Matches in Harvard for { ?s ?p This collection contains documents created and collected by the Harvard Corporation in its capacity managing the Charlestown ferry from the 1640s until 1785, and after the completion of the Charles River Bridge in 1785, in their efforts to secure a compensatory annuity for their loss of income. Records include leases and bonds with ferrymen, and copies of petitions by the ferrymen and the Harvard Corporation to the General Court regarding fare increases, bridge development, and income related to the ferry. The documents reflect Harvard's role as an academic institution attempting to maintain stable funding and, essentially, as commercial owners of a Boston ferry. The collection offers a resource for studying the College's financial and legal history, and, more broadly, the development of transportation and infrastructure in 17th and 18th century Boston. A 1785 letter from Judge Francis Dana to the Selectmen of Charlestown criticizing Harvard Corporation's demands in regards to the ferry, and legal opinions written in 1800 by prominent statesmen and lawyers Nathan Dane and Levi Lincoln are also included in the collection.. }
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- catalog abstract "This collection contains documents created and collected by the Harvard Corporation in its capacity managing the Charlestown ferry from the 1640s until 1785, and after the completion of the Charles River Bridge in 1785, in their efforts to secure a compensatory annuity for their loss of income. Records include leases and bonds with ferrymen, and copies of petitions by the ferrymen and the Harvard Corporation to the General Court regarding fare increases, bridge development, and income related to the ferry. The documents reflect Harvard's role as an academic institution attempting to maintain stable funding and, essentially, as commercial owners of a Boston ferry. The collection offers a resource for studying the College's financial and legal history, and, more broadly, the development of transportation and infrastructure in 17th and 18th century Boston. A 1785 letter from Judge Francis Dana to the Selectmen of Charlestown criticizing Harvard Corporation's demands in regards to the ferry, and legal opinions written in 1800 by prominent statesmen and lawyers Nathan Dane and Levi Lincoln are also included in the collection.".
- catalog description "This collection contains documents created and collected by the Harvard Corporation in its capacity managing the Charlestown ferry from the 1640s until 1785, and after the completion of the Charles River Bridge in 1785, in their efforts to secure a compensatory annuity for their loss of income. Records include leases and bonds with ferrymen, and copies of petitions by the ferrymen and the Harvard Corporation to the General Court regarding fare increases, bridge development, and income related to the ferry. The documents reflect Harvard's role as an academic institution attempting to maintain stable funding and, essentially, as commercial owners of a Boston ferry. The collection offers a resource for studying the College's financial and legal history, and, more broadly, the development of transportation and infrastructure in 17th and 18th century Boston. A 1785 letter from Judge Francis Dana to the Selectmen of Charlestown criticizing Harvard Corporation's demands in regards to the ferry, and legal opinions written in 1800 by prominent statesmen and lawyers Nathan Dane and Levi Lincoln are also included in the collection.".