Annotated almanac, 1759
| Data(s) |
31/12/1969
1759
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| Resumo |
Almanac containing a laid-in leaf and calendar pages with sporadic annotations of measurements, a note of the printer's markings on Winthrop and his wife's watches (January). The laid-in leaf includes personal entries about a measles outbreak (January), the death of his "negro man George" (May 13), the presence of bears in the area (September), the surrender of Quebec (October 16), the heights of Winthrop's son Jemmy and a "new negro boy" named Scipio, and deaths in the community including the burial and baptism statistics for Boston. The volume is not interleaved but has one laid-in leaf. The laid-in leaf is torn in two on the fold. |
| Identificador |
http://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/view/45560418?width=150&height=150&usethumb=y http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:10354447 http://colonialnorthamerican.library.harvard.edu/prod/cna/hua07010c00020 |
| 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. |
