kingston, R. I.): 14, 148–149, committee on, 460, 463, 482; expenses of, 431; plan of, 376; reports and memoranda on, 380, 437, 446, 459, 483, 487, 492

    —leases and agreements relating to: P. Austin, 411; P. Cleaveland, 433, 444, 453, 455, 456, 467, 489; E. Cole, 385; S. Gardner, 177; P. Reynolds, 412, 429, 430, 452, 453, 462, 464, 468, 495; W. Tanner, 468; J. Tripp, 412, 433

    —letters on: P. Cleaveland, 445, 451; H. Flynt, 481; E. Holyoke, 465; F. Willett, 387, 427, 447, 461, 480

    Neal, Daniel (Dissenting minister, London): mentioned by T. Hollis, 345, 356, 370, 373n, 388, 407, 438, 487, 602; gives books, 543; letter to J. Leverett, 214

    Negro, Silvanus (of Cambridge): deposition of, 126–127

    Nelson, Paschal (1721), 279, 342; confession of, 206

    Nesbit, John (Dissenting minister, London), 364, 443, 491

    Neville, Grey (1681–1723): death of, 461

    Newbury: gift of, 25, 141

    New England Company (familiar name of Corporation or Society for Propagation of the Gospel among the Indians), 228–231, 239–240, 569, 581; appeal for books from, 300. See also Commissioners …, the local arm of the parent company

    Newgate, John (d. 1665): gives rents on land in Rumney Marsh, 14, 11, 103, 259

    New-lights: students interested in, 469, 478

    Newman, Henry (1687), 287; letters to H. Flynt, 151; a lawyer, 410; J. Leverett, 160, 166; B. Wadsworth, 436; J. White, 176, 178; letter from L. Gregory, 360

    Newton: land in, 134, 168; lease to J. Willard, 332

    Northampton: gift of, 142–143

    Northend, Ezekiel (of Rowley): agreement, 136

    Norton, Francis, Capt.: on committee, 27, 59

    Nowell, Increase (d. 1655); on committee, 52–53; communications to, about town contributions, 26n, 20, 21; letter to H. Dunster, 53–54

    Nowell, Samuel (1653) (Treasurer): letter from J. Rogers, 88

    O

    Oakes, Urian (1649) (President), 112; payment to, 40; letter to I. Mather, 79

    Oldfield, Joshua (Dissenting Minister, London): death of, 627–628

    Oliver, Andrew (1724), 575, 686, 693; makes payment on Boyle gift, 649

    Oliver, Thomas (1719): obtains Sprague gift, 297

    Orders to pay to: Belcher and Longhorne, 56; J. White for Sprague scholars, 180, 194

    Osborne, John, Capt., 288, 290–291, 331

    Osgood, James (1724), 280

    Overseers: comment on, by T. Cutler, 617–618; by N. Prince, 474; by N. Sever, 421; letter from J. Wyman, 494 meetings of, 33, 112, 379–380, 421, 811—821; memorial of and answer to, 254, 256; memorials to, 228, 384, votes of, 33, 92, 248

    Owen, John (1723): Hollis scholar, 364, 368

    P

    Pain, Rev.?, 777

    Palmer, Eliakim (1727), 757–758

    Palmer, William: letter to Corporation, 491; letter from E. Holyoke, 493

    Parker, Thomas (1718), 278

    Parker, William (1751), 790

    Parsons, David (1729): Hollis scholar, 599

    Pate, Matthew: letter from A. Brackett, 787

    Payne, William (1689): rental of property to, 159; use of legacy of, 827n

    Peabody, Oliver (1721): bond of, 207; payments to, 643–646; letter to E. Hutchinson, 276

    Pearson, Joseph: testimony about Rowley land, 440

    Pemberton, Ebenezer (1691): salary as tutor, 172

    Pemberton, Ebenezer (1721): book by, 582; Hollis scholar, 399; receives Walley aid, 247

    Penhallow, Benjamin (1723), 451, 595n

    Penhallow, Samuel, 449, 451, 592

    Penn, James (d. 1671): gift of rents in Boston, 18; will of, 69

    Pennoyer, Reuben, 548–549

    Pennoyer, William Scholarship, 258, 261–262, 186, 393–394, 595, accounts of, 148, 156, 448; applicant for, 548–549; court order concerning, 147

    Pepperell, William, Jr., 677

    Perkins, John (1695), 501

    Petitions: J. Appleton, 36; Class of 1685, 96; Corporation, 115, 278; E. Dunster, 66; H. Dunster, 35, 40, 41; Episcopalians, 354; J. Leverett and W. Brattle, 98; I. Mather and others, 95, 111, 135, 145; N. Sever and W. Welsteed, 275. See also Addresses and memorials

    Philips, Ephraim (of Cambridge): deposition of, 124–125

    Phillips, Samuel (1708), 552

    Phillips, William (d. 1683): land at Winter Harbor, 134–135; rent due College, 12, 13n

    Philology, Professor of (proposed): J. Dummer suggested as, 135; resolve of General Court regarding, 141

    Phips, Sir Constantine, 205; extract of letter to General Assembly, 140

    Pierpont, Ebenezer (1715): N. Sever and, 266, 277, 185; letter to J. Leverett, 182

    Pierpont, Jonathan (1685): signs petition, 96

    Pierpont, Thomas (1721), 277, 576

    Pigot, George: signs letter to Bishop of London, 350

    Pim, John, 299, 361–362, 363–365, 386, 408; letter from J. Williams, 231

    Poore, Daniel: signs letter about Andover’s gift, 20

    Popple, William: letters from H. Ashurst, 187; Gov. Bellomont (extract), 185

    Port Royal expedition: J. Leverett on, 152

    Porter, John (of Salem): signs letter, 24

    Portsmouth, N. H.: vote of, 73; will of R. Cutt of, 77

    Povey, John: signs order of Council, London, 181

    Power of attorney: to W. Brattle, 439

    Prentice, Henry: storage of goods by, 473

    Prentice, Solomon (1727): Hopkins scholar, 614; payment for survey of Lunenburg, 371

    Prentice, Stephen: survey of Townsend land, 426

    President, College: house for, 525; payment to, 39, 46, 590; votes regarding payment, 86, 100, 101, 173, 220–221; residence in Cambridge, 179–180; votes regarding residence, 100, 105, 173. See also names of individual presidents, Charles Chauncy, Henry Dunster, Nathaniel Eaton, Leonard Hoar, Edward Holyoke, John Leverett, Increase Mather, Urian Oakes, John Rogers, Benjamin Wadsworth

    Press. See Printing press

    Price, Roger (King’s Chapel), 468

    Price, Walter: (of Salem): signs letter, 24

    Prince, Nathan (1718), 216n, 548, 655, 808n, 809n; argument of, 474; dismissal of, 763, 473

    Prince, Thomas (1707), 752; library of, 594; letter from C. Mather, 242

    Printers’ type: sent by T. Hollis, 565

    Printing press: books printed at, 44; contributions for, 46. See also Day, Stephen

    Professorships. See Hollis Professorship of Divinity; Hollis Professorship of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy

    Punishment, law regarding, 341

    Punishments, 78, 179, 183. See also Disorders: Misdemeanors

    Q

    Quarter-bill: signing of by the Fellows, 179

    Quincy, Edmund (1722), 430

    Quincy, John (1708): signs order of House of Representatives, 442

    Quincy, Josiah (1790) (President): and College Records, 802, 830

    R

    Rand, William (1721): obtains Sprague gift. 321

    Reading: gift of, 26, 22, 140

    Receipts: of J. Gilbert, 189; for Newdigate annuity, 103; of S. Prentice, 371; J. Wakefield, 292; J. White, 191

    Remington, Jonathan (1696), 281

    Rents: for studies, 44–47, 32

    Resident Fellows vs. non-resident Fellows. See Fellows’ controversy

    Resolves: of General Court, 141

    Revere. See Rumney Marsh

    Reynolds, Peter (tenant, Narragansett Farm), 729, 735–737, 750–751, 779–782, 786–787, 792; agreement with, 412, 429, 462; bond of, 463, 468; indenture of, 430, 464; lease of, 495; memos on 427, 459; request of, 452

    Reynolds, Peter, Jr. (tenant, Narragansett Farm): bond of, 468

    Rhode Island, College property in. See Narragansett Farm

    Rice, Benjamin: deed to, 91–92

    Rice, Edmund (of Sudbury): deeds and agreements, 3, 4, 10, 61

    Richards, John (Treasurer), 153, 825; and College Records, 805, 809; instructions to, 87; letter from I. Mather, 102

    Richards, Thomas (of Boston): gift of, 18, 19n

    Robie, Thomas (1708), 257, 268, 279; memorial to Corporation by, 208

    Robinson, Benjamin (Dissenting minister, London): death of, 510

    Rogers, Daniel (1725): letter to E. Holyoke, 469

    Rogers, Ezekiel (of Rowley), 103–104; will of, 64

    —Mrs. (Mary Barker), will of, 68

    Rogers, John (1649) (President): salary of, 146; letters to S. Nowell, 88; I. Mather, 91

    Rogers, John (1705): obtains Sprague gift, 270

    Rogers, Nathaniel (1687): scholar of House, 153

    Rogers, Nathaniel (1717): obtains Sprague gift, 270

    Rogers, Nathaniel (1721): obtains Sprague gift, 298, 321

    Rogers, William: report on Pennoyer fund, 148, 156

    Rogers’ Farm (Waltham): lease of, 449; purchase of, 470

    Rowley: gift of, 25, 142; will of J. Jewett of, 63

    —land in, given by E. and M. Rogers: account of, by T. Berry: 273, 338; agreement on, 136; catalog of, 132, 391; notes and queries on, 341, 423; rents of, 175; report on, 340, 386, 428; sale of, 434, 435; suit about, 438, 439, 440, 441, 457; votes on, 67, 457; wills relating to, 64, 68

    Roxbury: gift of, 25, 141; W. Heath resident in, 283, 285

    Ruck, James: gives books, 542

    Ruggles, Mary (of Cambridge): deposition of, 121–122

    Rules: for Hollis Professorship of Divinity, 236; for Hollis Professorship of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, 345. See also Laws, College

    Rumney Marsh (Chelsea-Revere): gift of J. Cogan, 14; gift of J. Newgate, 14, 24; plan of land in, 171

    Russell, Daniel (1669), 622n, 623; will of, 81

    Russell, Richard (d. 1676): and Saco land, 136, 621–623

    Rutland, Proprietors of: gift of land, 15–16

    S

    Saco land: surveying and reconveyance of, 361, 362

    Salem: gift of, 25, 24, 141; Browne family of, 200

    Salisbury: gift of, 25, 143

    Salter, Thomas: gives directions to a surveyor, 361

    Salters Hall, London: T. Hollis on, 349

    Saltonstall, Dorothy (Mrs. Nathaniel), 658; extract of will of, 626

    Saltonstall, Gurdon (1684), 348; notice of will of, 550

    —Mrs. III (Mary Whittingham Clarke): extract of will of, 625–626; letter to B. Wadsworth and B. Colman, 319

    Saltonstall, Richard, Jr. (d. 1694): letter from Gov. Bellingham, 72

    Sawyer, John (of Cambridge): deposition of, 127

    Scarlet, Samuel, Capt. (d. 1675): will of, 76

    Scholarships, 44–46. See also Hollis scholars; Hopkins, Edward Fund; Pennoyer, William Scholarship; Sprague, Richard; Wills

    Scientific apparatus: sent by T. Hollis, 574–575, 596, 599; sent by T. Hollis “2nd”, 670

    Scottow, Joshua (d. 1698): Maine land of, 93, 624–625

    Seccombe, Joseph (1731): Hopkins scholar, 669

    Sedgwick, Robert (d. 1656): lease of shops to College, 12, 13n

    Sergeant, John (Yale 1729): payment to, 645

    Sever, John (1749): examination of, 490

    Sever, Nicholas (1701), 258, 315, 395, 439, 562, 564; copies of early College records by, 33, 34, 807, 829n; Fellows’ controversy, 183, 208, 218, 219, 228, 240, 246, 257, 275, 277, 281, 828; letter from a clergyman, 218;, Pierpont case, 185; quarter-bill, argument about, 179; report on Menotomy land, 347; on Rowley land, 340; letter to S. Sewall, 227; to Hopkins trustees, 355

    Sewall, Joseph (1707), 525, 534; at inauguration of J. Leverett, 223, 224n

    Sewall, Mitchel (1718), 279–280, 300

    Sewall, Samuel (1671), 151, 154, 228, 360n, 493, 545–546, 617; and T. Cotton gift, 559; gives land, 13–16, 263, 624–625; memorial addressed to, 240; and N. E. Company, 505; letters “from a clergyman”, 218; T. Cotton, 342; J. Leverett, 170; N. Sever and W. Welsteed, 227

    —Mrs. I (Hannah Hull): Narragansett land owned by, 263

    Sewall, Stephen (1678, non-graduate): lawsuit by, 181; letters from J. Leverett, 169, 192, 193, 196

    —Mrs. (Margaret Mitchel), 295; lawsuit by, 181

    Sewall, Stephen (1721), 280 Shattuck, Benjamin (1709): misdemeanor of, 227–228

    Shattuck, William, 227–228

    Shawsheen Farm, Billerica, 227

    Sheafe, William (1723), 451–452; Hollis scholar, 328

    Sheffield, John (Dissenting minister, London), 570

    Shelton, Thomas: mention of shorthand system by, 581

    Shepard, Samuel (1658), 804, 826n, 828

    Shepard, Thomas (1653), 112

    Sherborne: gift of, 139

    Sherman, John (d. 1685), 154

    Ship Tavern, Boston, 12

    Ships and Captains (ships for which captains are not identified have not been listed): 5 Brothers, J. Thomlinson, 332; Abbington, Winter, 592; Alicant, D. Martin, 314; Ann, Jenkins, 605; Dove, Winter, 506; Hanover, W. Chudder, 303; Martha, J. Minot, 362; Mary, T. Lethered, 312, 354; Neptune, Steele, 364; Ostine, E. Tyng, 564; Patience and. Judith, J. Osborn, 288, 290, 291, 352; St. George, T. Grose, 314; Seaflower, J. Janurin, 366; Totness, Curling, 599; Union, J. Homans, 730

    Shirley, William (Governor): memorial addressed to, 488

    Shoes, bill for, 2

    Shrimpton, Henry, 9; executor of H. Dunster’s estate, 95

    Shrimpton, Samuel (d. 1698): transmits Newdigate annuity, 103

    Shute, Samuel (Governor): mentioned by T. Hollis, 438, 444, 452, 455, 458, 467, 470, 488, 492; by I. Mather, 264; by E. Pierpont, 276; brother of Lord Barrington, 455; plans to return to N. E., 598–599, 603, 606

    Silk: sent by J. Mico, 730

    Silver: receipt for, 292

    Silverplate: belonging to Mrs. Glover-Dunster, 73, 76

    Simson, John (theologian, Scotland), 608

    Singing, 78

    Smallpox in Boston, 365, 377, 387, 391, 399

    Smallpox in London, 438, 444, 459

    Smith, Benjamin: reports on Rowley lands, 386

    Smith, Josiah (1725), 555, 592, 600

    Smith, Thomas (1720), 342

    Society for Propagation of the Gospel among the Indians. See N. E. Company

    Solly, Richard (nephew of T. Hollis), 513, 525, 555

    Solly, Samuel (nephew of T. Hollis), 498, 527, 627–628

    Soul, Barnabas: letter to B. Wadsworth, 404

    Soul, Cornelius, 672, 674; letter to B. Wadsworth, 404

    Sparhawk, John (1723), 528

    Spencer, Michael: deed from T. Sweetman, 80

    Sprague, Richard Fund: payment of, 180, 194, 210; recipients of Sprague fund: Hull Abbot, John Angier, Josiah Cotton, Rowland Cotton, Samuel Dexter, Benjamin Fessenden, John Green, John Hancock, Nathaniel Hunting, Edward Jackson, Thomas Oliver, William Rand, John Rogers, Nathaniel Rogers 1, Nathaniel Rogers 2, Joseph Stacey, William Tompson, John Usher, Robert Ward, Silvanus White, Solomon Williams, Warham Williams

    Springfield: gift of, 142–143

    Stacey, Joseph (1719): obtains Sprague gift, 298

    Standen, Joseph, 594

    Stanley, Onesephorus (of Cambridge): deposition and sentencing of, 119–121, 128

    Stedman, John, 58; testimony of, 50

    Stephens, John: survey of Townsend land, 705

    Stevens, Henry (1819–1886): transmits documents about charters, 123

    Stevens, Joseph (1703), 257, 313; death of, 388

    Stockton, Owen, 717; will of, 82

    Stone, James (1724), 628n

    Stonington, Conn.: land owned by College in, 11, 310

    Stoughton, William (1650) (Lt. Governor): signer of documents, 94, 107, 125; letters from T. Danforth, 89; I. Mather, 117; 122 (extract); 124 (draft); 126

    Student disorders. See Disorders; Misdemeanors

    Students, number of, 318, 393–394

    Subscription list: for I. Mather, 110. See also Town contributions

    Sudbury: gift of, 25, 40, 141; land in, 6–7, 22, 61

    Swan, Gershom (d. 1752): land leased by, 600

    Sweetman, Thomas (d. 1683): deed to M. Spencer, 80

    Sweetzer, Seth (1722): Hollis scholar, 344, 452

    T

    Tailer, William (Lt. Governor), 264, 365, 367–368

    Talcott, Joseph (Governor of Conn.), 581–582

    Tallamy, John, Capt., 619–620; vote concerning, 486; letter from L. Gregory, 199

    Tanner, William (tenant, Narragansett Farm): bond of, 468

    Taxation of College: protest against, 488

    Testimony: of S. Bucknam, 52; S. Day, 47, 49; D. Dunster, 59; D. Henchman, 59; J. Pearson, 440; J. Stedman, 50. See also Disorders

    Thacher, Peter (1671): signs address, 118; letter from C. Mather, 243

    Theses and Questiones: change of title of one, 170; printing of, 43

    Thompson, Joseph (Treasurer of N. E. Company), 238n, 239

    Thompson, Robert (Governor of N. E. Company), 237–238

    Thompson, William (Governor of N. E. Company), 581

    Thorner, Robert (d. 1690), 235, 288, 303, 365; will of, 97

    Throop, Amos (1721), 278

    Tiverton, R. I., 268

    Tompson, William (1718): obtains Sprague gift, 270

    Tong, William (Dissenting minister, London), 602

    Topsfield: gift of, 25, 140

    Torrey, Joseph (1728), 752

    Torrey, Samuel (1656, non-graduate): offered presidency, 145–146; signs address, 118

    Town contributions, 12, 40–41, 44–45, 83; documents relating to individual towns: Andover, 20; Bridgewater, 71; Cambridge, 16; Concord, 19; Dorchester, 14; Haverhill, 23; Hingham, 21; Medfield, 17; Portsmouth, 73; Reading, 22; Salem, 24, Topsfield, 25; Watertown, 15; Wenham, 18; Woburn, 27; York, 26

    Townsend, James (d. 1738); extract from will of, 450

    Townsend, Penn (d. 1727): as Hopkins trustee, 616

    Townsend, land in belonging to College, 16; committee on, 413, 418, 421, 432; notes, proposals, statements on, 415, 416, 417, 426; plot of, 458; letters about from B. Wadsworth, 425; J. Wyman, 494

    Treasurer, College: change of, 102; payment to, by T. Hollis, 344, 351, 355, 570, 598. See also names of individual treasurers, Thomas Brattle, William Brattle, Thomas Danforth, Thomas Hubbard, Edward Hutchinson, Samuel Nowell, John Richards, John White

    Triennial act of the Corporation, 269

    Tripp, Job (tenant, Narragansett Farm): agreement with, 412; memorandum to B. Wadsworth, 433

    Trowbridge, Edmund (1728): and Cambridge Neck, 472; and Merricaneag Neck, 401, 403

    Tufts, Thomas (1732): Hopkins grammar scholar, 613

    Tuition money: accounts for, 29, 32, 393–394; recommendation on, 39–40

    Turrell, Ebenezer (1721), 576

    Tutors: contrasted with Fellows, 340, 392–393, 411; payment to, 171, 318, 393–394, 484. See also Fellows

    Tyler, John: buys nails sent by T. Hollis, 292, 298–299, 304, 311; mentioned by T. Hollis, 324, 330, 343–345, 352–353, 361, 363, 386, 390, 408, 423; receipt by, 203

    Type. See Printers’ type

    U

    Usher, John (1719): obtains Sprague gift, 270

    V

    Veasey, William (1693): letter to Bishop of London, 119

    Vice-president, College: Suggestions for, 115; W. Brattle suggested, 195. See also individuals who served as such, Charles Morton; Samuel Willard Visitation of College by Governor and Council, 184

    W

    Wadsworth (1690) (President), 369, 430, 467, 508, 557, 560, 563; and College Records, 801, 802, 806, 807, 808, 809, 829; copyist, 348; on Hopkins scholars, 407; and land at Merricaneag Neck, 369, 635, 372, 379, 398; and Narragansett Farm, 431, 433, 437;, and land at Rowley, 588, 386, 423, 439; and land at Townsend, 413, 415, 416, 421; and land at Watertown, 424; and J. Leverett, 155; receipt to, 371; signs address, 188; as Sprague trustee, 321; letters to A. R. Cutter, 373, 400, 406; Hopkins trustees, 355; E. Hutchinson, 353, 357, 393; W. Lawrence, 425; J. Moody, 374; letters from A. R. Cutter, 397, 405, 408; J. Higginson, 367, 377; E. Hutchinson, 336, 358, 389; J. Moody, 375, 396; H. Newman, 436; M. Saltonstall, 319; C. and B. Soul, 404

    Wadsworth House, 602

    Wakefield, John, Capt.: receipt of, 292

    Walker, Richard: signs letter about Reading’s gift, 22

    Walley, John (d. 1712): gift of, 17, 19n, 247

    Walker, Nathaniel (1729): Hollis scholar, 609

    Walter, Nehemiah (1684), 172; signs protest, 109

    Waltham: Rogers Farm in, 449, 470

    Ward, John (Professor at Gresham), 593

    Ward, Nathaniel (d. 1652): gives land, 11, 13n

    Ward, Robert (1719): obtains Sprague gift, 298

    Ward, Samuel (d. 1682): gives land (Bumpkin Island), 15, 84, 85

    Wardapiet, Thomas (Archbishop of St. Crux), 218–219

    Warrer, Daniel (of Cambridge): deposition and sentencing of, 117, 128

    Wasing, Thomas, 86–87

    Watertown: gift of, 25, 15, 40, 139; land in, 424, 476, 479

    Watson, John (of Cambridge): deposition of, 126

    Watts, Isaac (Dissenting minister, London), 375, 527; as executor of R. Thorner’s will, 156; gives books, 510, 526

    Webb, Henry (d. 1660): gift of, 17–18, 19n, 234n

    Webb, John (1708): letter from C. Mather, 243

    Welsteed, William, Sr., 545–546, 559; letter from T. Cotton, 342

    Welsteed, William (1716), 313n, 319n, 395, 558, 658, 751; Fellows’ controversy, 228, 240, 246, 275, 277; letter to S. Sewall, 227

    Wenham: gift of, 26, 18, 140

    Wentworth, John (1721), 279

    Westfield: gift of, 140

    Weymouth: gift of, 25, 142

    Wheten, Ephraim (d. 1734), 304; letter from T. Hollis, 270

    White, John (1685) (Treasurer): 387; bill to, 230; receipt by, 191; signs petition, protest, 96, 109; letter to J. Leverett, 226; letters from W. Brattle, 173;, H. Flynt, 197, 201, 204; T. Hollis, 205, 217, 224, 229, 232, 233, 235, 237; J. Leverett, 172, 174, 180, 194, 211, 220; J. Lloyd (extract), 186; H. Newman, 176, 178 (extract)

    White, Sylvanus (1722): obtains Sprague gift, 321

    Whitefield, George, Rev. (d. 1770), 762

    Whitney, Amos: and Townsend land, 418, 432, 458

    Whitney, John: to pay rent to College, 343

    Wigglesworth, Edward (1710), 369, 388–389, 398, 448, 505; T. Hollis on election as Fellow, 447, 485, 494; T. Hollis on five-year term for, 375, 439, 494, 525, 532; T. Hollis on marriage of, 567, 688; T. Hollis on salary increase for, 515; inauguration of, 261, 262; and land at Menotomy, 347; and Narragansett Farm, 453, 460; letters from T. Hollis, 249, 265, 268, 286, 290, 303, 305, 312, 325, 330, 352, 365; T. Hollis “2nd”, 381, 388, 394, 409, 414, 422

    Wigglesworth, Michael (1651): payment to, 40

    Wigglesworth, Samuel (1707), 628n

    Wight, Jabez or John (1721), 278

    Willard, Jonathan: leases land in Newton, 332

    Willard, Josiah (1698), 331, 376, 410, 494

    Willard, Samuel (1659) (Vice-president), 168n, 193, 195; designated as vice-president, 190, 125, 127; signs address and protest, 109, 118

    Willard, Mrs. Simon (Mary Dunster), 95

    Willcocks, George: letter to I. Mather, 139

    Willett, Francis: and Narragansett Farm, 655–656, 795n; letters to H. Flynt, 387, 427, 447, 461, 480; E. Hutchinson, 392, 395; letters from H. Flynt, 446, 481; E. Holyoke, 465

    Williams, Daniel, D.D. (d. 1716), 388–389, 406; extract of will of, 162

    Williams, John (gunmaker), 331, 361, 386, 410; letter to J. Pim, 231

    Williams, John (1751), 790

    Williams, Solomon (1719): obtains Sprague gift, 297

    Williams, Warham (1719): obtains Sprague gift, 297

    Williams, William (1705), 566

    Williams, William (1729): Hollis scholar, 609

    Williams, William (1751), 790

    Wills, copies and extracts: T. Brattle, 164; W. Brattle, 164; S. Browne, 364; R. Cutt, 77; T. Danforth, 264; J. Doddridge, 60; P. Dudley, 496; H. Dunster, 62; J. Ellery, 484; E. Flint, 264; J. Frizell, 382; H. Gibbs, 264; J. Glover, 16–17; J. Jewett, 63; R. Keayne, 18–19; A. Mills, 264; J. Penn, 18, 69; T. Richards, 18; E. Rogers, 64; M. Rogers, 68; D. Russell, 81; D. Saltonstall, 364; M. Saltonstall, 364; S. Scarlet, 76; O. Stockton, 82; R. Thorner, 97; J. Townsend, 450; J. Walley, 16–17, 164; H. Webb, 17–18; D. Williams, 162

    Winslow, Josiah (1721), 281

    Winter Harbor, Maine: land at, 134–137

    Winthrop, Adam (d. 1652), 26, 27, 28n

    —Mrs. (Elizabeth Glover), 60

    Winthrop, Adam (1694), 581, 583, 637n, 647–648; letter to B. Wadsworth, 368 Winthrop, Deane, 27, 28n

    —Mrs. (Sarah Glover), 60

    Winthrop, John (Governor), 10; deed acknowledged by, 11; letter quoted, 45n

    Winthrop, John (1732), 775

    Winthrop, Waitstill: signs vote, 107

    Wiswall, John (1749), 790

    Woburn: gift of, 27, 141

    Wolcott, Henry: letter from J. Leverett, 112

    Wolcott, John (1721), 278, 342

    Wolcott, Samuel (1698): expenses for, 112

    Wood, Joshua (1727): Hollis scholar, 565, 609; Hopkins scholar, 614

    Woodlot, appraisal of, 43

    Wooly, William: gives books, 541 Wrentham: gift of, 143

    Writs and attachments: estate of H. Dunster, 65; over Merricaneag Neck, 402; over Rowley land, 457

    Wyman, Jasher: and Townsend lands, 418, 432, 458, 494

    Y

    Yale, Elihu, 344, 367

    Yale College: mentioned by T. Cutler, 604; by T. Hollis, 327, 348, 364, 445n, 447, 452, 553; books for, 502

    Yard, Robert: letter to Lords Commissioners of Trade, 186

    Yard, College: fencing of, 368

    York, Maine: gift of, 26