Collection of Harvard College quarter bill and butler's bills sent to Charles Davis, 1793-1796

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About this Item

Creator: Davis, Charles , 1777-1821

Type: Bills (financial).Invoices.

Language: English

Origin: Massachusetts

Description: .01 cubic feet (1 folder)

Repository: Harvard University Archives

Identifier: colonialnorthamerica.library.harvard.edu/990122533110203941_HUL.ARCH:20590172

Subjects

Davis, Charles

Harvard College (1780- ).

Harvard University.

Harvard University--Finance

College costs--Massachusetts--Cambridge

Cost and standard of living--Massachusetts

Content Notes

This collection consists of one quarter bill and three butler's bills, all sent to Charles Davis while he was an undergraduate at Harvard College. The quarter bill is from August 1795 and the butler's bills are from February and November 1793 and July 1796. John Pipon and Timothy Alden were the butlers at this time, and Caleb Gannett was the steward (responsible for the quarter bill).

Biographical Notes

Charles Davis was born in Boston on February 8, 1777. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1796 and an A.M. in 1799. Charles Davis died in 1821.