Annotated almanac, 1743


Autoria(s): Harvard University Archives
Data(s)

31/12/1969

1743

Resumo

Almanac containing calendar pages with sporadic annotations of unidentified measurements and interleaved pages with short handwritten entries about Winthrop's daily activities, and astronomical and meteorological observations. The entries include personal notes about travel, the weather, occasional alcohol consumption, and deaths in the community including a Latin note of the death of Winthrop's father (October 2) . There is an entry listing burials and baptisms in Boston, and a note that "Fever & fluxes prevail this month & prove very mortal" (September).

The title page is no longer extant.

Identificador

http://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/view/45560192?width=150&height=150&usethumb=y

http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:10346982

http://colonialnorthamerican.library.harvard.edu/prod/cna/hua07010c00006

Publicador

Harvard University Archives

Relação

Harvard University Archives: Papers of John and Hannah Winthrop, 1728-1789-->Diaries of John and Hannah Winthrop, 1739-1789-->Almanacs of John Winthrop,

Direitos

The Papers of John and Hannah Winthrop are open for research.