Collection of Harvard College form of admission, quarter bills and butler's bills sent to Charles Walker and his son Charles Walker, Jr., 1785-1816.

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Collection of Harvard College form of admission, quarter bills and butler's bills sent to Charles Walker and his son Charles Walker, Jr., 1785-1816.

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This collection consists primarily of quarter bills and butler's bills from Charles Walker and Charles Walker, Jr.'s years as students at Harvard College. It includes the following materials from Charles Walker: a form of admission from August 1785, quarter bills and butler's bills from 1785 to 1789, and occasional receipts of payment. The documents from Charles Walker, Jr. are less numerous, consisting solely of quarter bills from 1815 to 1816. The bills for father and son include annotations explaining the basis of additional or unusual charges, including fines for absence from lectures and prayers. Caleb Gannett was the College steward during both father and son's era.

.03 cubic feet (1 volume).

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