Records of the Corporation relating to College tax exemptions, [1797]-1799

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Records of the Corporation relating to College tax exemptions, [1797]-1799

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This collection contains documents created and collected by the Harvard Corporation as part of their efforts between 1797 and 1799 to persuade the Massachusetts General Court to enact legislation increasing the monetary value of their real estate tax-exemption. The Corporation's efforts incited protest from the town of Cambridge which argued that the exemptions placed a burden on the town by unfairly limiting their tax revenue. The collection offers a resource for studying the College's relationship with state and local governments in the late 18th century, and forms a component of the records of the Harvard Corporation. Because the tax-exemption issue centered on the question of Harvard's real estate holdings and related income, many of the documents provide figures and lists of the College's property and related financial transactions with the town of Cambridge.

.26 cubic feet; (1 half legal document box)

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Harvard College's primary governing board, the Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College (known as the Harvard Corporation), was established by the Massachusetts General Court in 1650. The charter conferred on the Corporation the duties of managing the College, including appointing and removing administrators, faculty, and staff, creating orders and by-laws for the College, and managing finances, properties, and donations. The first recorded meeting of the Corporation was held on December 10, 16...