President Wadsworth’s Diary

Benjamin Wadsworth’s Book (A. Dom. 1725) relating to College affairs.962

THE Hon^d & Rev^nd President of the College, John Leverett Esqr, being remov’d by death, May 3. 1724, sundry Essays were made to fill up y^t vacancie. First, y^e Rev^nd M^r Joseph Sewal, Pastor of y^e old South Church in Boston; after y^t, y^e Rev^nd m^r Benja. Colman, Pastor of a Church in Boston, in Brattle street, were chosen to y^e office of a President, but both these attempts fail’d, neither of y^e persons chosen, accepted y^e choice.963

At length, on Jun. 8. 1725 The Corporation of y^e College (at a meeting at my House in Boston) chose me, B. Wadsworth to be President. At y^t meeting there were six of y^e Corporation (& could be no more, y^e President’s place being vacant) five gave their votes for me, I did not vote for any one.

This vote of y^e Corporation, was laid before y^e Hon^d & Rev^nd overseers, on which they pass’d as follows, viz.

The above vote of y^e overseers, was brought to me on y^e same day Jun. 10 by y^e Com̄ittee therein named; and at their desire, I Intimated, yt I would Indeavour [3] that our church might have a meeting the next wenesday at ten a clock forenoon, yt y^e Com̄ittee might have an opportunity to discourse them, on y^e matter com̄itted to & betrusted with them.

Accordingly, our Church met Jun. 16. 1725. And when they had discours’d considerably (after having heard y^e Com̄ittee of y^e overseers) they desir’d Coll. Byfield & y^e three Deacons964 to come to me, and know my mind about y^e Call yt was given me to be Presidēt. I had Indeed kept off my own being chosen, as long and as far as I dared to do; & had heartily desired & Indeavoured to have y^e vacancie fill’d up otherwise. Therefore I told y^e messengers from our Church, to ys purpose yt as to my own desires or Inclinatios, I had much rather stay with y^e Church than go to Cambridge; yet considering of how great weight & Importāce y^e college is, for y^e wellfare of y^e countrey, yt so far as concern’d myself, I dare not negative y^e Call given me to be President. Upon y^e return of my Answer, the Church y^e same day, voted as follows, viz.

The next day viz. Jun. 17. 1725 I gave the following Answer to y^e overseers of y^e College.

It was agreed by y^e overseers, yt I shd be Installed in y^e President’s office, on y^e Commencement day (July 7. 1725) in y^e Meeting-House at Cambridge, before y^e forenoon scholastical exercises should begin. Accordingly, on the Com̄encement day morning, y^e Walk or Procession from y^e College to y^e Meeting House, was as had been usual, viz. The Bachelours of Art went first, two in a Rank; and then y^e Masters, all bareheaded; then I follow’d, walking single, as President; next the Corporation and Tutors two in a Rank, then the Hon^ble Livetenant Governour Dum̄er, & Council, next to them y^e rest of y^e Gentlemen. When in y^e meeting House, I entered a Pew with y^e Livetenant Governour & several of y^e Council. The Rev^nd M^r Benja. Colman went into y^e Pulpit and began with prayer. Then y^e Livetenant Governour Install’d me in y^e Presidents office (y^e College Keys, Seal, Records lying on a Table in y^e Pew) he said to me as follows, viz.

Hereupon, before I left the Pew I answered memoriter in English, to this purpose, viz.

When I had thus answered in English, while in y^e Pew w^th y^e Livetenant Governour; I then went up into y^e Pulpit, and Memoriter pronounc’d y^e substance of y^e following oration, viz.

Having pronounc’d (without any Reading, or notes) my oration in Latin; I then call’d for y^e Salutatory oration. Sir Brown made it. That being ended, y^e Batchelours disputed on one question, and I then gave them their degrees at y^e end of y^e forenoon exercise, wch being finish’d, we return’d to College as was usual.

At a meeting of y^e overseers in y^e Hall after dinner, ’twas voted, y^t m^r Shepherd Fisk (who in course should have proceeded Master y^e year before) should be admitted to his second degree; also y^t m^r W^m Vaughan & m^r Joseph Dwight, thô necessarily absent, having sent for their degrees, should have them confer’d.988

’Twas also voted, y^t y^e Rev^nd m^r Nathanael Stone, Pastor of y^e Church at Harwich (who was present at y^e Commencement) and y^e Rev^nd m^r Thomas Buckingham Pastor of a Church at Hartford (both of y^m of y^e same year & class with myself) should be publickly pronounc’d Masters of Art; and so they were, m^r Stone sitting in y^e long seats among y^e Gentlemen, and m^r Buckingham at Hartford.989 After y^e Masters degrees were given, [15] I return’d to y^e Pulpit, m^r W^m Brattle Head of y^e Masters Class then made a gratulatory oration; then I concluded with prayer, and after this we return’d to College in y^e usual method or form.

The second Question disputed by y^e Masters was, Remissio peccati ratione naturali Investigari non potest. At finishing y^e dispute, before I call’d ’em down to take their degrees, I memoriter pronounc’d in Latin y^e following Axioms, or Theses confirming y^e Question, viz.

Sept. 24. 1725. I shall here Insert some memoirs I’ve made since I began in Colledge buisness in y^e Hall.

I order’d y^e Butler to set up y^e Bill990 in the Hall on Aug. 7. 1725.

Aug. 7. Being as yet unacquainted with chambers & studies in y^e College yt were vacant, m^r Flynt, Sever, Welsteed (m^r Prince being out of Town) Fellows, spēt good part of y^e day forenoon & afternoon, in considering y^e Disposition of studies, I compli’d with w^t they propos’d, I was yet so much unacquainted yt I could not act by myself if I had been Inclin’d to do so.991

On Aug. 16. 1725 I entred on publick exercises in y^e Hall. In y^e morning begining with a short prayer, I read y^e first ch. of Isaiah, and expounded it; in y^e evening y^e first ch. of Matthew and expounded it. This week I read [18] and expounded eleven times in the Hall. Saturday evening, after reading and exposition in y^e Hall, we sang a Psalm in y^e Hall, in y^e version of Brady & Tate, which were in use there before I came, then concluded w^th prayer.

Aug. 22. 1725. Being Lord’s day, in y^e morning I read a ch. (Isai. 7) without expounding, then sang part of a Psalme, & concluded with prayer. In y^e evening I began with a short prayer, one of y^e scholars as it fell to him in course, repeated y^e sermons yt day preached, after this we sang, & concluded with prayer.

This is y^e usual exercise in y^e Hall on y^e Lords days.

Aug. 23. M^r Welsteed began to hear his Pupils, Jun^r Sophisters, recite. M^r Sever began with his, Sophimores, about a week before. M^r Monis began with his Pupils in Hebrew on the 27 Aug. The Sen^r Sophisters use not to begin Recitations till near a month after y^e rest, being Imploy’d in studying Arithmatick.

M^r Prince, to whom y^e Freshmen belong, being abroad visiting y^e Indian Assemblies for worship, on the desire of y^e Indian Corporation,992 began [19] not to hear his Pupils recite, so soon as otherwise he probably would have done.

This second week, I expounded nine times in y^e Hall. The next week, eight times, the next week seven times. And this week hitherto, Friday about noon, six times, after ys, twice octies.

Sept. 21. 1725. In y^e evening, Main, Keith Maudsley, Freshmen; came and complain’d of their being greatly abus’d by y^e Sophimores, who struck & beat them; I sent for two of y^e accused singly, discours’d ’em, and refer’d their affair to be consider’d by myself w^th y^e Fellows. The next day we met in m^r Flynt’s Chamber, and after having heard Accusers and accused (with y^e witnesses nam’d by ym) face to face; we determin’d to have some of ym publickly admonishd in y^e Hall y^e following evening, and fined besides. Before evening, some yt were thôt guilty, complain’d yt their matters were not rightly understood, upon wch, another hearing (before executing y^e former sentence) was appointed to be on ys day forenoon Sept. 24.

Being met, and fully hearing w^t was alledged by all concerned, the President and Fellows concluded, [20] That Wibird, Sherburn, Goffe, Chaundler were convicted by Evidence and their own Confession, of striking y^e Freshmen; and ’twas unanimously agre’d, yt they should be publickly admonished in y^e Hall, and be fined five shillings a piece.993

Wise was accus’d of striking a Freshman, own’d it, appear’d penitent & submissive; ’twas agre’d he should give in a written confession in private to y^e President and Fellows, and be fin’d two shillings.

Maudsley a Freshman was accus’d of speaking wickedly in y^e fray yt had been, but one of y^e witnesses being out of Town; y^e determination of his case (wn yt witness should return) was left to M^r Sever & M^r Prince.

Inasmuch as it appear’d in examing into this affair, y^t y^e Sophimores had been unreasonable and Imposing, in often taking y^e Freshmen into y^e long chamber, so called, there to Indoctrinate ym in rules and customs to be observed by them, and admonishing ’em for non-observing y^e same, y^e President & Fellows came to y^e following resolve or Agreement, and subscrib’d their names to it, viz. [21]

Sept. 23. 1725. There was a Meeting of y^e overseers in y^e Council Chamber at Boston; at wch was approved by y^m, y^e choice of M^r Nic. Sever as a member of y^e Corporation; and a vote of y^e Corporation yt y^e Morning & Evening readings out of Hebrew & Greek, should be perform’d by y^e Undergraduates in the Chambers of their respective Tutors; and also a vote, obligging all yt actually have studies at College & reside there, to be in Commons, except Waiters, transient Preachers, and such whose bodily Infirmities y^e President & major p^t of y^e Tutors shld think [22] would not admit of it.

At ys meeting (& refering to the last vote) y^e expediencie of y^e Tutors being in y^e Hall at meal-times, to prevent disorders, was discours’d on; & according to a verbal direction given by y^e overseers, I did this day Sept. 24. 1725 Inform y^e four Fellows what y^e overseers had thus directed to.

Oct. 8. 1725. This day I first heard y^e Batchelours dispute in y^e Hall, S^r Gardner responding, Religio naturalis non est sufficiens ad salutem, quatuor fuerunt opponentes. I shld have began ys exercise about a month sooner, but y^e Batchelours pretended (or some of ym) yt they had not sufficient knowledge (or warning) of y^e Question; and a day or two before y^e last fortnight, wn y^e disputation should have began, the Respondent yt should have been, was sent for home.

Oct. 22. 1725. Bachelaurei disputarent, Dominus Owen Respondens, affirmavit, Anima humana in statu separato existit et agit. [23]

Oct. 26. 1725. Cheesbroug & Allen, senior Sophisters, were admonish’d in y^e Hall after evening prayer; for profane cursing and swearing, Injurious words to men, & for being unreasonably absent from their chambers. At y^e same time, their Confession of these faults was publickly read in y^e Hall.

Oct. 28. 1725. Being a publick & general Thanksg[iv]ing, in y^e morning I read & expounded in y^e Hall; in y^e evening, we only sang in y^e Hall, & went to prayer.

Nov. 13. 1725. Analysing was begun in y^e Hall, S^r Gardner Analys’d Luk. 17 ch.

Nov. 20. 1725. I gave to Abraham Hill, Mason, a Note to recieve 1^ll 6^s 2^d of y^e Steward of y^e College, for work done in y^e College.

Dec. 10. 1725. I gave to Zech. Hicks, a Note to y^e Steward to recieve 3^ll 8^s 6^d for work done at College

Dec. 14. 1725. J. S.995 Sophimore, for stealing & Lying, was publickly admonished in y^e Hall, degraded to be y^e lowest in the classe, and turn’d out of his waiter’s place; his confession was then read in y^e Hall.

Vaughan996 a Senior Sophister, having been some time sick at M^r Stedman’s in Cambridge, [24] died Jan. 10. 1725/6 and on y^e twelfof y^esame month he was buried. when the Second Bell toll’d (or thereabouts) his Corps was brought into y^e College-Hall, y^e scholars, and other Gentlemen who attended y^e Funeral, went into y^e Hall, when y^e Corps was carried forth, all y^e Undergraduates, y^e Juniors walking first, went in order before y^e Corps to y^e Grave. The President, Fellows, and other Graduates, with Inhabitants of y^e Town who attended y^e Funeral, went in order after y^e Mourners to y^e Grave. This Vaughan came from Newport in Rhode Island. The Lord sanctify this Providence, to all y^e scholars.

The disputes of y^e Bachelours, thrô some neglect or other, sometimes y^e Respondents being out of Town &c had been neglected a considerable time. on Jan. 28. 1725/6 I went into the Hall to hear yr dispute, S^r Skinner y^e Respondent appear’d, but no opponents; so nothing was done. I sent for 3 yt should have been opponents, reprov’d ’em, & admonish’d ’em to mend for y^e future.

Jan. 31. 1725/6. I gave m^r Monis, Hebrew Instructor, a Note to y^e Treasurer for 17^ll 10^s y^e wages of one Quarter.

Feb. 25. 1725/6. The Bachelours disputed, S^r Baker Respondens, Bona opera sunt necessaria ad salutem. [25]

March 3. 1725/6. I gave S^r Byles a Note to m^r Treasurer Hutchinson, Intimating, yt y^e Corporation Sept. 9. 1724 voted to S^r Byles, Six pounds, y^e Interest of m^r Hulton’s Donation.

Mar. 10. 1725/6. As President, I sign’d four Leases to y^e Ferry-men, who row on Charlestown Ferry. The Leases began Aug. 1725 and are for three years.

The same day Mar. 10 I rec^d of m^r Treasurer Allen seventy pounds, being the Remainder of w^t y^e General Court voted to be paid to me as part of my salary by y^e Province Treasurer, who had paid to me one hundred & fifty pounds before.

Mar. 11. 1725/6. Stoddard & Clark, two of y^e Sen^r Sophisters, pronounc’d their Valedictories in y^e Hall,997 yy did it very well, on the occasion, y^e tolling of the Bell for prayers was defer’d till about an hour later than on other mornings. The Catalogue998 was not call’d over as usual on other Fridays; I was Inform’d by y^e Fellows, ’twas customary not to call it when Valedictories are pronounc’d.

I was Inform’d also, yt y^e President & Fellows should sit with their Hats on wⁿ Valedictories are pronounc’d, this Information coming too late to me, ’twas done by none of us. I was [26] Inform’d also, yt y^e exercises wch occur’d on Fridays were omitted for y^e sake of Valedictories. The Freshmen did not recite ys day; y^e Bachelours in course should have disputed, but they did not, neither came y^e Respondent to call me, thô I expected it.

March 12. 1725/6. Wood, y^e lowest of y^e Junior Sophisters, this day analysed 1 cor. 9 ch. Thus analysing wch began at y^e Sen^r Bachelours Nov. 13 now ended with y^e lowest yt performes such an Exercise. [27]

Mar. 15. 1725/6. Townsend, Jun^r Sophister, was punish’d 5 shillings, for being ’twice at y^e Tavern, and yt late at night with bad Company.

Colman also of y^e same Class was punished 5 shillings, and oblig’d to give in a written Confession to the President & Fellows; for being at y^e Tavern, late at night in bad company; and for being with Mores when he cut to pieces m^r Gookin’s Saddle, and killed his Pea-hen; and for his lying to conceal these crimes, thô afterwards he confess’d them. [29]

March 17. 1725/6. I rec^d of Coll. Hutchinson Coll. Treasurer 139^ll as part of my Salary wch y^e General Court order’d to me out of y^e past rents of Massachusetts Hall.

At y^e same time also, I rec’d of him four hundred thirty five pounds, part of y^e thousand pounds given by y^e Province to build y^e Presidents House.

Mar. 18. 1725/6. The Sen^r Sophisters, whose valedictories had been pronounc’d y^e preceeding Friday, were not put into y^e weekly Bill; so their names were not call’d over. The Fellows told me, yt when y^e valedictories are pronounc’d, y^e Sen^r Sophisters then cease to be put into y^e weekly Bill yt’s call’d over every Friday.

Mar. 19. 1725/6. S^r Boylstone (middle Bachelour1001) was, by y^e President & Fellows together, punished ten shillings for being at y^e Tavern, and yt at an unseasonable time of night, for going to sundry Chambers in College disturbing y^e scholars when he returned late there; and for indecent unmannerly carriage towards President and Fellows.

Sacomb, was examin’d concerning two fowls suspected to be stoln, under Examination he was found guilty of horrid lying (thô not of theft) for ys he gave in a written confession wch was read in y^e Hall, and he admonished Mar. 23. 1725/6. Phips did not appear in y^e Hall, [30] thô he had given in a written confession about y^e same matter, and y^e same crime of lying; and was notified to be there.

S^r Boylstone, Mar. 25. 1726 Respondens in Aulâ, affirmavit,

Christus verè et perfectè loco nostro Justitiæ Dei satisfecit.

Phips’s Confession was read in y^e Hall Mar. 26. 1726 & he was admonished, for lying, & rude Indecent behaviour before y^e President & Fellows when examin’d by them.

S^r Gardner, on April 4. 1726 morning, after reading & before y^e last prayer, made a Common Place in y^e Hall, on Rom. 16.25.26. This is y^e first Com̄on place since I was President.

S^r Mather April 6. 1726 in y^e morning, made a Com̄on place on Rev. 20.6.

April 12. 1726. I sent ten Letters or exercises of m^r Hollis’s ten Scholars (as well as a Letter of my own) to y^e Rev^nd m^r Colman, to forward them to m^r Hollis.1002

April 15. 1726. I offer’d to Stoddard, Head of y^e Class of Sen^r Sophisters, to make the Salutatory oration on y^e next Commencement, and he accepted y^e offer.

April 16. 1726. I, & mess^rs Flynt, Sever, Wigglesworth, Appleton, by a Letter to Coll. Hutchinson Coll. Treasurer, consented [31] yt he should give a Lease of y^e Coll Lands at Rowley for two years, to Scot, Jewet, Jarvis, &c They to pay 24^ll per An. therefor.

S^r Calender (April 18. 1726 in y^e morning) Com̄on-plac’d on heb.11.6. At evening S^r Dunbar on mal. 4.2. Sun of righteousness

April 22. 1726. S^r Cooledge Respondent, on ys Question, Anima rationalis est Substantia Spiritualis & Incorporea.

S^r Boson April 25. 1726 Com̄on plac’d on mal. 3.6. God’s Immutability.

May 3. 1726. I gave m^r Monis a Note to y^e Coll. Treasurer for his last Quarter’s Salary.

S^r Belcher common-plac’d on Joh. 10.28.29 May 4. 1726 manè.

on Aug. 16. 1725 I began y^e Prophesie of Isaiah in y^e morning Readings in y^e Hall, and so proceeded in order as to read Mal. 4^th ch. May 5. 1726. So yt on May 6. 1726 I began at y^e Begining of y^e Bible, & read Gen. ch. 1.

S^r Wadsworth May 9. 1726 vesperi, common plac’d on act. 20.28.—wch he purchased w^th his own blood.

May 9. 1726. We remov’d to Deacon Cooledge’s, I & my wife lodg’d there y^e following night, thô y^e rest of y^e Family yt night in y^e House we came from.

S^r Weld, May 16. 1726 Com̄on plac’d on ps. 90.2. God’s eternitie.

S^r Sumner May 18. 1726 Com̄on plac’d on Mat. 12.36.

S^r Goodwin, Respondent in y^e Hall May 20. 1726 affirmavit, Decretum Dei non tollit libertatem humanae voluntatis.

May 20. 1726. All our Family left m^r Leverett’s House and went to lodge at Brother Bordman’s. [32]

The President’s House to dwell in was raised May 24. 1726. No life was lost, nor person hurt in raising it, thanks be to God for his preserving goodness. In y^e Evening, those who raised y^e House, had a Supper in y^e Hall; after wch we sang y^e first stave or staff in y^e 127 psalm.

Election day was May 25. 1726. I went to Boston, was told y^e next day, y^e Bell did not ring for prayers on y^e Election evening, y^e scholars were so generally absent. The next morning I pray’d in y^e Hall, but did not read, so I acted y^e morning after yt, y^e scholars present being very few. on Friday morning I was told, ’twas not usual to call y^e Catalogue on y^e Election-week, nor to have declamations, so both were omitted.

June 2. 1726. I rec^d of Coll. Hutchinson y^e College Treasurer 187^ll 10^s out of y^e 1000^ll given by y^e Province to build y^e President’s House, ys I rec^d to deliver to Brother Bordman to carry on y^e work of s^d House.

I also rec^d y^e same day 41^ll being wt y^e General Court order’d to me as y^e Rent of y^e studies for last year in Massachusetts Hall.

S^r Owen Com̄on-placed June 9. 1726 vesperi, on Psal. 103.19—His Kingdom ruleth over all.

Jun. 10. 1726. I wrote to Jonathan Hayward of Salem, Sen^r Sophister, charg’d with Fornication by Eliza. Bacheldor, to come to College [33] that we might hear wt he had to say about yt matter. The Letter went not, but he came, profess’d himself not guilty before President & Fellows, so we appointed 21 of ys mōth to hear him & m^r Bacheldor face to face at College.

This day also I directed, yt there should be three Respondents among y^e Masters at y^e approaching Commencement (if God permit) M^r Sam^l Mather affirming Peccatum originate omnibus æqualiter derivatur.

M^r Hezras whitmarsh, denying, Fides salvifica constituit1003 in Assensu solo.

M^r Johannes Callender, affirming, Scriptura credendi et agendi est norma perfecta & sola.

I had a considerable time before this directed, yt S^r Stoddard first in y^e Batchelour’s class, should make y^e Salutatory oration, S^r Clark y^e gratulatory at y^e end of y^e Forenoon Exercise; M^r Cook, first in y^e Master’s Class, y^e Valedictory in y^e Evening.

S^r Lewis com̄on-plac’d Jun. 16. 1726 manè, on heb. 2.16. He took not on him y^e nature of Angels but y^e seed of Abraham.

S^r Whitmarsh com̄on plac’d Jun. 17 vesperi. 1 pet. 1.5. Kept by y^e power of God thrô faith unto salvation.

S^r Dennis Common-plac’d Jun. 29 vesperi. heb. 2. 4.5. proving miracles to be an evidence of y^e truth of Christianity.

July 1. 1726. Being Friday before Commenc[em]ent, there were no Declamations, I was told, ’twas not usual to have ym on yt day.

July 5. 1726. I gave S^r Lord, as Scholar of y^e House, a Note to y^e Coll. Treasurer for four pounds.

In y^e evening I pray’d in y^e Hall, did not read; advis’d y^e Undergraduates not to make more than a month’s vacation;1004 and advis’d all y^e Scholars to keep good orders at Commenc[em]ent. The evening before I advis’d y^e Bachelours not to keep Com̄encement more than two days [34]

July 6. 1726. The Walk, or procession from y^e College to y^e Meeting-House in the Forenoon, was as has been usual & customary. In y^e Meeting House, y^e President began w^th prayer, yn S^r Stoddard Head of y^e Bachelour’s Classe, made y^e Salutatory oration in Latin. Three Questions were held, every Scholar in y^e Class us’d at least one argument; except the Respondents, & orators, y^e Latter of wch was S^r Clark, who made a gratulatory oration after disputations were over. I then call’d them down & gave ym y^r degrees (having first presented ym to y^e Overseers) four of them taking hold of y^e Book at once.1005 We then walk’d to College in usual form. By this time it began to rain. It rain’d so hard in y^e Afternoon, yt there was no going to y^e Meeting House, therefore with consent of Corporation and overseers the Bell was tol’d & y^e Masters in y^e Afternoon disputed in y^e Hall before y^e overseers & corporation, and as many others y^e Hall could conveniently hold. M^r Sam^l Mather held a Question, y^e division of y^e class assign’d as his opponents, oppos’d with arguments as was usual. The two other questions of y^e Masters yt were propos’d for disputation, were omitted. After m^r Mather’s Question (viz. Peccatum originale omnibus æqualiter derivater [sic]) was disputed on; I then said something by way of explication & confirmation of y^e Question. Then I gave them [35] their Degrees (four taking y^e Book at a time) as was usual in Publick. After this, m^r Cook, Head of the Master’s Class made a valedictory oration, then I concluded with prayer, and so y^e whole buisness was ended.

Memorandum by consent of y^e Corporation & overseers, m^r Daniel Greenleaf (Pastor of y^e Church in Yarmouth, who took his first Degree 1699) was admitted, thô absent to his 2^nd Degree, which he desir’d & sought for, & paid y^e usual demands of y^e College steward for it. Thomas Kilby, Joseph Penniman, Nathanael Morril, thô absent, belonging to y^e present Masters Class, were also admitted to yr second Degree. But m^r Chester (who should have taken his second Degree, if present, y^e proceeding year) m^r Dickinson, & m^r Lombard of y^e present Masters Class were not admitted, thô they sent their desires & money, y^e corporation not Judging y^e reasons of their absence to be sufficient;1006 and fearing lest a too easy granting Degrees to absent persons, might render them cheap & contemptib[l]e.

S^r Prentice July 14. 1726 had a Note to y^e Treasurer for 4^ll for being Scholar of y^e House last year.

Aug. 9. 1726. I ordered Prentice, one of y^e Monitors to set up y^e Bill in y^e Hall.

Aug. 15. 1726. I began prayer, reading & Exposition in y^e Hall, begining where I had left off in reading, viz. Ex. ch. 6 in y^e morning. None of y^e Fellows were in y^e Hall, nor in Town, except m^r Sever.

Sept. 19. 1726. I gave to Abraham Hill, Mason a Note to y^e Steward for stuff & work, in Massachusetts Hall 3^ll 17^s o^d, in y^e other Colleges 3^ll 9^s 4^d [36]

Sept. 20. 1726. I gave S^r Cooledge a Note to y^e Treasurer for 4^ll for being Scholar of y^e House one year

The President & Fellows met, Sept. 1726 and ordered y^e Districts1007 in y^e College, as follows, 1^st to m^r Taylor, 2^nd to Newmarsh, 3^d to W^ms Sen^r if he lives here, 4^th to m^r Champney, 5^th to m^r Chauncey, 6^th to S^r Cooledge.

At y^e same time, for Waiters they ordered

Croswell & Fish, for y^e Fellows Table.

Herrington, Steams, Lovet, Shaw Sen^r for y^e Batchelours Table;

Robins, Hicks, Shaw Jun^r Paige for y^e lowest Table.

Sept. 22. 1726. I rec^d 50^ll Pounds of College-money of m^r Treasurer Hutchinson, towards finishing the President’s House; deliver’d to m^r Steward Bordman, and have his Rec^t for it Sept. 23. 1726.

90^ll of Province Treasurer, Allen, I rec^d on Oct. 6. 1726 as one Quarter’s Salary from y^e Province, begining y^e 17 June last, thô y^e Court’s vote was Jun. 25.

Oct. 18. 1726. I wrote to m^r T. Hollis, answering two of his Letters, and recommending Hancock Jun^r, Walter, Loring, Williams Jun^r to his bounty; y^e first for 2 years, y^e rest for 3. [37]

Oct. 20. 1726. I read in y^e Hall in y^e evening, y^e 22^nd, yt is, y^e last, chapter of y^e Revelations; and thus in course I read thrô y^e New Testament from Aug. 16. 1725.

Oct. 21. 1726. In y^e evening I began y^e N. Testamēt again, and read Mat. ch. 1.

Oct. 21. 17 26. S^r Baker Respondens, gratuita remissio peccatorum, non pugnat cum satisfactione, yr were six opponents. I shld have began these disputations earlier, but yt y^e Respondents from time to time were out of Town.

Oct. 24. 1726. I gave m^r Monis a Note to y^e Steward for 2^ll 15^s 8^d for nails, hinges &c had for the College; and a Note to y^e Treasurer, for 35^ll as Salary for half a year.

Oct. 25. 1726. I bought a Negro Wench (thôt to be under 20 years old) of m^r Bulfinch of Boston, Sail-maker, was to give 85 pounds for her; she came to our house at Cambridge this day, I paid no money down for her, but was to pay in a few months; ’twas m^rs Bulfinch I discours’d with about ys matter, I saw not her Husband, thô he had been discours’d w^th before.1008

27 Oct. 1726. This night some of our Family lodged at y^e New-House built for y^e President; Nov. 4 at night, was y^e first time yt my wife & I lodg’d there. The House was not half finish’d within. [37a]1009

Thanksgiving, publick thrô y^e Province, was on Nov. 10. 1726. in y^e morning I read & expounded in y^e Hall as at other times; in the evening we sang, and concluded with prayer.

Nov. 14. 1726. S^r Stedman (Jun^r Batchelour1010) was publickly admonish’d in y^e Hall, after reading in y^e morning, for Drunkeness (M^r Brattle & m^r Taylor had evidenc’d against him for this) and for cursing and damning, with rakish company in y^e street late at night; m^r Sever & m^r Taylor were plain strong witnesses agst him for this. In the Hall, he deny’d he had been drunk; and said he did not know yt he had curs’d & damn’d, however y^e admonition went on against him.

Analysing in y^e Hall began ys year Nov. 16. 1726 by S^r Cooledge on mat. 18 ch.

Disputatio Secunda Nov. 18. 1726. Dom. Skinner fuit Respondens, asserens, Christus solus est Mediator Noster apud Deum.

John Hick’s Note to y^e Steward for 12^s Nov. 25. 1726. 7s to y^e College, & 5^s to Massachusetts Hall for cleansing Gutters.

Quarter-day Dec. 2, 1726. In y^e morning in y^e Hall, there was an Hebrew Declamation by Noyse Sen^r Sophister, Greek by Church, two French ones by Fitch & Palmer,1011 a Latine one by Saltonstal. In y^e evening S^r Gibbs analysed. [38]

Dom. Colleedge Respondens (Dec. 16. 1726) Revelatio divina est necessaria ad salutem.

Dec. 30. 1726. Dom. Rogers Responde[n]s, mundus non fuit ab æterno.

Respondens Dominus Bowes Jan. 13. 1726/7. Eadem numero Corpora quæ moriuntur, resurrectura sunt. There was but one opponent, thô many at College. The Batchelours had sundry times neglected stated disputations in y^e Hall, I several times sent for several of ’em, read y^e Law to ’em, and y^e power I had to punish ’em for their neglect, exhorted ’em to duty, but these private kind admonitions, had not y^e desired effect; so I this day ordered y^e Butler to punish y^e delinquents, yt is, to set three shillings a piece on y^e Heads of S^r Cooledge, S^r Rogers Jun^r, S^r Clark, S^r Gibbs, S^r Condy, for not disputing as the Laws directed.

Jan. 26. 1726/7. Dom. Varney Respondens, nullum bellum ex utraque parte potest esse licitum duo fuerunt Respondentes.

Feb. 17. 1726/7. S^r Cooledge (a Scholar of y^e House) being gone to Bristol to keep school, Parker Sen^r (by y^e Presidēt & Fellows) was appointed Scholar of y^e House for his district for y^e next Quarter. Newmarch another Scholar of y^e House being absent, Rogers was appointed to make up y^e present Quarter Bill for his district.

Upon S^r Cooledge’s going to Bristol (ut supra) Church was allow’d to go into his study, and Parker Sen^r into Churche’s. [39]

Feb. 24. 1726/7. S^r Clark (who was out of Town a fortnight before wn y^e Disputation should have been) was Respondent, Anima humana est natura Immortalis, quinque erant opponentes.

Valedictory orations were pronounced in y^e Hall Mar. 10. 1726/7. By two Senior Sophisters (chosen by yr Classe) Hutchinson & Palmer Sen^r, they performed very well. Gratias Deo. The President & Fellows sat with their Hats on in y^e time of pronouncing y^e orations. Before these orations, I made a short prayer, read a chapter (not expounding on Friday mornings) & went to prayer as on other mornings. I did not call over y^e Catalogue (as is usual on other Friday-mornings) after y^e orations were ended.

Disputatio Baccalaureorum quamvis hodie de more esse debuit, attamen omissa fuit, valedictoriarum orationem causâ. Fertur a Scholaribus, exercitia usitata cessare die valedicendi.

Monitor’s Bill, being surrendred by Prentice Sen^r Sophister, at y^e expiration of y^e 3^d Quarter Mar. 3. 1726/7; I order’d Hicks, Sophimore, to take it for y^e present.

Dominus Gibbs Respondens, asseruit, Interitus mundi futurus non erit substantialis. Tres fuerunt opponentes.

Mar. 25. 1727. The President & Fellows met to compleat y^e Quarter-Bill. Some Reparations were made in y^e chamber & study of one of y^e Fellows viz. m^r Prince; and I was told [40] by m^r Sever (m^r Flynt & Prince being by) yt ’twas usual to charge Reparations of this sort to y^e College, so these Reparations were now charg’d; and also y^e Reparations of y^e Stable for y^e Fellows Horses.

At y^e same time Eaton was appointed one of y^e Monitors for y^e present Quarter; and Rogers a Scholar of y^e House for y^e present Quarter to take care of y^e 5^th District.

Analysing ended w^th Act. 19 Ch. April 8. 1727.

m^r Monis I gave him a Note to y^e Coll. Treasurer to recieve 35^ll y^e last half years Salary; ys I did May 2. 1727.

May 10. 1727. m^r Hunting’s study, N. Coll. east end, 3^d story, north side, & west of y^e Entry, was given to Wentworth; & Wentworth’s study viz. N. Coll. north-east-lowest chamber, was given to Frost Sen^r1012

Breck’s study, had assign’d to him (May 16. 1727) S^r Balch’s study N. Coll. East end, South chamber, 4^th story.

Common Place, began manè by S^r Cooledge Sen^r May 17. 1727. 1 cor. 2.7. The wisdom of God in a mystery. Least I should make y^e Exercise too long, I did not read, but call’d for y^e Common place, after yt was read, I went to prayer.

D. Lord, Respondens May 19. 1727. Non datur Vis Independent præter Deum. Duo fuerūt opponentes. [41]

A Common Place was made in y^e Hall (vesperi) May 20. 1727 by S^r Hall, on Phill. 3.8.

John Hicks (May 22. 1727) had a Note to y^e Steward for 18^s for mending y^e Fence between y^e President’s orchard, & m^r Wigglesworth’s Land.

M^r Zeck. Hicks May 23. 1727 had a Note to y^e Steward for 4^s 9^d for work done in old College.

Common place, May 23. 1727 vesp. by S^r Jenison. Rom. 16.27. To God only wise.

May 29. 1727. Carpenter’s study (in Stoughton Coll) was granted by President & Fellows to Diman

Election day May 31. 1727. In y^e morning I read & pray’d in y^e Hall, then went to Boston, preach’d y^e next day to y^e Ministers at their Anniversary convention, on Friday Jun. 1 four Scholars declam’d (as usual in course) as at other times. The Monitors Bills were presented to me, but I did not call them over, very few Scholars being present.

Hayward, yt was debarr’d his Bachelour’s Degree 1726 by reason of his being accus’d of fornication, and prov’d guilty, as y^e Corporation thought; had ys day Jun. 3. 1727 a Copy of y^e Corporation’s vote refering to yt matter: he writ y^e copy, I sign’d it, as President.1013 [42]

S^r Baxter Common-plac’d June 6. 1727 vesperi upon Joh. 1.14.

m^r Thomas Peirpont, whose name is in y^e Catalogue of Graduates 1721 had been degraded & set lower in his own Class while he liv’d at college, but y^e Catalogue being about to be now reprinted; he desir’d yt his name might be restor’d to it’s first place & order in his Class; this was granted to him by y^e President and Fellows this Jun. 13. 1727.

The Apparatus from m^r Tho. Hollis merchant in London for his Mathematical Professor here at Cambridge came hither Jun. 13. 1727.1014 The next day ’twas brought into y^e Library, and M^r Greenwood y^e Mathematical Professor began to open y^e Boxes,

W^ms Sen^r Jun. 15. 1727 had a Note to y^e Steward for four Pounds, as Scholar of the House this last year yt’s Just out.

Common place, vesperi Jun. 16. 1727 was pronounc’d in the Hall by S^r Gilman, from rom. 5.1.

Cambridge School was this day, viz. Jun. 20. 1727 visited by the President, & four Fellows of y^e Corporation, y^e Minister of Cambridge being one, to observe y^e proficiencie in Learning of the School-Boys on m^r Hopkins’s foundation, according to y^e Decree in Chauncery refering thereto. [43]

Jun. 20. 1727. Saltonstal & Church, as sent by their Class y^e Senior Sophisters, who speedily expected their first Degree, came to debate about their paying 20^s a piece for y^e Commencement Dinner, reckoning it would be more than y^e Dinner would cost; I shew’d them y^e Law which requir’d it, yt y^e cost of y^e Dinner could not be known before hand, nor in some considerable time after when many of y^e Commencers would be gone from College; I think they went away pretty easy.

The same day after evening prayer, I met y^e Expectants of y^e second & first Degree in y^e Library (as I had appointed them) and read to y^m y^e College Laws wch required their paying all College dues to y^e Steward before Commencement, and advis’d them to conform thereto.

And y^e evening before this, I read in y^e College Hall (after prayers) y^e Laws prohibiting Commencers making provisions of Cake, meats, distill’d Liquors &c in their Chambers.

I writ a Note, dated Jun. 20. 1727 to y^e Coll. Treasurer, to pay 7^ll 10^s apiece to Emery and Hemingway.

Newmarch had a Note to y^e Steward Jun 24. 1727 for four pounds as Scholar of y^e House for y^e preceeding year.

To y^e Barbour m^r Woodhouse, I paid 10^s this Jun. 24. 1727 his Quarter being up this day. [44]

S^r Saltonstall, who had been appointed y^e first Respondent for y^e approaching Commencemēt, having been a Ringleader in revelling, and making great rackets & hollowings & tumultuous, confus’d noises in y^e College yard, was put by from being Respondent. M^r Flynt & m^r Welsteed, two Fellows, advised to ys method, & I inform’d Saltonstal of my thus rejecting him Jun. 24. 1727.

Saltonstal being order’d by y^e vote of y^e Corporation Jun. 28. 1727 to make a publick confession in y^e Hall, his confession was read accordingly in y^e Hall after morning prayer Jun. 29. 1727. But, such a disorderly spirit at yt time prevail’d, yt there was not one undergraduate in y^e Hall besides Saltonstall, & three Freshmen, there were also y^e President & the two Sen^r Tutors, but not one Graduate Master or Bachelour besides them. When y^e Scholars in thus absenting from the Hall, refus’d to hear a confession of, or admonitions against y^e foresaid disorders, it too plainly appear’d, yt yy had more easy and favourable thoughts of those disorders themselves than they should have had; y^e Lord of his Infinite grace in Christ, work a better temper and spirit in them. [45]

Commencement was ordered by y^e Corporation, to be on June 30. 1727.1015 About 10 a clock in the morning I walk’d over to college, met y^e Corporation in y^e Library who consider’d and determin’d y^e case of Saltonstall & Howlet. The Corporation then, two & two together went to visit Commencers chambers, to see whether y^e late Law, prohibiting some Meats & Drinks, were observed, they did not find them violated.

About 11 a clock we went to meeting as usual, after I had began with prayer, S^r Brown Junior made a Salutatory oration, then 3 quæstions were disputed on. The Batchelours were not graduated till y^e afternoon at y^e same time with y^e Masters, thô the Bachelours first and then y^e Masters. 3 quæstions were disputed on in y^e afternoon. Wn disputation was then ended, I order’d both y^e Classes to come down into y^e middle Alley, while they stood there, I said something on y^e Masters three quasstions; then added something briefly by way of thankfullness to God for his benefits to our Nation, to our Province & College from y^e begining. I then went down & gave Degrees. In y^e Masters Class, Israel Chauncey, Flynt Dwight, John Martyn, Noah Hobart, not having sought for their Degree, went without it, althô y^e last viz. Hobart (because ’twas said, he would come for his [46] Degree) was set down in y^e printed Catalogue M^r.1016

M^r Hedge, not appearing to seek a Degree so soon as he should, his name was Inserted in y^e Catalogue without M^r, which should be rectified when the Catalogue is next printed, for he did come & had his second Degree.

Marston Cabbot (preaching at Winter Harbour) sent for his Degree, but y^e Corporation refus’d to give it to him being absent, as before they had done by m^r Allis; therefore m^r ought not to be at y^e name of Marston Cabbot.1017

When I had graduated y^e Masters present, I ask’d y^e leave of y^e overseers to give y^e Second Degree to John Frizel abroad at sea, & Nathanael Davis detain’d by Sickness, they granted it, so I said, renunciantur artium Magistri.

These things being over, m^r Winthrop Head of y^e Masters Class, made a valedictory oration, yn I concluded with a short prayer; then we walk’d in y^e usual procession to the College Hall, so y^e work of y^e day was finish’d, & blessed be God it was got so comfortably thrô.

Shearbourn July 1. 1727 desir’d to go into S^r Winslows study with m^r Gardner, and told me, all y^e Fellows agre’d to it, upon wch I consented also.

S^r Brewer had a note July 3. 1727 to y^e Treasurer for ten pounds, as one of M^r Hollis’s Scholars. [47]

To m^r T. Hollis, I wrote a large Letter July 1. 1727 and 3 days after, I wrote to m^r Eames1018 concerning m^r Hollis’s Apparatus.

m^r Cooledg & S^r Parker July 4. 1727 had a Note to y^e Steward, to recieve 40^s each, for being Scholars of y^e House each of ym half a year.

July 4. 1727. Jos. Hicks had a note to y^e Steward for 3^s & John Hicks for 1^ll 10^s 4^d for work done at y^e College

Chaundler July 5. 1727 had a Note to y^e Treasurer for ten Pounds, as one of M^r Hollis’s Scholars.

S^r Brown Sen^r, July 5. 1727 Having taken his Degree y^e preceeding week, and now going to abide at home, brought a Silver Cup or long Beaker, as a gift of his Father’s y^e Hon^ble Coll. Samuel Brown to y^e College, in consideration yt y^e said S^r Brown in his first year at College, was excus’d from serving as Freshmen usually do.1019

M^r Monis July 26. 1727 had 2 Notes to y^e Steward, one to recieve 1^ll 10^s 11^d for Nails to y^e College; y^e other to receive 1^ll 6^s 11^d for Nails for y^e Presidents House.

Shaw Jun^r & Edson July 26. 1727 allow’d to go into y^e chamber Immediately over m^r Prince [48]

The Bill (shewing y^e order & divisions of y^e Declamers) was set up in y^e Hall Aug. 4. 1727. The Scholars not very generally going off Just after Commencement, y^e Fellows, one or other of ym, usually went to prayer in y^e Hall, morning & evening, for, possibly, about a week, but towards y^e end of y^e vacation only on Lord’s day evenings

Exercises in y^e Hall, viz. Praying, reading, expounding I began after y^e vacation Aug. 10. 1727 In y^e morning.

Missionaries for y^e 2 Forts at y^e Eastward, George’s, and Richmond; were agre’d on by D^r Mather, m^r Sewal & myself, Aug. 14. 1727. We being directed by y^e General Court to nominate two such Missionaries, we wrote a Letter to his Hon^r y^e Livetenant Governour, with their names, viz. M^r James Gerald & M^r Moses Hale, wch Letter I deliver’d to his Honour on y^e abovesaid day, viz. Aug. 14.

King George’s death, was first told of among us Aug. 14. 1727 by Capt. Cary, who then arriv’d from London. King George y^e Second was proclaimed Aug. 16. 1727 w^th great Solemnity & Joy.

A Note to y^e Steward Sept. 8. 1727 to pay 14^s to m^r Hook & Parker, for filling up a Vault of y^e Scholars little House.1020

Sept. 12. 1727. Richardson Sen^r, Parker, Breck were publickly admonish’d in y^e Hall, for drinking Rum (forbidden by y^e College Laws) in the College [49] in Richardson’s Chamber, & for making disorderly noises in y^e College at or near midnight. Burbeen was with ym, but not in y^e Hall when y^e Admonition was given. Richardson being most guilty (even of lying besides y^e other crimes) was oblig’d to make a Confession in y^e Hall, was call’d forth from his seat while ’twas read, and he was fin’d five shillings. The others (excepting Burbeen, absent) stood in yr places, and reciev’d y^e admonition, and were punish’d three shillings a piece, but not oblig’d to make a publick Confession. None of y^e Fellows were in y^e Hall, at ys admonition.

Sept. 14. 1727. I rec^d of y^e College Treasurer fifty pounds, out of y^e Incomes of Massachusetts Hall for the last year. B. Wadsworth.

Bac. Dominus Condy Respondens Sept. 29. 1727. Sanguis Christi est, pretium æquivalens peccatis Redemptorum; sex fuerunt opponentes.

m^r Champney had a Note to y^e Steward, dated oct. 9. 1727 to recieve 30^s for taking care of y^e College last vacation time. [50]

A Diploma I this day (oct. 11. 1727) sign’d for S^r Stevens, Jun^r Bachelour, going for South Carolina.

Oct. 27. 1727. I gave y^e Coll. Treasurer a Rec^t for 15^ll 9^s 9^d in full for y^e Incomes of Massachusetts Hall to the 2^nd of June last. Study Rents for the last year, were 61^ll 10^s 00^d Cellar Rent 11^ll 07^s 00^d Total 72^ll 17^s 00^d Publick repairs (having view’d the Quarter-Bills to y^e Steward, of y^e Glazier, & Scholars of y^e House) charg’d on y^e Massachusetts, did not exceed 4^ll 07^s 09^d and thrô a mistake I added 3^ll more; and so deducting 7^ll 07^s 3^d from 72^ll 17^s 00^d I rec^d at two payments 65^ll 9^s 9^d

Nov. 4. 1727. M^r Thô Hollis having hinted in sundry Letters, as thô he had not reciev’d in form, an account of M^r Greenwood’s Election to y^e Professorship of y^e Mathematicks &c I this day wrote a copy of y^e Corporation’s vote whereby he was chosen, sign’d and attested it to be a true Copy, I then sent it to m^r Flynt Clerk of y^e overseers, to write wt they had done, & send y^e same to m^r Hollis. [51]

Earthquake, there was a great one here, about half an hour past ten a Clock at night, between y^e 29 & 30^th of oct. 1727. it reach’d far & near

I^st Quarter Salary from y^e Province Treasurer viz. 90^ll I had on Nov. 10. 1727. Da^l Oliver Esqr rec^d it of y^e Treasurer and sent it to me.

M^r Isaac Greenwood, to him I sent Nov. 21. 1727 y^e votes of y^e overseers, refering to wt y^e Corporation did oct. 30. about y^e Professor of y^e Mathematicks, & desir’d him forthwith to repair to y^e College, and enter on y^e duties of his office.

The same day, I wrote a Copy of y^e Corporation’s vote May 12. 1727 chusing m^r Greenwood to be Professor of y^e Mathematicks, and sent it to m^r Flynt to get it fairly written & sent to m^r Hollis, as y^e overseers directed.

M^r Cooledge, y^e Taylor had Nov. 24. 1727 a Note to the Steward for 10^s 8^d for a Bag to carry Coll. writings in.

Hicks had a Note, to y^e Stew^rd for 6^ll granted him Apr. 3. 1727. [58]1021

The Incomes of Massachusetts College for y^e two first Quarters 1727 y^e first begining Jun. 2.

Rec^d of y^e Treasurer Jan. 26 1727 31^ll 11^s 02 for y^e above account.

Jan. 24. 1727/8. I punish’d S^r Rogers Jun^r two shillings for omitting his Analisis y^e evening before.

Jan. 25. 1727/8. I order’d Bowman, who came as Sub-Butler to call me to evening prayers, to punish y^e Butler, S^r Lord, five shillings, for entertaining in his Chamber (contrary to y^e Laws of y^e College) a stranger (an Italian) after he had been warned once & again by y^e President not to entertain him. I order’d Bowman to enter ys in the punishing Book, y^e Butler being out of Town [59]

2^nd Quarter salary 90£ I rec^d of Daniel Oliver Esqr. Feb. 13. 1727/8 wch he rec^d of m^r Treasurer Alhn for me, & gave him a Rec^t wch I had written for him.

Feb. 14. 1727/8. I gave m^r Stephen Sewal a Note to y^e Steward for 25^ll 10^s granted him by y^e Corporation, Scil. Exhibitions. March 17. 1724/5 6£. Apr. 4. 1726 8£. Aug. 16. 1726 10£ as Library-keeper. Sept. 6. 1726 1^ll 10^s for taking care of y^e College in the vacation A.D. 1725.

Mar. 14. 1727/8. I spake to Phips, Head of y^e Senior Sophisters Class, to make y^e Salutatory oration on y^e next Commencement; and to m^r Brown, Head of y^e Sen^r Bachelours Class, to make y^e valedictory oration on said approaching Com̄encemēt.

Belcher was directed, March 20. 1727/8 to make a gratulatory oration at y^e Conclusion of y^e forenoon Exercise at y^e approaching Commencement.

3^d Quarter Salary, April 17. 1728. Titus my serv^nt, brought from m^r Treasurer Allen (to whom I sent a Rec^t) Ninety Pounds Bills of Credit, being for the third Quarter, ending 17 Mar. last.

The same day I rec^d 6£ frō m^r Treasurer Hutchinson, y^e Income of y^e 100£ given by y^e Rev^nd m^r Cotton of London, wch money y^e Treasurer recieved Feb. 25. 1726. [60]

M^r Sewal, May 20. 1728 had a Note to y^e Coll. Treasurer, for twelve pounds granted to him by the Corporation on y^e Sixth Instant, out of y^e Donations of y^e Hon^ble Browns of Salem.

Newmarch Cushing Jun^r Scholars of y^e House, had on Jun. 5. 1728 a Note to y^e Steward to pay them 4£ a piece for their service ending Friday last.

M^r Cooledge on Jun. 10. 1728 had a Note to y^e Steward for four pounds as Scholar of y^e House to May 31 last.

Campbel, on Jun. 11. 1728 had a Note to y^e Treasurer for ten pounds, granted April 1. 1728 out of Esqr Boyle’s Donation.

M^r Champney on Jun 11. 1728 had a Note to y^e Steward, to pay to, or discount with, him, fifteen pounds ten shillings, agreably to y^e votes of y^e Corporation on Apr. 4. 1726 Aug. 16. 1726 Sept. 6. 1726 Sept. 4. 1727. only I hinted, yt m^r Champney formerly had a Note for y^e 30^s Sept. 6. 1726 wch he said was not paid.

M^r Monis had a Note (Jun. 13. 1728) to y^e Steward for 1^ll 19^s 9^d in full for wt was due to him from y^e College for Nails; & a Lock for y^e Chamber of y^e Apparatus Math.

Williams had a note to y^e Treasurer Jun. 18. 1728 for ten pounds, as being on m^r Hollis’s foundation y^e last year. [61]

Rawson had a Note to y^e Steward Jun. 19. 1728 to discount with him 04^ll 10^s 00^d an Exhibition grāted to him by y^e Corporation May 6. 1728.

Jun. 19. 1728. After evening prayers in y^e Hall, I publickly read y^e Laws, wch require Commencers seasonably to pay their dues to y^e Steward, also y^e Laws wch forbid certain sorts of provision & drink to y^e Commencers.

Hemingway had a note to y^e Steward Jun. 21. 1728 for an Exhibition of four pounds ten shillings granted by y^e Corporation May 6. 1728.

Jun. 21. 1728. I rec^d of M^r Treasurer Allen, ninety pounds, being my last Quarter’s Salary to y^e 17 of this Instant June.

Emery had a Note to y^e Treasurer Jun. 22. 1728 to recieve an Exhibition of 4^ll 10^s granted by y^e Corporation May 6. 1728.

M^r Josiah Smith of South Carolina. June 22. 1728. I paid to the Steward his fourty shillings, for his Second Degree, 20^s for Detriment & 20^s for Com̄encent Dinner.

Jun. 22. 1728. I gave to y^e Steward an order to pay y^e Hollissian Professor of y^e Mathematicks &c ten shillings per Quarter charg’d on Scholars in y^e Quarter Bill for attending his private Lectures. [62]

Common places were made Jun. 24. 1728 in y^e morning by S^r Rogers (Daniel) Jun^r & S^r Clap; there were two at once, because y^e time was short before Commencement.

Rents of y^e Massachusetts due to y^e President, for the last half year, ending May 31. 1728 for

This 34^ll 07^s I rec^d of y^e Treasurer on Jun. 26. 1728.

Chandler had a Note to y^e Treasurer Jun. 25. 1728 for ten pounds, as being on m^r Hollis’s foundation y^e last year.

M^r Clap had a Note to y^e Steward, Jun. 25. 1728 to be discharg’d of one years Detriment.

Steams, y^e same day had a note to y^e Steward for four pounds, as Scholar of y^e House last year. [63]

To y^e Hon^ble Livetenant Governour Dummer, I wrote, with y^e Approbation of y^e Tutors Jun. 26. 1728 Intreating, yt if his Honour saw meet, he would order y^e Sheriffe of Middlesex, to prevent y^e setting up Booths or Tents in Cambridge on y^e approaching Commencement, and so prevent y^e disorders wch have often been occasion’d by them,

Commencent to be on Jun. 28. 1728 was declar’d in y^e Hall after evening prayers Jun. 26. 1728 thô it had been ge[ne]rally known before.

Jun. 27. 1728. I notified y^e Hall after evening prayers, yt y^e vacation was to continue but four weeks, begining on y^e first Wenesday in July next.

Commencement, in y^e morning Jun. 28. 1728 Fi[r]st y^e Class of Bachelours, then of Masters, came to y^e President’s House to pay for yr Degrees. About ten a clock in y^e morning I went to y^e College, propos’d to y^e Corporation in y^e Library, sundry persons desiring yr Second Degree, thô absent by sickness &c & had y^e Resolve of y^e Corporation upon it. Then y^e Corporation by two’s, went to visit y^e Commencers Chambers, to see whether there were any prohibited meats or drinks, and found none. Then, at about 11 a clock we went to y^e Meeting House in y^e usual [64] manner. The President began with prayer, S^r Phips made y^e Salutatory oration, S^r Marsh & S^r Lovel held two Quæstions; there was not time for y^e third, in wch S^r Fish was to have been Respondent; S^r Belcher made a Gratulatory oration, so y^e Forenoon exercise ended. We went to College, & din’d as usual. Between meetings, I propos’d to y^e overseers in y^e Hall, y^e absent ones desiring yr Second Degrees, who were in y^e morning allow’d by y^e Corporation to have it, and y^e overseers allow’d y^e same. In y^e Afternoon we went to meeting in y^e usual manner; when two Quasstions had been disputed on (being no time for y^e third) I order’d y^e Expectants of first & second Degree, to come down into the middle Alley, and presenting y^e Bachelours to y^e overseers, & yy approving them, I graduated ym, & took y^e same method in graduating y^e Masters.

Diamond. Freeman. Two of y^e Class were dead before y^e Commencement.

Five viz. Dowse, Wiswal, Lewes, Williams, Baxter, did not seek nor recieve yr Degree.1022

Four, viz. Johannes Brown Edward Hunting, Christophorus Minot, Josiah Smith, were pronounc’d Masters (by consent of corporation & overseers) thô absent.

Benja. Bradstreet, absent, was deni’d his [65] Degree thô he desir’d it, y^e Corporation not Judging there was sufficient Reason for his absence; all y^e rest reciev’d their Degrees as usual. After y^e Masters were graduated, m^r Brown (Head of y^e Class) made a valedictory oration, then I concluded with a short prayer, after which y^e Procession went to the President’s House (& not to y^e College) where y^e overseers were pleas’d to tarry a while, and so y^e matter ended. Thanks be to God, for ys one Instance more of his goodness in this regard. B.W.

Loring, being on m^r Hollis’s foundation last year, had a note to y^e Treasurer July 1. 1728 for ten Pounds.

M^r Bradish, Glazier, had a note to y^e steward for five pounds, 4^s & 4^d (July 4. 1728) for mending glass at College till y^e end of last Quarter fifteen shillings & 2^d of which, was to be plac’d to Massachusetts.

S^r Condy July 13. 1728 had a Note to y^e steward for twenty pounds, as having been on M^r Hollis’s foundation y^e two last years, ending y^e last Commencement.

S^r Palmer, had a Diploma July 18. 1728.

M^r Josiah Smith of Carolina, had a Diploma July 23. 1728. [66]

Clap had a Note to y^e Treasurer Aug. 2. 1728 for y^e Rents of Lands in Dorchester, let to m^r Robinson.

Bill for Declamers, set up in y^e Hall July 31. 1728.

Manning had a note Aug. 12. 1728 to y^e Treasurer, to recieve three Pounds voted to him by the Corporation May 6. 1728.

Aug. 31. 1728. Maudsley, Ryal, Trot, had a note to the Steward, for y^e Rents of M^r Stoughton’s lands in Dorchester, viz. 6^ll agreable to y^e Corporation’s vote April 3. 1727.

Divinity-Professor began his Lectures in y^e Hall, on Sept. 3. 1728. y^e same day y^e Scholars went into Commons

Parsons Jun^r, one of M^r Hollis’s scholars, had a Note to y^e Treasurer Sept. 6. 1728 for ten pounds for y^e last year.

M^r Taylor had a Note to y^e Steward for four pounds Oct. 2. 1728 for having been Scholar of y^e House last year.

Rec^d Nov. 14. 1728 17^ll 0^s 2^d

M^r Fessendon Oct. 15. 1728 had a Note to recieve of y^e Steward 2^ll 03^s 06^d for 29 Bushels of Lime, at 1^s 6^d pr Bush^l [66a]1023

M^r Sewal had a Note to y^e Steward Oct. 16. 1728 to recieve ten pounds as Library-Keeper one year, ending y^e first of June last; & thirty shillings for Inspecting y^e College last vacation time.

N. Testament, I finish’d reading it on evenings in y^e Hall the second time Oct. 22. 1728.

M^r Monis had a Note to y^e Steward Oct. 25. 1728 for 1^ll 6^s 3^d for nails for y^e College-use.

Disputatio Nov. 22. 1728. Dom. Hancock Respondens, Libertas competit humano generi; opponentes, Dom. Seacomb & Hensdel.

Analysing was ys day, viz. Nov. 22 began by y^e Sen^r Batchelour S^r Clark.

M^r Stephen Sewal had a Note to y^e Treasurer Dec. 11. 1728 for five Pounds for being Library-Keeper y^e last half year.

My Salary, 2^nd Quarter to y^e 17 of ys Instant, I rec^d Dec. 19. 1728. £90.

M^r Mors y^e Smith, had a Note to y^e Steward for 2^ll 16^s 6^d for things done for y^e College Dec. 21. 1728.

M^rs Prentice, Widow, by a Note to y^e Steward Jan. 2. 1728/9 was to recieve 40^s according to vote of the Corporation Dec. 31. 1728. [67]

M^r Monis Jan. 26. 1728/9 had a note to y^e Steward for 1^ll 13^s 4^d for nails for y^e College & President’s House.

Rents of Massachusetts Hall for Second Quarter ending Nov. 29. 1728—17^ll 02^s 06^d. For Repairs (as appears by yt Quarter Bill) 8^s 9^d. For Glass-mending (as appears by y^e Glazier’s Bill) 4^s 10^d wch is 13^s 7^d. ys deducted from 17^ll 02^s 06^d y^e remainder is 16^ll 08^s 11^d Rec^d of Treasurer Hutchinson Jan. 21. 1728/9

M^r Cotton of London, his 6£ Rec^dof Treasurer Hutchinson Mar. 17. 1728/9.

Loring Sen^r May 13. 1729 had a Note to y^e Treasurer for 7^ll 10^s the half of y^e Income of M^r W^m Brattle’s donation.

W^ms Sen^r May 26. 1729 had a Note to y^e Treasurer for ten pounds, as one of M^r Hollis’s Scholars.

S^r Broadstreet, May 28. 1729 had a Note to y^e Treasurer, for seven pounds ten shillings.

Letter of Attorney for m^r Joseph Mico of London, to act on y^e College behalf about M^r Penoyr’s Gift to y^e College, I sign’d & seal’d w^th y^e College-seal, May 28. 1729.

M^r Monis May 31. 1729 had a note to y^e Steward for 14^s 3^d.

S^r Pynchon Jun. 2. 1729 had a Note to y^e Treasurer, for his part in Esqr Hopkin’s donation.

Loring Sen^r Jun. 2. 1729 had a note to y^e Treasurer for 10^ll as one [of] m^r Hollis’s scholars.

S^r Hancock, as an Hopkinton Scholar, had a Note to y^e Treasurer June 5. 1729. [68]

Manning, Jun. 10. 1729 had a note to y^e Treasurer, for four pounds granted by y^e Corporation.

Abraham Hill Jun. 16. 1729 had a note to y^e Steward for 1^ll 14^s for painting, whitewashing, colouring at y^e President’s house.

S^r Lovel, Jun. 17. 1729 had a Note, as one of Esqr Hopkin’s Scholars, to Coll. Hutchinson Clark to y^e Trustees of Hopkinton.

Com̄encers, Laws about ’em read in y^e Hall Wenesday Jun. 18. 1729 when y^e scholars were told, yt Com̄encement would (w^th submission to Providence) be on Friday y^e next week.

M^r Champney Jun. 19. 1729 had a note to y^e Treasurer for four pounds as Scholar of y^e House; & 30^s for Inspecting y^e college last vacation-time.

S^r Prentice (Jun. 19. 1729) having desir’d S^r Pynchon, to get a Note to Coll. Hutchinson Clark to y^e Trustees of Hopkinton, for y^e money due to him as an Hopkinton Bachelour, I then gave him such a note.

Mayhew Jun. 28. 1729 had a note to y^e Treasurer as being on m^r Hollis’s foundation.

Commencement Jun. 27. 1729. After y^e Masters & Bachelours had brought y^e money for their Degrees, I went to College about ten in y^e morning. First y^e Corporation [69] and then y^e overseers, consented to grant a Master’s Degree to sundry persons absent. Then, after visiting y^e Commencers chambers by y^e Corporation, to see yt they broke not y^e Law in prohibited meats or drinks, we went to y^e Meeting House in y^e usual manner about eleven a Clock. The President being weak & pained, M^r Flynt began with prayer. Then follow’d y^e Salutatory oration by one of y^e Bachelours. Then three Respondents successively, & yr opponents having disputed, about one a Clock we went to College. After Dinner about four a Clock we went to meeting again. Three Questions were disputed on by y^e Masters, then I call’d y^e Expectants of Degrees down, & having presented the Masters to y^e overseers, & had their placet by Governour Burnet, I gave them their Degrees; after yt, y^e Bachelours were so presented & graduated. Then, y^e absent ones allow’d to be graduated renunciati sunt Magistri Artium. Deinde, pronunciavi oratiunculam; quam secuta fuit oratio valedictoria. Then I concluded with a short prayer, a little past six a clock, then we walk’d in order to y^e President’s House, & so y^e matter was ended. [70]

July 1. 1729. I gave a Note to y^e Steward, to pay four pounds apiece to m^r Cooledge, m^r Rogers Jun^r, S^r Cushing S^r Hicks, Cotton, as Scholars of y^e House.

July 15. 1729. Rec^d of y^e Treasurer 30^ll 12^s 6 the Rents of these two Quarters.

M^r Condy July 21. 1729 had a note to y^e Treasurer for ten pounds, as being on m^r Hollis’s foundation y^e last year.

July 28. 1729. I gave a Note to the Steward, to pay ten pounds apiece to (or discount so much with) S^r Walter, Parsons Jun^r, Stoddard, Emmery, Hemingway, Gookin, as being on m^r Hollis’s foundation y^e last year, ending y^e last Commencement. [71]

Aug. 12. 1729. I began to pray in y^e Hall, & should have began sooner, if y^e Tutors had retum’d sooner from their Journeys, & so y^e Scholars had come together.

Sept. 15. 1729 M^r Bradish, Glazier, had a Note to y^e Steward for 4^ll 12^s 7^d for mending glass at College, 5^s 10^d to be charg’d to Massachusetts Hall.

Analysing began Oct. 6. 1729 on John 14 ch.

Bachelours Disputations began Oct. 17. 1729.

Massachusetts, first Quarter to Aug. 30, 1729

Nov. 12. 1729. Rec^d of Treasurer Hutchinson s^d Summ viz. 17 02 10.

m^r Bradish, Glazier Oct. 24. 1729 had a note to y^e Steward, for 2^ll 16^s 4^d to be charg’d to the College; & 18^s 8^d to be charg’d to Massachusetts Hall, for glass-mending.

M^r Daniel Rogers Sen^r had a note to y^e Steward, on Nov. 6. 1729 for nine pounds, an Exhibition.

M^r Champney had a Note to y^e Treasurer Nov. 26. 1729 for ten pounds as Library-Keeper one year, & one pound ten for Inspecting y^e College last vacation-time. [72]

S^r Bowman Dec. 1. 1729 had a Note to y^e Steward for 30^s for Inspecting y^e College last vacation time.

M^r Monis Dec. 5. 1729 had a Note to y^e Steward for 8^s.

M^r Treasurer Allen Dec. 26. 1729 p^d me 180£ half my Salary for this year, viz. to y^e 17 Instant.

Massachusetts 2^nd Quarter to Nov. 28. 1729.

Rec^d Feb. 3. 1729/30

Francis Foxcroft Esq^r Jan. 3. 1729/30 had a note to y^e Steward for 11^s 6^d for recording y^e Rev^nd M^r Russel’s Will, in wch was a Legacy to y^e College.

Sparhawk1024 Jan. 26. 1729/30 had a note to y^e Steward for 2^ll 10^s for being Monitor y^e 2 first Quarters of ys year.

M^r Cotton of London, his Gift of y^e Income of 100£ I rec^d Feb. 3. 1729/30. [73]

M^r Sewal March 16. 1729/30 had Note to y^e Steward for ten shillings for writing for y^e College.

The Glazier, m^r Bradish, March 20. 1729/30 had a note to y^e Steward for 5^ll 12^s 2^d to be charg’d to y^e College; & 1^ll 15^s 8^d to be charg’d to Massachusetts, for mending Glass at College the two last Quarters.

Massachusett-Hall, 3^d Quarter to Feb. 27. 1729/30.

Rec^d April 1. 1730 16^ll 9^s 3^d

M^r Monis Apr. 30. 1730 had a note to y^e Steward for 1^ll 2^s 3^d for Nails for y^e College use.

M^r Newman, I sign’d y^e Corporation’s Letter of Attorney to him, for recovering M^r Doderidge’s Legacy, on May 29. 1730 & acknowledg’d it at Cambridge, y^e same day, before y^e Hon^ble Livetenant Governour Dummer, then commander in chief, the Hon^ble Thomas Hutchinson Esqr, & m^r Andrew Bordman were witnesses to it; & m^r Secretary Willard took it to affix y^e Province seal to it. [74]

June 4. 1730. Emery, had a note to y^e Steward for 10£ being an Hollis Scholar.

Fogg, had a Note to y^e Steward (y^e same time, on one Paper) for £6 Donation, & £4 as Scholar of y^e House.

June 17. 1730. I gave y^e Steward a note to pay ten pounds a piece to m^r Condy, Hemingway, Diman, Gookin, Seacomb, as being on m^r Hollis’s foundation ys year now expiring.

June 17. 1730. I gave a note to y^e Steward to pay y^e following Exhibitions, viz: to Jeffrey & Oliver Jun^r seven pounds ten apiece; Gardner of Salem 6£ Man̄ing 4^ll 10^s Clap 10^ll 10^s Flynt 6£ Bridge 6£ Sprague 6£

June 20. 1730. I gave a note to y^e Steward to pay 30^s apiece to Emery & Hemingway, Exhibitions from Coll. Browne’s gift.

June 22. 1730. I gave Cotton a note to y^e Steward for four pounds as Scholar of y^e House last year.

Parsons had a note to y^e Steward for ten pounds (June 24. 1730) as being on m^r Hollis foundation y^e year now expiring [75]

Williams had a note (by m^r Hinsdell) to y^e Steward June 24. 1730 for his dues as Scholar of the House last year.

S^r Mayhew & Withington had a note to y^e Steward June 25. 1730 y^e former for keeping y^e monitor’s Bill 3 quarters, y^e latter one quarter of y^e year, five pounds in all.

The Small Pox prevailing in Charlestown, & especially in Boston, to prevent y^e scholars taking y^e Infection, ’twas agre’d by y^e Corporation & overseers, yt there should be no Commencement Dinner, yt y^e publick Exercises should begin at three a Clock after noon; accordingly, about yt time in y^e day viz. June 24. 1730 Livetenant Governour Tailer, then Commander in Chief, & sundry other Gentlemen of y^e Council, came, went into y^e Hall, consented yt several allow’d of by y^e Corporation should recieve their Degrees thô absent. We then went to y^e Meeting House in usual order, y^e President began with prayer; after salutary oration y^e Bachelours disputed on two Questions, y^e latter Respondent omitted his Thesis a 3^d Question was drop’d. The Masters disputed on one Question, omitting two more. The President having obtained y^e Placet from y^e overseers, for graduating the Candidates; he gave first to y^e Bachelours [76] then to y^e Masters, their Degrees. Next followed y^e valedictory oration, then y^e President concluded with prayer, and y^e Procession went from y^e Meeting House to y^e Presidents House.

Inasmuch as there was no publick Dinner, y^e Candidates did not pay any thing towards a Dinner; thô y^e Masters paid Detriment, those who had not liv’d at y^e College.

Jeremiah Fogg, thô absent, was allow’d by y^e overseers in y^e Hall before yy went to Meeting, to have his Bachelour’s Degree, thô this was not previously voted by y^e Corporation, inasmuch as Fogg was expected at College, yet there was a Major part of y^e Corporation with y^e overseers when they allowed yt Fogg should be graduated.

Barnard (Thomas) July 8. 1730 had a note to y^e Treasurer for ten Pounds, as having been on m^r Hollis’s foundation the last year.

Marsh July 12. 1730 had a Note to y^e Steward for 4£ as Scholar of y^e House last year.

M^r Condy July 21. 1730 had a note to y^e Treasurer for five pounds, for keeping y^e Library half a year, viz. to y^e end of May last. [77]

Lynde July 31. 1730 had a copy of y^e Corporation votes In April 6 & June 8. 1730 wherein twelve Pounds were granted to him.

M^r Cooledge Aug. 5. 1730 had a note to y^e Steward for four Pounds, as Scholar of y^e House last year.

Mayhew Aug. 19. 1730 had a note to y^e Treasurer for £10 as having been on m^r Hollis’s foundation last year.

Massachusetts 4^th Quarter May 30. 1730

Rec^d 16 17 10 Oct. 12. 1730.

Massachusetts 1^st Quarter Bill, to Aug. 28. 1730

Rec^d Oct. 12. 1730 15 10 08.

Oct. 12. 1730. I gave m^r Edmund Mountfort a Note to y^e Treasurer for £9 to reward him, Cap^t Moodey, m^r Cutter &c for viewing Merricaneag Neck of Land belōing to y^e College, & reporting concerning it. [78]

M^r Condy Nov. 18. 1730 had a Note to y^e Treasurer for five pounds, for keeping y^e Library half a year wch expires with this month.

Rogers, Jun^r Sophister, Nov. 25. 1730 had a note to the Treasurer for ten pounds, as being upon M^r Hollis’s foundation one year, ending y^e last Commencement.

Massachusett-Hall, 2^nd Quarter ending Nov. 27. 1730

M^r Monis Jan. 8. 1730/31 had a note to y^e Steward for £2 12 10 for nails &c taken up at his shop for y^e College.

Clap, Sen^r Sophister, giving up his Monitor’s place at y^e finishing of the 3^d Q^rter, on Feb. 25. 1730 I desir’d Swift, Sophimore, to act as Monitor for one Quarter.

Rev^d M^r Cotton (of London) y^e six pound, Interest of his money, I rec^d of y^e Treasurer Feb. 25. 1730.

Andrew Bordman Jun^r, March 6. 1730/31 had a note to his Father, y^e Steward, for twenty shillings; for entring College Accounts into y^e College Book.

Jon^th Baverick & Isaac Maning March 10. 1730/31 had a note to y^e steward for three shillings between them, for mending y^e causey in y^e President’s orchard. [79]

Clap, March 17. 1730/31 had a note to y^e Steward for £6 5 for being Monitor 5 Quarters, y^e last ending Feb. 26 last.

N. Testament I finish’d y^e reading of it in course at evening prayers in y^e Hall Jan. 28. 1730/31. this is y^e third time of my reading it thrô, in y^e Hall. The next day I began again & read Mat. ch. 1.

Fast, a general one was kept March 25. 1730. In y^e evening I pray’d in y^e Hall, but being allmost Just come from meeting, we did not sing in y^e Hall, thô (as I’ve been Inform’d) ’twas usual to do it.

Massachusetts Hall, for 3^d Q^rter ending Feb. 26. 1730/31.

Scales May 15. 1731 had a Note to y^e Steward for three pounds, an Exhibition voted to him.

Marsh June 3. 1731 had a note to y^e Steward for £4 as Scholar of y^e House.

Withington Jun. 3. 1731 had a note to y^e Steward for £11. 6 of it an Exhibition, 5 for being Monitor the last year.

M^r Monis had a Note to y^e Steward June 5. 1731 for 1^ll 8^s 8^d for nails y^e College had of him [80]

Bridge June 14. 1731 had a Note to y^e Treasurer for £6 an Exhibition granted April 21 last.

Massachusett-Hall, y^e Rents 4^th Quarter May 28. 1731.

M^r Nutting, Smith, June 15. 1731 had a note to the Steward for £1 3 6 for work done at y^e College.

Hollis Scholars, viz. Gookin, Mayhew, Wilson, Swan & Upham, y^e Steward had a note June 16. 1731 to pay them ten pounds each.

Exhibitions. June 16. 1731. The Steward had a note to pay Jeffreys & Oliver £7 10 a piece. £3 to Stevens £6 to Clap £3 to Fowl Sen^r £6 To Flynt £3 to Haven £15 to M^r Dan^l Rogers Sen^r

Scholars of the House And June 16. 1731 Fowl Sen^r Clap, Toby, Symmes, Cleverly; y^e Steward had a note to pay them four pounds each. [81]

M^r Gibbs had a note to y^e Treasurer Jun. 18. 1731 for £5 as Library-Keeper half a year to the end of May last

M^r Bradish College Glazier June 19. 1731 had a Note to y^e Steward for £13 14 6, for glass-mending in y^e College; out of wch 3 16 6 is to Massachusett Hall.

Sam^l Gardner Jun. 19. 1731 had a Note to y^e Steward for six pounds, an Exhibition.

Spaulden, had a note to y^e Steward y^e same day, for an Exhibition of three pounds.

Seacombe, Sen^r Sophister, June 22. 1731 had a note to the Coll. Treasurer for ten pounds, as being an Hollis-Scholar ys year now ending.

Rogers Jun. 24. 1731 had a Note to y^e Treasurer for ten pounds, as being an Hollis-Scholar y^e year now ending.

[Wilson Jun. 26. 1731 had a Note to y^e Steward for ten pounds as being on M^r Hollis’s foundation y^e last year.]1025

Proper directions having been seasonably & previously given to orators, Respondents, opponents (the Candidates for their Second Degree [82] being notifi’d to attend at College y^e 16 June) Commencement came on June 25. 1731 being Friday. The day before y^e Hall was washed by m^rs Prentice, the Mason having plaister’d & white-wash’d as there was occasion; y^e seats were taken down in y^e Hall, one day or two, before Corm̄encent. On Wenesday morning were read in y^e Hall, College Laws about Com̄encers paying their dues, and about meats & drinks prohibited to ym, w^th proper Exhortations thereon.

On Com̄encement day morning abt ten a Clock, his Excellency Governour Belcher (attended w^th y^e Life Guard) came round by Watertown-Bridge and arriv’d at y^e College. About 11 a Clock we went to y^e Meeting House with y^e usual procession. The President began with prayer, S^r Sparhawk made y^e salutatory oration. Three Respondents read their Quæstions, & two of ’em their Theses, all y^e opponents disputed. Between one & two a Clock, we went as usual to y^e Hall. After Dinner, Whitaker who had been formerly expell’d by President and Tutors, having address’d to the [83] overseers, had a long hearing, so yt we went not to y^e meeting House ’till abt half an hour past five, they upon his Confession order’d him his Degree, w^th [sic] he rec^d w^th y^e Bachelours. The time being short, but one Question of y^e Masters (Instead of three) was disputed on, y^e Thesis not read. Disputation ending, y^e President made a short oration, then graduated y^e Scholars, first y^e Masters (pronouncing five absent ones, Masters of Art) and then the Bachelours, Whitaker last, who in Course might have claim’d his first Degree a year before. Next was y^e valedictory oration by M^r Bradstreet, y^e President then concluded w^tha short prayer, and y^e Scholars went in usual order to y^e President’s House, where y^e overseers were pleas’d to stop. m^r Flynt Sen^r Tutor abt a week before took a voyage to y^e Eastward abt necessary buisness, & so was absent; m^r Prince & Davenport y^e two next Tutors purposely absented themselves (a thing never known before) m^r Sewal y^e 4^th Tutor, thô he stay’d at College & went to y^e meeting House, yet did not appear to act as Fellows us’d to do, in keeping [84] good order in y^e Hall at Dinner time, nor in walking in y^e procession as usual

Gerish Sen^r Jun. 28. 1731 had a Note to y^e Treasurer for £10 as Hollis-scholar last year.

M^r Condy Jun. 30. 1731 had a Note to y^e Treasurer for ten pounds, as having been on m^r Hollis’s foundation y^e last year.

S^r Porter was spoken to by y^e President Jun. 30. 1731 and desir’d to Inspect, & take care of, y^e College in y^e present vacation.

I here Insert a copy of a Certificate I gave to S^r Whitaker, viz.

M^r Bradish Glazier July 15. 1731 had a Note to the Steward for 1 12 4 for mending Glass in y^e President’s House from Nov. 1728 To ys date. [85]

Abraham Hill, Mason, July 15. 1731 had a Note to y^e Steward for 30^s to buy Laths & Nails to mend y^e Hall.

Declaimers Bill was set up in y^e Hall July 30. 1731 exactly five weeks after y^e Com̄encement.

Prayers in y^e Hall, I began Aug. 6. 1731 Just six weeks after y^e Com̄encement.

M^r Fessendon Aug. 9. 1731 had a Note to y^e Steward for 18^s; for 12 Bushels of Lime for y^e College.

The Freshmen began to recite to their Tutor Aug. 12. 1731 being seven weeks wanting one day since Com̄encement.

Barnard Aug. 16. 1731 had a Note to y^e Treasurer, for ten pounds as having been on m^r Hollis’s foundation y^e last year.

N. Testament began y^e 5^th time to read it in y^e Hall Aug. 19. 1731

The Sophimores began yr Exercises w^th yr Tutor m^r Flynt Aug. 23. 1731

D^r Wigglesworth began his publick Divinity-Lectures in y^e Hall after Commencement Aug. 24. 1731.

Jun^r Sophisters began to recite to their Tutor m^r Prince Aug. 25, 1731.

Com̄ons in y^e Hall began Sept. 7. 1731.

Sen^r Sophisters began to recite about Sept. 14. 1731.

Mathematical Professor began his publick Lectures in y^e Hall ys year on Sept. 15. 1731.

Dean Berkley was entertain’d at a Dinner in [86] the Library (Sept. 16. 1731) by y^e Invitation of y^e Corporation; he had some time before made a Present of Books to y^e Library.1026

M^r Swan Oct. 2. 1731 had a Note to y^e Steward for 15 Shillings, for 30 Posts for y^e College.

Rec^d Oct. 7. 1731 £16 03 03

Disputations of Bachelours began in y^e Hall Oct. 15. 1731. S^r Robbins Respondens affirmavit, Quædam actiones quæ fiunt ex Conscientiâ, sunt puniendæ.

Thanksgiving publick & general was on Oct. 28. 1731. In the morning I read, pray’d, expounded in y^e Hall, as usual on other days; in y^e evening we sang in y^e Hall, & I went to prayer.

M^r Jonath. Wythe & Abraham Hill Oct. 30. 1731 had a Note to y^e Treasurer for £29 10 9 for pay, for materials and labour in lately mending y^e old College

M^r Burgess Nov. 3. 1731 had a Note to y^e Steward for 20^s for bringing 2000 Boards from Boston for y^e College. [87]

Bridge Nov. 6. 1731 had a Note to y^e Steward for ten shillings, for entring Diplomas, & College Accounts in the College Book.

M^r Monis Nov. 15. 1731 had a Note to y^e Treasurer for £5 6 0 for Nails &c expended on Harvard College.

M^r Mors, Smith, had a note to y^e Steward for £1 14 for hinges and other Irons, & work done, for y^e College.

M^r Fessendon Dec. 6. 1731 had a note to y^e Steward for 15^s for 10 Bushels of Lime for y^e College; and this in full of wt was then due to s^d Fessendon.

S^r Sparhawk Dec. 14. 1731 had a Note to y^e Steward for thirty shillings for taking care of y^e College last vacation time.

Massachusetts Hall, 2^nd Quarter ending Nov. 26. 1731

Rec^d in full of y^e Treasurer Dec. 20. 1731 viz 15 06 05.

m^r Monis Jan. 26. 1731/2 had a Note to y^e Steward for £1 19 7 for Nails &c

M^r Cotton’s £6 y^e Income of £100 I rec^d of Treasurer Hutchinson March 2. 1731/2.

Massachusetts 3^d Q^ter to Feb. 25. 1731/2.

Rec^d March 30. 1732 of y^e Coll. Treasurer 16 11 07. [88]

Fast publick was on April 6. 1732. In y^e evening, I pray’d in y^e Hall, & sang part of a Psalm, no Repetition.

Bachelours disputed April 7. 1732. S^r Diman Respondens, Sacræ Scripturæ, naturali Rationi in omni parte consentiunt.

Oratio Salutatoria (April 14. 1732) I directed Winthrop, head of y^e Senior Sophisters Class, to make it at y^e next Commencement.

I punish’d Sr Dennis (April 21. 1732) 5^s for not preparing as Respondent for y^e Bachelours disputation. About a fortnight before this, I punish’d S^r Whittlesey 5^s for refusing to attend y^e Bachelours Disputation.

M^r Rogers April 27. 1732 had a Note to y^e Treasurer for £6 granted by y^e Corporation on the 11^nth Instant

S^r Dennis being punish’d April 21. 1732 5^s for not preparing as Respondent for y^e Bachelours disputation; he was then order’d to prepare agst y^e next Friday, wn that day came I waited for his calling me, but he was out of Town So on April 29. 1732 I punish’d him 5^s more for neglecting his duty in disputing. In great part of y^e winter season, my bodily weakness hinder’d me from attending the [89] Bachelours disputations; wn I became able to attend ym, their sloth & negligence rendred it difficult to obtain a Disputation. Three, if not four times ys year have been appointed for their Disputations, wn thro their negligence there have been none; so yt Indeed y^e Bachelours have disputed in y^e Hall but ’twice ys year hitherto.

Joseph Badger (May 4. 1732) had a note to y^e Steward for fourty shillings, for painting y^e two Dials on y^e old College.

Ebenezer Swan May 9. 1732 had a note to y^e Steward for sixteen shillings for carting Posts & Rails for College fencing.

Steward Bordman (May 11. 1732) had an order to pay to his Son Andrew Bordman £2 12 01 For Nails, Candlesticks &c for y^e College use.

May 11. 1732. The Steward had a note to pay y^e following Exhibitions granted by y^e Corporation Apr. 11. 1732 viz. Jeffreys £7 10 Oliver 7^ll 10^s Stevens £3 Tailer £8 Spaulden £3 Symmes £3 Baulch £3 Flynt £6 Scales £3 Noyse £4 Phillips sen^r £4 Gibbs £4.

Valedictory oration (on May 11. 1732) I spake to S^r Walter, Candidate for his second Degree, to make it y^e next Com̄encement, & he undertook it. [90]

Bridge (May 12. 1732) had a note to y^e Treasurer for £6 granted by y^e Corporation April 11. 1732.

Ebenezer Swan Sen^r (May 13. 1732) had a note to y^e Steward for sixteen shillings for cutting, splitting & preparing Posts & Rails for College fencing.

Swift Sen^r May 26. 1732 had a note to y^e Steward, for £6 5 for being Monitor 5 Quarters ending at s^d time, viz. May 26. 1732.

M^r Monis May 27. 1732 had a note to y^e Steward for £2 16 for Iron & Nails for y^e College.

S^r Porter (June 8. 1732) had a note to y^e Steward for thirty shillings, for taking care of y^e College y^e last vacation time.

Rogers, Sen^r Sophister Jun. 10. 1732 had a note to y^e Treasurer for ten pounds, as Hollis Scholar.

Bardnard & Cowel Hollis Scholars had Jun. 12. 1732 a note to y^e Treasurer for £10 each, of m^r Hollis’s money.

Haven June 14. 1732 had a note to y^e Steward for ten pounds, as Hollis-Scholar y^e year now expiring.

Scales Jun. 15. 1732 had a note to y^e Steward for £10 as Hollis Scholar this year. [91]

Massachusetts Rent for y^e 4^th Quarter ending May 26. 1732.

Repairs 9^s 9^d Glass mending £2 14 10 wch Deduct

July 10. 1732 Rec^d £14 16.

Withington (Jun. 20. 1732) had a Note to y^e Steward for £3 15 for being Monitor 3 quarters of a year.

Nightingal (Jun. 21. 1732) had a note to y^e Steward for £1 5 for being Monitor one Quarter of a year past.

M^r Condy (Jun. 26. 1732) had a Note to y^e Treasurer for ten pounds as Hollis-scholar last year.

The same day I desir’d m^r Condy, to Inspect y^e College in y^e vacation time.

Wilson Jun. 26. 1732 had a note to y^e Steward for ten pounds, as Hollis-Scholar last year.

M^r Gibbs, Jun. 28. 1732 had a note to y^e Treasurer for ten pounds, for being Library Keeper y^e last year.

Gerish Sen^r Jun. 28. 1732 had a note to y^e Treasurer for ten pounds as Hollis-Scholar last year. [92]

Com̄encement (on June ig. 1732) by y^e Corporation was appointed to be on Friday Jun. 23. 1732. The Corporation at yt time viz. 19 Jun. desir’d an Interview w^th y^e Justices of Cambridge, discours’d two of ym (y^e rest being out of Town) as y^e overseers had directed, about proper means to prevent disorders at Com̄encement. ’Twas thought, y^e under-sheriffe, w^th a Constable & 4 or 5 more, furnish’d with a Warrant from the Justices, would be a sufficient number to watch and walk as there should be occasion towards evening on Com̄encement day, and y^e night following; and yt ten shillings a piece for y^e men; & twenty for the Head or Captain of ym (to be paid by y^e College) would be a sufficient reward.

Jun^r Sophisters left reciting, Wenesday Jun. 14—Sophimores on Tuesday, Jun. 20. The Freshmen recited in y^e morning, y^e next day but one before Com̄encement.

Jun. 22. In y^e Hall after morning prayer, I told y^e Scholars, y^e Com̄encement was to be on y^e next day; exhorted all to behave ymselves properly & decently; & all y^e Com̄encers to clear with y^e Steward; & all y^e Scholars [93] to pay their Just dues to Sweeper, Glazier &c yt I might have no complaints against them. I advis’d y^e Scholars to return seasonably to y^e College, to be sure not to exceed 5 or 6 Weeks, if they did exceed, y^y might expect to be punish’d according to y^e College Laws.

June 23 being Commencement day, in y^e morning y^e Bachelours came to pay for their Degree, after yt y^e Masters, who pretty much argu’d agst paying Detriment (20^s a piece) I told ’em it was a College Law, if they would not pay, I would not take the money for their Degrees, but lay y^e Matter before y^e overseers. Hereupon none stood out, but they personally told me, they had clear’d with y^e Steward, or promis’d to do it. A little after ten a clock I went to y^e College, Governour Belcher (who came by Watertown) was there.

Mr. Whittelsey of New-Haven College, before allow’d by y^e Corporation, was now allow’d by y^e overseers to recieve his Master’s Degree. Ephraim Spring, who in course shld have had his second Degree y^e year past, was now allow’d by y^e Corporation & overseers (he being absent at sea) to have his Masters Degree, and had it. About 11 a clock we went to [94] meeting as usual, I began w^th prayer, next follow’d oratio salutatoria; then y^e Bachelours disputed on three Quæstions; then we went to College a Little after one a Clock. A little after 4 we went again to meeting, there were two Questions of y^e Masters, one only was disputed on, then I gave y^e Candidates their Degrees, first y^e Masters then y^e Bachelours, next follow’d y^e valedictory, then I concluded w^th prayer. When I came down from y^e Pulpit, there appear’d a single Bachelour, S^r Herrick (who was accidentally out of y^e House wn his Class were graduated) to whom I gave his Degree singly in form, with y^e Book, then y^e Procession came to my House about six a Clock.

Memorandum, S^r Tuffts another of y^e Bachelours, was carelesly out of y^e way wn his Class were graduated, & so he miss’d of his Degree.

M^r Bradish College Glazier July 3. 1732 had a Note to y^e Steward for £24 00 02 for mending College Glass; £5 19 02 belong’d to Massachusetts Hall—m^r Bradish lost ys note, and I gave him another for s^d money July 27. 1733. [95]

Adams Sen^r July 6. 1732 had a note to y^e Steward for £4 as Scholar of y^e House last year.

Swan & Upham July 13. 1732 had a note to y^e Steward for ten pounds each, as Hollis Scholars last year. At y^e same time, y^e Steward had a note to pay £4 a piece to Freeman, Sylvester, Lewes Sen^r, Upham, Morse as being Scholars of y^e House last year.

July 14. 1732. The Steward had a note to pay twenty shillings to m^r Sam^l Gookin, & ten shillings a piece to six more, for wat[c]hing & walking y^e night after Commencement for y^e preventing of disorders.

M^r Gamage July 25. 1732 had a note to y^e Steward for three shillings & 4 pence, for carting Boards for y^e College

Declaimers Bill I ordered to be set up this day July 28. 1732 in y^e Hall, being exactly five weeks since Commencement.

M^r Monis July 29. 1732 had a Note to y^e Steward for £1 17 1 for nails & Laths for y^e College.

July 1732. Abraham Hill had a note to y^e Steward for £1 4 for whitewashing 2 rooms in y^e President’s House. [96]

Prayers began in y^e Hall Aug. 7. 1732 being six Weeks & 3 days after Com̄encement; I would have begun exactly at six weeks end, went to College on purpose, but upon Inquiry, there was but one undergraduate there.

W^m Fessendon Aug. 10. 1732 had a note to y^e Steward for £3 4 6^d for 43 Bushels of lime at 1^s 6^d p^r Bushel.

M^r Mors Aug. 11. 1732 had a note to y^e Steward for £1 13 for 12 pr Hinges at 2^s 6^d pair, and some other Iron-work.

Reading in y^e Hall began Aug. 12. 1732 (y^e Scholars being come more together than when prayers began there, scil. Aug. 7) y^e same day, y^e Freshmen began to recite to their Tutor M^r Rogers. The Sophimores began to recite Aug. 14.

M^r Condy Aug. 18. 1732 had a note to y^e Steward for £1 10 for taking care of y^e College last vacation-time.

N. Testament. Aug. 18. 1732 I finish’d reading it thrô y^e fourth time in y^e Hall at evening-prayers. See back page 79.66.37.

Professor of Divinity began his publick Lectures in y^e Hall after Com̄encement, Aug. 23. 1732.

Junior Sophisters began their exercises to their Tutor Aug. 24. 1732. it’s a shame they delay’d so long. [97]

Sheaf Sept. 19. 1732 had a note to y^e Steward for twelve pounds, granted to him by y^e Corporation.

Sen^r Sophisters began to recite, said m^r Prince their Tutor (Sept. 22 or 23. 1732) last week; yt must be between y^e 11 & 17 of Sept.

Massachusetts Hall-Rents 1^st Quarter ending Aug. 25. 1732.

Rec^d of y^e Treasurer Sept. 28. 1732 £15 13 02.

Bachelours disputed in y^e Hall Nov. 3. 1732. S^r Porter Respondent (cuique est Ius Iudicandi in Sacris) & 4 opponents. They shld have disputed much sooner, but were hindred partly by y^e Respondent’s being out of Town, & partly by sickness.

Bachelours disputed in y^e Hall Nov. 17. 1732. S^r Breck Respondens (Remissio peccatorum per satisfactionem, magis illustrati gloriam Dei; quàm Remissio voluntaria & Immerita) tres erant opponentes. [98]

The Steward (m^r Bordman) Nov. 21. 1732 had a note to y^e Treasurer for sixty pounds, part of a Debt wch y^e College ow’d him.

The Scholars did not go into Commons before Dec. 8. 1732. ’Twas thus long defer’d, partly because good Flour to make Bread could not be gotten seasonably; partly by reason of universal illness by reason of a prevailing Cold.

Massachusetts, 2^nd Quarter to Nov. 24. 1732.

Rec^d Dec. 19. 1732.

Dec. 22. 1732. I punish’d S^r Breck & Sir Sparhawk 5^s each for not attending Disputation as ’twas appointed them; Afterwards S^r Sparhawk giving y^e reasons of his absence, I took off his punishment.

Disputatio erat Baccalaureorum Jan. 5. 1732/3 Dom. Diman Respondents, Scil. creatura nequit existere ab ætemo; tres opponentes.

M^r Monis had a note Jan. 22. 1732/3 to y^e Treasurer for £1 10 [99]

M^r Goff Jun^r Jan. 22. 1732/3 had a note to y^e College Treasurer for ten pounds, wch y^e Corporation promis’d him for going to y^e late court at York, to manage y^e College buisness there, if he could find any such buisness to be done.1027

M^r Cotton of London, £6 y^e Income for one year of his £100 given for y^e use of y^e President, Rec^d Feb. 13. 1732/3.

Lynde, March 8. 1732/3 had a note to y^e Treasurer, for twenty four pounds voted to him by y^e Corporation. £12 Apr. 21. 1731 & £12 more Apr. 11. 1732.

Massachusetts Hall, 3^d Quarter ending Febr. 23. 1732/3

Apr. 5. 1733 Rec^d 1756.

A publick Fast was March 29. 1733. In y^e evening in y^e Hall, we sang a Psalm, then I prayed; after ys was their supper in y^e Hall.

Ebenezer Swan Jun^r April 14. 1733 had a note to the Steward, for 18^s 6^d, for cutting & carting 37 Posts for College-fencing.

Bridge May 28. 1733 had a note to y^e Treasurer, for £6 voted to him by y^e Corporation Apr. 9. 1733. [100]

M^r Gibbs had a Note to y^e Treasurer Jun. 4. 1733 for £15 for keeping y^e Library one year viz. to y^e begining of this present June.

S^r Lynde Jun. 21. 1733 had a Note to y^e Treasurer for y^e £12 voted to him by y^e Corporation on April 9. 1733.

S^r Scales Jun. 27. 1733 had a Note to y^e Treasurer for £10 as Hollis-Scholar y^e year now expiring; & £6 more as an Exhibition granted to him by y^e Corporation April 9. 1733.

Memorandum. The Candidates for their second Degree, were notifi’d in y^e publick Prints, to appear at y^e College for direction in their Exercises, on Jun. 22. 1733.

Cambridge School, with reference to y^e Hopkinton School-Boys, was visited Jun. 23. 1733.

Jun. 25. y^e Corporation appointed, yt y^e next Friday viz. Jun. 29. 1733 should be the Commencement day for said year. I publish’d this to y^e Scholars in y^e Hall after morning [101] prayers Jun. 28 and after evening prayers y^e same day, I notifi’d the Undergraduates in y^e Hall, yt their vacation-time must by no means exceed six weeks from Commencement.

On Commencement morning, the Bachelours & Masters Classes, came to my House as usual; about 10 a Clock I went to College, propos’d to y^e overseers, yt M^r Daniel Peircc and David Parsons, (who should in course have had yr 2^nd Degree, y^e former in 1731 y^e latter in 1732 (but did not then come for it) might have their second Degree, and yt Noise (absent thro sickness) might have his first Degree, & they readily consented, and they had their Degree yt day.

M^r Peirce (thrô some mistake) had not M^r set to his name in y^e printed Catalogue, wch must be done wn next printed.

About 11 a Clock we went in usual Procession to y^e meeting House, I began with prayer, S^r Sewal made y^e Salutatory Oration; then 3 Questions were disputed on, so yt y^e whole Class (except y^e orator) [102] disputed; about half an hour past one we return’d to College. About half an hour past four, we went again to the meeting House, stay’d there not above an hour & half, y^e first Respondent read his Thesis (thô to save time, not quite thrô) y^e Most of y^e opponents were heard—yn y^e second Question (without reading any Thesis) was proposed, three or four opponents were heard, y^e 3^d Q. wholly omitted.

Then y^e Expectants came out of the Gallery, I went down from y^e Pulpit, and gave y^e 2^nd Degree to 34 after having presented ym to y^e overseers, and obtain’d their consent: nextly, I gave y^e Bachelours Degree to 38 after having presented ym to y^e overseers and obtain’d their Consent. Immediately after, M^r Oliver made y^e valedictory oration, wch was follow’d by my concluding prayer; then y^e Procession went from y^e Meeting House to y^e President’s House, where the Governour & Gentlemen entred. [103]

Jun. 27. 1733. I gave a note to y^e Steward of y^e College, to pay to y^e following Scholars y^e Summs set to their names respectively, making y^e College Debtor therefor, viz.

Massachusetts 4^th Quarter to May 25. 1733

Rec^d July 26. 1733 £10 13 4.

M^r Edmund Goffe, alias Trowbridge July 13. 1733 had a Note to Treasurer Hutchinson for thirteen pounds, as a Fee for attending at York Court ys present month, to manage y^e College cause there refering to Merricaneag Neck [105]

Capt. Sam^l Gookin July 25. 1733 had a Note to the Steward, to recieve 20^s for himself, & 10^s apiece for Sam^l Whittemore, Abrahā Watson, Thomas Kidder, W^m Morse, Tho. Soden, Nath^l Cutter; for walking about near y^e College, on Commencement day last in y^e evening, & y^e night following to prevent riots & disorders.

m^r Sam^l Whittemore July 27. 1733 had a note to y^e Steward for £9 6 8 for 2207 feet of Board for y^e College, & carting them.

M^r Daniel Rogers, Tutor, July 31. 1733 had a note to y^e Treasurer for £10 voted to him y^e daybefore by y^e Corporation, w^th reference to his Law Suit with Major Vassal.

m^r Monis Aug. 3. 1733 had a Note to y^e Steward for 7^s 6^d for Horse hire to Braintree, on College account.

M^r Nath^l Whitaker Aug. 2. 1733 desiring to have a Master’s Diploma sign’d and seal’d; I allowed him to affix y^e College seal, and gave him some direction & assistance in doing it, he telling me yt he could get others to sign it; for I had told him before yt I had [106] no clearness in my own mind to sign it: y^e next day he came & desir’d me to sign it, but I refus’d to do it.

Abraham Hill, Mason, Aug. 4. 1733 had a note to y^e Steward for £1 16 for white washing in y^e President’s House.

M^r Whitaker Aug. 4. 1733 desir’d me to Inform y^e Corporation, yt he design’d to apply to y^e overseers for a Diploma, Inasmuch as I had refus’d to set my name to his Diploma, wch I allow’d him to set y^e College seal to 2 days before.

Hunt Sen^r, a Copy of his Censure agre’d to by y^e President and Fellows May 5. 17331028 I gave to M^r Rogers, Aug. 4. 1733 who thought it would be needfull for him, in defending himself agst Major Vassal in the Court.

M^r Sam^l Cutter of Charlestown Aug. 6. 1733 had a note to y^e Treasurer for £5 for y^e expences y^e Rev^nd M^r Cutter of North Yarmouth and y^e 2 M^r Souls of yt place, had been at, in veiwing Merricaneag Neck sundry times, as directed from hence, and reporting y^e observations they had made. See M^r Cutter’s Letter July 16. 1733. [107]

Vacation ended Aug. 10. 1733 (being then six weeks after Commencement) and then y^e Bill for Declaimers was set up in y^e Hall; but y^e Scholars were backward in returning to y^e College, so yt I began not prayers in y^e Hall untill Aug. 19 and then there but four Undergraduates there, besides a few Freshmen. On Monday Aug. 20 the Freshmen were set about their buisness, by m^r Prince their Tutor. The 22^nd y^e Jun^r Sophisters began their Exercises, & on 25 y^e Sophimores.

M^r Monis had a note to y^e Steward Sept. 1. 1733 for 4^s 6^d for a Padlock.

Sen^r Sophisters began to recite Sept. 15. 1733. Ys work was defer’d too long by far.

Mem. M^r Whitaker (Nath^l) Sept. 27. 1733 had a Diploma in y^e new Form, y^e first of ys sort yt was given.1029 I sign’d it. B. W.

Isaac Whitney Sept. 28. 1733 had a note to y^e Steward for £1 2 for 33 fencing Posts for y^e College.

M^r John Bradish, College Glazier, Oct. 8. 1733 had a note to y^e Steward for £25 17 6 for mending glass at College to Sept. 20 last. £8 8 9 of ys was paid out of y^e Rents of Massachusetts Hall. [108]

Massachusetts Hall, 1^st Quarter to Aug. 24. 1733

Rec^d Oct. 23. 1733 £6 16 3.

M^r Goffe Oct. 11. 1733 had a note to y^e Treasurer for £15 for managing y^e College Cause at last Inferior Court at York, refering to Merricaneag.

M^r Morse, Smith, had a note to y^e Steward Oct. 16. 1733 for 16^s 3^d for work done for y^e College.

John Manning Oct. 18. 1733 had a note to y^e Steward for £1 5 0 for 5 days work in mending y^e President’s House.

Province Treasurer Nov. 6. 1733 paid me nine hundred pounds, in full for my Salary for ten Quarters, y^e last of ’em ending Sept. 17. 1733.

Disputavit Dominus Sparhawk, Baccalaureus, Respondens, Nov. 9. 1733 asserens Homo ex sua potestate naturali, nihil bonum agere potest. Unus adjutans & tres opponentes erant. [109]

Dec. 7. 1733. Cùm nuper Disputationem1030 Baccalaureorum Indixi, conventus Senatus Academici earn prævenit. Proxima vice, Respondens, nulla data veniâ, abfuit, quern quinque Solidis multavi. Proximâ vice actu disputarunt. Sequenti vice, dies erat trimestris, et non nisi unus opponens, unde disputatio omissa fuit. Proximâ vice Instanti, scil.hodie, nulli erant opponentes, ex oppido fuerunt, unde tres eorum multavi 5 solidos unicuique

Baccalaurei disputarunt Dec. 21. 1733. Dominus Avery Respondens erat.

M^r Bradish had a note to y^e Steward Dec. 21. 1733 for 4^s due for slit-work, us’d to make a way to y^e College Clock.

Massachusetts Hall-Rents 2^nd Q^rter to Nov. 23. 1733

Rec^d Jan. 16. 1734 £12 7 1.

Baccalaurei hodiè viz. Jan. 11. 1733/4 Disputarunt; Dominus Winthrop Respondens; unicus tantùm erat opponens, cum unico argumento. Tres Baccalaureos officium negligentes, mulctavi, quinque solidos singulatim; aliosque duos ob eandem culpam mulctavi. [110]

New Testament, I finish’d reading it y^e fifth time in y^e Hall Jan. 21. 1733/4 & Jan. 22. 1733/4 I began it y^e sixth time.

Old Testament, I finish’d reading it in y^e Hall Feb. 8. 1733/4 & began at y^e first Ch. of Genesis, reading & expounding it y^e next day.

Hodie, scil. Feb. 19. 1733/4 Dominum Gardner, Baccalaureum & Respondentem mulctavi quinque Solidos, ob omissionem Disputationis. Quum dies disputandi fixus erat, exivit ex oppido ante adventum diei (me nesciente, nil enim mihi nunciavit) post diem redivit, et Collegii adfuit per totam Hebdomidam, plus minus, atque mihi non accessit, nee aliquid nunciavit rationem reddendo ejus culpabilis absentiæ; donee Egomet eum accessivit, qui cùm venerit, se nequaquā culpabilem esse Iudicavit, neque tune paratus erat ad munus fungendum.

Rev^nd M^r Cotton of London, y^e Income of his £100 viz. £6 I rec^d of y^e College Treasurer feb. 25. 1733/4

The overseers of y^e College, appointed a Committee to draw up a Body of Laws for y^e College; y^e Committee did so, and presented y^e same to the [111] overseers Sept. 1733. At which time, the overseers recommended said Body of Laws to y^e Corporation, to be consider’d and acted upon by them. The Corporation met eighteen times about this buisness (y^e first time being Sept. 17. 1733 & y^e last of those times, the 25 of March following) they went over every Law in particular, made many alterations, and being so gone thrô and amended; the Corporation presented said Body of Laws to y^e overseers for their Consent thereto, on March 26. 1734. The Corporation were present with y^e overseers, yt if anything should be objected agst any of y^e Laws, y^e Corporation might have y^e opportunity of reasoning & debating about y^e same. The considering of these Laws by y^e overseers (in order to their consenting to ym) was begun as above March 26. 1734. When y^e overseers objected agst some things in y^e Laws (so far as they went at yt time) and propos’d alterations, it was propos’d by one or more, yt overseers & Corporation being then together, should vote conjunctly or as one body about those alterations; but ys motion was speedily & utterly rejected, for ’twas reckon’d yt overseers & Corporation being distinct Bodies, should act distinctly [112] Accordingly, when y^e overseers agre’d yt this or yt alteration shld be made in ys or yt Law; y^e Clark minited it down, yt y^e said Alteration should be recommended to y^e Corporation, to be consider’d & acted upon by them. And one very small alteration being propos’d, y^e President asked y^e Members of y^e Corporation particularly, as they sat mix’d among y^e overseers, whether they would come into yt alteration, and they consenting, yt alteration was Immediately made, without refering it to any further consideration of y^e Corporation.1031

Publick Fast was on April 4. 1734. In y^e morning I pray’d, read, expounded in y^e Hall, as at other times; in y^e evening we sang p^t of a Psalm, I pray’d, after this they supped.

Massachusetts Hall, 3^d Quarter to Feb. 22. 1733/4

Rec^d April 15. 1734 £14 11 2

April 24. 1734. I gave a note to y^e Steward, to pay Exhibitions granted by y^e Corporation April 19. 1734. viz. To Walley £7 10 Oliver £7 10 y^e 2 Curwins £6 each [113] Phillips Secundus £6 Veazy £3 Stevens £3 Tailer £8 Whittemore £6 Bridge £6 Perkins £6 Clap £3 Phillips tertius £3 to Sheaf £10.

Diploma, m^r John Rogers of Ipswich who took his first Degree 1728 had one May 31. 1734.1032

M^r Monis June 10. 1734 had a note toy^e Steward for £3 12 7 in full of wt was then due to him from y^e College for Nails, Locks, Pipes & Tobacco.

M^r Gibbs, College Library Keeper, Jun. 25. 1734 had a Note to y^e Treasurer for fifteen pounds for keeping y^e Library one year, ending y^e first of ys present June; and also for twenty shillings more, for money he disburs’d for washing the Library, conveying Books from Boston theither &c.

June 25. 1734. I sign’d an order to the Steward, to demand of each Candidate for his second Degree, 20^s towards defraying the charge of Commencement Dinner, & 20^s more for y^e use of y^e College.

June 26. 1734. I sign’d an order to y^e Steward, to demand twenty shillings from each of y^e Candidates for their first Degree (giving him a List of their names) towards defraying the charge of y^e Commence[me]nt Dinner. [114]

June 26. 1734. I gave y^e Steward an order to pay ten pounds apiece, to Dan^l Lewes, Sam^l Phillips, Joseph Crocker, Sam^l Nightingale Joseph Levet’s account (he being lately dead) W^m Parsons, Sam^l Burnal, John Osborn, Edward Upham, Joshua Tufts, John Guild Aaron Smith—as having been on m^r Hollis his foundation for y^e year now Just expiring.

At y^e same time, I gave y^e Steward an order, to pay five pounds apeice [sic] to Clap & Jewet Monitors; and four pounds apiece to Whittemore, Mors Senior, Wear, Chandler, Hovey, Fletcher, Scholars of y^e House

Bridge, Sophimore June 26. 1734 had a note to y^e Steward for ten shillings, for entring a Body of College Laws into y^e College Book.

June 27. 1734. after morning prayers in y^e Hall, I published some particular Laws, contain’d in y^e Body of Laws lately made for y^e College, viz, ch. 4 Law 3 & ch. 6 L. 4. 5. 6.

My Salary £90 for y^e 4^th Quarter to y^e 17 of ys present June, rec^d ys 19 June 1734.

Com̄encement, on July 4. 1734 I inform’d y^e Scholars after morning prayers, yt it was to be on the morrow. [115]

On July 5. 1734 was y^e Commencement, near eleven a Clock we went from College to y^e Meeting House; we return’d to College about half an hour past twelve, & about 4 went to Meeting again, & came thence to y^e President’s House about half an hour past 5. All y^e Bachelours disputed in y^e forenoon; in y^e afternoon y^e first Respondent read his Thesis, y^e opponents were heard, a Second Question was entred upon, we did not finish, then they were all graduated, viz. 1. y^e Masters (2) y^e Bachelours, then y^e valedictory oration, then y^e concluding prayer, & so to y^e President’s House

Diplomas July 6. 1734 S^r Wainwright had one, & S^r Little (viz. Fobes)

Massachusetts Hall 4^th Q^rter to May 24. 1734

Rec^d Aug. 21. 1734—£14 16 4.

July 17. 1734. I gave M^r Sam^l Gookin a note to y^e Steward for £4 for him & six more men, for indeavouring to prevent disorders about y^e College on y^e preceeding comencemēt [116]

M^r Penniman had y^e following Certificate, viz.

Vacation ending exactly on this 16 Aug. 1734 (being six weeks after Commencement) in y^e evening of ys day, I pray’d in y^e Hall, thô there were not ten Undergraduates there.

Freshmen (m^r Flynt’s Class) began to recite, on Aug. 22. 1734.

Sophimores (m^r Prince’s Class) began to recite on Aug. 26. 1734.

Jewet Sept. 6. 1734 had a note to y^e Steward for 4^s for writing for y^e College.

Massachusetts 1^st Quarter to Aug. 23. 1734

Oct. 5. 1734. Rec^d £15 5 8 [117]

Sept. 17. 1734. This day I call’d for an Analysis in y^e Hall (having given notice of it before) ’twas S^r Gardners turn, but he was out of Town.

Com̄ons, y^e Scholars enter’d into, ys Sept. 17. 1734.

M^r John Bradish, Oct. 5. 1734 had a note to y^e Steward for £19 19 4 for mending Glass for y^e College to Aug. 23. 1734.

The College Law requiring, y^t Batchelours should dispute once a fortnight from Sept. 10 to March 10 I spake seasonably to S^r Winthrop (Sen^r of y^e Bachelours) to prepare for disputing & also analysing; he desir’d to be excus’d from both, because he thought of leaving the College in abt a fortnight or 3 weeks time. I then spake to S^r Gardner, y^e next sen^r Bachelour, to prepare for disputing, & bring me some Questions to chuse out of; he told me, yt within about a week he was to go a month’s Journey with his Father, thus matters were clog’d. A while after, I sent for S^r Winthrop again, he insisted as before, yt he was abt leaving y^e College speedily, tho as yet not absolutely determin’d when. Hereupon, I sent for S^r Gardner a second time, viz. Oct. 7 directed him to bring questions yt I might chuse one, he insisted that he wld leave College [118] before disputing day came; I told him, he was at present a member of y^e College, yrfore I insisted yt he should observe y^e Laws of it, and so expected he should bring me some Questions, in order to y^e Bachelours disputing y^e next Friday come sevennight.

S^r Gardner brought me no Questions to chuse out of, nor said any thing further to me, so there was no Disputation Oct. 18 wch was y^e day I set for it; therefore Oct. 19 I punished Sr Gardner 10^s for his omission of duty, he being appointed a Respondent.

The same day, viz. Oct. 19 I sent for Sr Bridge, y^e next sen^r Bachelour, order’d him to bring me some Questions to chuse out of, to inform y^e other Bachelours, & prepare for disputing y^e next Friday come seven-night.

M^r Morse (y^e Smith) Oct. 26. 1734 had a note to y^e Steward for £1 18 for Hinges &c for College use.

Nov. 1. 1734. S^r Bridge, Respondent came to me, & told me, there were no Bachelours in Town to oppose; so I order’d him to inform y^e Bachelours to prepare for dispution [sic] ys day fortnight; not ys day sen^t it being y^e day after y^e Thanksgiving, probably most (if not all) would be out of Town.

Before disputing day came, y^e Respondent gave up his study. [119]

Thanksgiving publick was on Nov. 7. 1734. In y^e evening we sang in y^e Hall. And y^e Scholars being mostly gone from College, y^e next morning, Friday, we had no De[c]lamations (yy were defer’d to the following week) nor did I call over the Bill.

2^nd Quarter Bill from Aug. 23 to Nov. 22. 1734

Rec^d Jan. 16. 1734/5 £15 5 2

M^r Bradish, Glazier, had a note to y^e Steward Dec. 30. 1734 for £1 10 8 in full for mending Glass at the President’s House, to some time in October last.

M^r Gibbs, Library Keeper from Jun. 1. 1734 to ys Jan. 1. 1734/5 had a note to y^e Treasurer for £8 15 and also for 8^s for washing y^e Library.

Ebenezer Swan Feb. 24. 1734/5 had a note to y^e Steward for 20^s for getting 40 Posts for y^e College fences from off y^e College Land. [120]

Massachusetts Hall, 3^d Quarter ending Feb. 21. 1734/5

Rec^d April 1. 1735 £14 08 11.

Of m^r Treasurer Allen March 17. 1734/5 Rec^d £90 being my third Quarter Salary to ys day.

Fast, was publick & general, March 27. 1735. In the morning I pray’d, read, expounded in y^e Hall, as usual; in y^e evening, we sang in y^e Hall, & I pray’d; after ys was y^e supper.

M^r Mors, y^e Smith, March 28. 1735 had a note to y^e Steward for 30^s for Hooks & Hinges for a pair of Gates.

M^r Cotton of London, £6 ye Income of his £100 for y^e President, I rec^d of y^e Coll. Treasurer April 8. 1735 due feb. last.

New-Testament. April 17. 1735. I finish’d y^e reading of it thrô in y^e Hall y^e Fifth time.

Oratio salutatoria. April 19. 1735. I order’d Tailer to make it at y^e next Com̄encement. [121]

April 23. 1735. The Com̄ittee of the overseers (appointed to enquire into College affairs, particularly into (or about) erronious opinions said to be spread among y^e Scholars by m^r Longlazaree who taught some of them y^e French Tongue) met at y^e College in y^e Library. They first call’d in y^e President & 4 Tutors, inquiring of them about erronious opinions; having dismiss’d these they then sent for one of y^e Tutors viz M^r Rogers, alone, and discours’d with him. This was before noon, after Dinner they again call’d in y^e President, & all y^e Tutors except m^r Rogers; wn they had declar’d all yy knew about foresaid errors, & were dissmiss’d; they call’d in m^r Rogers singly, & discours’d with him till they finish’d their meeting1033

M^r Monis Jun. 7. 1735 had a note to y^e Steward for £4 5 10 for things for y^e College to the 6 June 1735.

Election of Councellours was on May 28. 1735. And thô for about a week y^e Tutors did not hear their Classes, and all were out of Commons, & not many scholars at College, yet I constantly read, pray’d, expounded in y^e Hall morning & evening as at other times; thô on Friday no Declamation, there being but one of the Declaimers in Town. [122]

Jun. 19. 1735. I wrote y^e following note to y^e Steward, viz.

Massachusetts Hall, 4^th Quarter to May 23. 1735

June 23. 1735. Rec^d ys £15 3 7. [123]

The Steward (June 25. 1735) had a written order, to recieve of y^e Commencers (Bachelours and Masters) what y^e Law requires as to the Com̄encement-Dinner, and of y^e Masters 20^s apiece for y^e Use of y^e College.

June 26. 1735. I gave y^e Steward a note, to pay £7 10 to Oliver, & y^e same summ to Loring, wch was granted by y^e Corporation.

Com̄encement Laws were read in y^e Hall June 27. 1735.

July 3. 1735. I declar’d in y^e Hall after morning prayer, yt Commencement (God willing) would be on y^e Morrow. Accordingly on y^e morrow, after y^e two Classes had been with me, I went to College about 10 of the Clock. The overseers met in Library, discoursed about a Motion Hartshorn made for a Masters Degree (thô he had left the College wn Sophimore, and had been deni’d his Degree by y^e Corporation, wn he sought it 2 years before) y^e overseers refus’d his request at yt time.

About half an hour past eleven, we went to y^e meeting House, after prayer & y^e oration, 3 questions were disputed on by y^e Bachelours; about half an hour past one we went to College,1034 about four we went to meeting in y^e afternoon all y^e Masters disputed (save one) [124] they held two Questions. Then y^e Candidates presented ymselves in y^e front Alley, y^e Masters were first graduated (& m^r David Cowel, thô absent) then y^e Bachelours. Next follow’d y^e valedictory oration, then y^e exercises were finish’d w^th prayer about six of y^e Clock—This is y^e eleventh Commencement, wch (thrô y^e help of God) I have manag’d successively, viz. on 1725 and every year ever since.

M^r Bradish, Glazier, (July 9. 1735) had a note to y^e Steward for £19 09 9 in full for mending College glass to ys day—of ys sum £5 17 7 had been charg’d on Massachusetts Hall, and so much deducted out of y^e study rent and went to y^e College instead of the President.

Jonathan Baverick July 10. 1735 had a Note to y^e Steward for 1^s 6^d for moving seats for College Service at Com̄encement.

The Butler, S^r Adams, July 16. 1735 had a note to y^e Steward for 20^s for drawing a list of y^e punishments in the Quarter-Bills. [125]

M^r Sheriff Gookin had a note of July 20. 1735 to y^e Steward, for £4. to pay himself & six men for Indeavouring to prevent disorders y^e last Commencemencement [sic].

Salary for y^e fourth Quarter ending June 17. 1735 rec^d of m^r Treasurer Allen viz. £90 on July 20. 1735.

Vacation ended Friday Aug. 15. 1735. The very next day I began prayers in y^e Hall, thô few scholars were present. On Monday Aug. 18 y^e Bill was set up in y^e Hall.

Freshmen began to recite, to yr Tutor m^r Sewal Aug. 25. 1735.

Sophimores began to recite to yr Tutor m^r Flynt Aug. 23. 1735.

Jun^r Sophisters began to recite to yr Tutor m^r Prince, Sept. 4. 1735 he being Just return’d from his Journey to Connecticutt.

Sept. 12. 1735. I sign’d a Lease of Hayward’s Pasture in Watertown, for 5 years from y^e 25 March last, to Capt. Joseph Coolidge & John Hastings, both of Watertown.

On y^e same day I sign’d a Lease of y^e Eastward p^t of y^e College Farm given by y^e Hon^ble Judge Sewal, lying in North Kingstown in Rhode Island Government, viz. from Horseyard-Run to the Eastward bounds of s^d 500 Acres, to Peter Reynolds of s^d Kingstown for 14 years begining March 25. 1736. [126]

Bachelours, they so delay’d coming to College after y^e Vacation ended, yt I could not warn a Disputation for ym, before Oct. 3. 1735. Wⁿ yt day came, there were 3 Bachelours not return’d from Newhaven Com̄encement; & another Bachelour sick, yt if I had gone to College I must have expected but one opponent, so I went not to College at yt time, but order’d provision to be made for a disputation y^e next Friday.

Before y^e next Friday came, y^e Respondent told me, he was sent for out of Town ab^t necessary buisness, & could not be here on y^e day set for Disputation. I then order’d him to come to me y^e begining of y^e next week, yt I might have yt matter proceeded in.

Massachusetts Hall, 1^st Quarter to Aug. 22. 1735

Oct. 7. 1735. Rec^d of Coll. Treas.

Oct. 17. 1735. S^r Nightingale, Respondent, ask’d whether I would have a Dispution, there being but one opponent; for S^r Adams was out of Town (thô he had no leave from me) & S^r Watson said, he would not dispute; I told y^e Respondent (being yn Vice-Butler) he should punish S^r Adams and S^r Watson 5^s apiece, & I would not hear a Dispute when there was but one opponent [127]

M^r Mors, Blacksmith, had a note to y^e Steward Oct. 17. 1735 for £1 2 7 for work done for y^e College.

John Bradish, Glazier, Oct. 20. 1735 had a note to y^e Steward for £13 13 9 for mending Glass at College; whereof 3 1 6 is for Massachusetts Hall.

M^r Upham, Oct. 22. 1735 had a note to y^e Steward for £1 0 6 for 35 fencing-posts for y^e College.

Wn Oct. 31 y^e day for Disputation came, S^r Nightingall y^e Respondent did not appear; but, as far as I could understand, was out of Town, & had been so allmost ever since y^e 17 y^e former time for disputation. For ys his omission, I punish’d him six shillings.

I order’d S^r Adams (y^e Sen^r Bachelour yn at College) to prepare, as Respondent, for Disputation on Nov. 14. Wⁿ ys day came, it happen’d to be y^e next day after y^e publick Thanksgiving, wn most of y^e Scholars were out of Town & y^e Respondent, & Indeed all y^e Bachelours but two, so disputing fail’d at ys time, but I order’d him to be ready yt day fortnight.

Thanksgiving publick was on Nov. 13. 1735. In y^e morning, I read, expounded, pray’d in y^e Hall, as usual; at evening, we sang in y^e Hall, and I pray’d there. [128]

On Nov. 12. 1735 M^r Ball of Watertown and I, chang’d Horses; it was a tall black Horse I had of him (8 years old last Spring) he was not of a perfect, clear black; but rather dull and wapish.1035 He has no Brand, nor ear-mark, only a very small white Starre in his Forehead. Besides my Horse of 23 years old, I gave M^r Ball £25 viz. five five-pound Bills on y^e Province of y^e Massachusetts Bay; I paid them to him at my Shae-house Door (y^e day above mention’d) My Brother Bordman’s Son Andrew, & my Manservant Titus, standing by.

Ebenezer Fessendon Nov. 19. 1735 had a note to y^e Steward for 10^s for carting Gravel to mend y^e ways to y^e College.

Wⁿ Nov. 28 the day for Bachelours Disputation came, y^e Respondent told me, yt two of y^e Bachelours were ill, & (I know two others were out of Town, one teaching School, y^e other had been long absent) yt there was but one opponent; upon ys Representation, I order’d him to be ready y^e next Friday, to inform y^e Bachelours of it; and told him, yr should be no second to, or assisting, Respondent. [129]

Dec. 5. 1735 y^e day for y^e Bachelours to dispute, S^r Swift, Respondent, came & told me, there would be but one opponent, S^r Curwin being ill. I bad him speak to y^e Butler to punish S^r Hunt & S^r Watson five shillings each, for being absent so as to neglect their buisness, and order’d y^e Respondent to be ready this day fortnight, and to inform all y^e Bachelours of it. Wⁿ y^e day came, y^e Respondent was absent, I punish’d him ten shillings; & soon after order’d him to be ready yt day fortnight, viz. Jan. 2. Wⁿ Jan. 2 came, one Bachelour was sick, y^e Respondent s^d he could but one opponent; so y^e matter defer’d to Jan. 16. Wⁿ Jan. 16 came, I not well, & could not attend.

W^m Barnet had a note to y^e Steward for 7^s for going to Boston on College buisness Jan. 1. 1735.

Fast, general thrô y^e Province, occasion’d by a very mortal sickness in some Towns. In y^e morning I pray’d, read, expounded, as usual in y^e Hall; in y^e evening we sang, I pray’d, after ys was the Supper. [130]

Jan. 21. 1735/6 M^r Bradish, Glazier, had a note to y^e College Steward for £3 2 8 in full for mending College-glass to Dec. 22 last.

Salary. £180. I rec^d of y^e Province Treasurer Jan. 23. 1735 for 2 Quarters ending Dec. 17 last.

M^r Swan Jan. 29. 1735 had a note to y^e Steward, for 18^s 9 for getting 41 posts from College Land for College-fencing.

Bach Disp. Jan. 30. 1735. The Respondent came to me & said, yr was but one opponent, for one was sick, & two out of Town; I order’d him to punish y^e 2 absent, yt went without leave.

M^r Diman Feb. 10. 1735 had a note to the Steward for 30^s for inspecting y^e College last vacation time.

Feb. 13. S^r Swift, Respondent, came & told me, he thought yr would be no disputation, for several of y^e Bachelours had been out of Town above a week, & he had not lately seen above one in Town.

M^r Cotton of London, £6 y^e Income of his £100 for one year, I rec^d of y^e College-Treasurer Feb. 23. 1735/6. [131]

Feb. 27. 1735/6. S^r Swift, Respondent, came to call me to the Bachelours Disputation, told me, he thought all would be there; I bad him toll y^e Bell, & I would come. Accordingly I went, & waited a considerable time in y^e Hall, y^e Scholars came in (& one of y^e Masters) to hear y^e Disputation; but not one of y^e opponents appearing, I punish’d each of them five shillings, viz S^r Adams, S^r Curwin, S^r Watson, S^r Hunt, S^r Cook.

M^r Man, March 13. 1735/6 had a note to y^e Steward for 30^s for inspecting y^e College last vacation.

Massachusetts Hall, 3^d Q^rter to Feb. 20. 1735/6

Valedictory oration was pronounc’d in y^e Hall Mar. 19. 1735/6 by Jaffrey, Sen^r Sophister, in y^e name of his Class; for y^e sake of y^e valedictory, morning prayer was defer’d till between 8 & 9 a clock on such mornings I dont call over y^e Monitor’s Bill. [132]

Orator Salutatorius in Comitiis, March 19. 1735/6 I appointed Winslow, Head of y^e Class, to be so. Valedictorius Apr. 3. 1736 I appointed S^r Sewal to be so.

Jonas Cooledge had a note (April 9. 1736) to the Steward, for £1 00 8 for a Ladder for y^e College use.

M^r Diman April 22. 1736 had a note to y^e Treasurer for £15 being his Salary as Library-Keeper, from Feb. 12. 1734/5 to Feb. 12. 1735/6

Ezra Bourn, Jun^r Sophister, died in y^e College of a sore throat & terrible feaver Jun. 2: 1736. On y^e 4^th of June he was buried. The Corps was carried into y^e Hall, y^e Mourners also went in as well as y^e Scholars, a little after 5 a clock, p. m. y^e President read ps. 39 yn pray’d. The Corps was then carried out, all y^e Scholars from y^e Freshmen to y^e Tutors & Presidēt, went before it, two & two in order the Juniors going first, y^e Mourners followed y^e Corps; thus they went to y^e grave. From thence none return’d to y^e College in Rank & order but y^e Bearers & mourners.

Sam^l Whittemore Jun. 11. 1736 had a note [to] y^e Steward to recieve pay for 3200 feet of Boards for y^e College at £4 7 0 p^r Thousand. [133]

June 12. 1736. I gave Steward Bordman a note to pay m^r Wyman 9^s 3^d for carting Boards & Posts for y^e College.

June 19. 1736. I wrote a note to Steward Bordman, to pay several sums of money to several scholars, as follows, viz.

New Testament (June 21. 1736) I finish’d y^e reading of it thrô in y^e Hall, y^e sixth time.

M^r Bradish, Glazier, Jun. 30. 1736 had a note to y^e Steward for £14 7 5 for mending Glass at College to y^e 8th Currant.

M^r Baverick (July 10. 1736) had a note to y^e Steward for 3^s for wheeling Tables & Forms for College Service at Com̄encement

M^r Sheriff Gookin July 16. 1736 had a note to y^e Steward for 25^s for himself, & 12^s apiece for six men more, for endeavouring to prevent disorders on y^e last Commencement day, & y^e night following

Massachusetts Hall, y^e Rent 4^th Qrter ending May 20. 1736.

[135]

Commencement was on Wenesday July 7. 1736. It was now on Wenesday, thô for sundry years past it had been on Friday; and on Friday for ys reason, yt there might be y^e less remaining time of y^e week to be spent in Frolicking. And thô for sundry years past, y^e day for y^e Com̄encement was kept private from y^e knowledge of people, as long as it conveniently could (to prevent needless throngs on yt day) yet sundry were dissatisfied, & particularly Countrey Ministers, yt y^e day was not publickly known beforehand yt so they might attend it, yrfore ys year, ’twas notifi’d in y^e publick Prints a considerable time beforehand, wn the Commencement would be. When y^e day came, abt 11 a Clock or thereabts A. M. We went in usual procession to y^e Meeting House, after prayer, salutatory oration, & Disputes on three Questions of y^e Bachelours, we return’d to y^e College; after Dinner, went abt 4 a Clock to Meeting, after y^e Masters Disputes on two Questions (one being omitted) y^e Expectants were graduated, [136] yn a valedictory oration, & so a Conclusion with prayer. This is y^e twelf Commencement wch I have successively manag’d.

Here I might remark, yt Ebenezer Hartshorn (of Charlstown) had petition’d for a Master’s (thô he had never reciev’d a Bachelour’s) Degree. The Corporation met abt it sundry days before Commencement, thrôly weigh’d y^e matter, & negativ’d y^e petition. Notwithstanding ys, he presented a petition to y^e overseers, on Commencemēt morning, ’twas long debated; those of y^e Corporation who were among y^e overseers, declar’d how y^e Corporation had negativ’d y^e petition, and declar’d, ’twas directly contrary to y^e College Laws yt he should be graduated, (for those laws say, no academical Degrees shall be given, but by y^e Corporation with y^e consent of y^e overseers) notwithstanding all ys, y^e overseers voted, he should have his Degree. Between meetings, I propos’d to several of y^e [137] Corporation, yt y^e Corporation might meet forthwith & consider things, this proposal of mine was oppos’d. Between meetings, I ask’d one of y^e Corporation, wt I had best doe, he explicitly refus’d toadvise. I was perplex’d, knew not wt to do, yet thôt I must yeild to y^e Torrent and graduate Hartshorn. But wn I was graduating y^e Masters in publick, three of y^e corporation (but six being present) oppos’d Hartshorn’s being graduated, viz. Dr Sewal, Dr Wigglesworth, M^r Appleton, I also declar’d, ’twas directly contrary to y^e College Laws yt he should be graduated. The Governour declar’d publickly, yt he ought to be graduated, y^e debate continu’d so long, yt y^e Governour went out of Meeting; yn I went on in giving Degrees, but did not graduate Hartshorn, tho he came & presented himself.1037

M^r Monis Aug. 4. 1736 had a note to y^e Steward for £2 16 8 for Pipes, Tobacco &c for the Corporation

M^r Goffe had a Letter of Attorney from me Aug. 28. 1736 to sue y^e Bond of Moor, Rice & Fisk to me. [138]

Jonathan Russel Sept. 1. 1736 had a discharge in full for y^e Rent of y^e College Farm at Shaw-shin for one year; ys discharge I gave him (according to y^e agreement of M^r Flynt & Steward Bordman y^e week before) upon his then paying me three pounds Bills of Credit, wch I rec^d, to deliver to y^e College Treasurer.

John Manning Sept. 3. 1736 had a note to y^e Steward, for £1 4 0 for clearing y^e President’s Well, and mending y^e Pump.

Massachusetts Hall, 1^st Qrter to Aug. 20. 1736

Mem. Besides y^e 2 18 6 here charg’d for Repairs; I p^d ys Qrter out of Pocket £4 4 7 for mending a shell over an Entry door, for making & mending Trunks to convey y^e Water &c so yt truly y^e neat proceed for this Quarter is but £10 18 5.

Sept. 21. 1736 Rec^d of y^e Treasurer, £15 3 0

Bachelours disputed Oct. 1. 1736. Sr Hunt Respondent, & three opponents.