Letter from Jonas Rushforth to William Tudor,

One letter requesting news of his son-in-law, who sailed with Charles Stewart and had not returned.

Letter from Francis Sales to William Tudor,

One letter regarding the travel and activities of Peruvian politician Manuel Lorenzo de Vidaurre, including an including an excerpt of correspondence from Vidaurre in French.

Letter from Leverett Saltonstall to William Tudor,

One letter of introduction for his brother-in-law, George Saunders.

Letter from E. Smith to William Tudor,

One letter seeking Tudor’s assistance in locating a man, with whom Smith was having a financial dispute, who was traveling to Lima.

Letter from J.M. Southgate to William Tudor,

One letter requesting Tudor’s assistance with a financial transaction.

Letter from Henry Waddington, Jr., to William Tudor,

One letter requesting assistance with sending a sick American citizen back to the United States.

Letter from John White Webster to William Tudor,

Two letters thanking Tudor for sending Peruvian mineral specimens to Harvard and requesting he send additional mineral and fossils, as well as reports on other "natural phenomena" for publication.

Letter from Mr. Wheelwright to William Tudor,

Letter enclosed with correspondence to Tudor from the United States.

III. Research materials used in William C. Lane's article, "Early Silver Belonging to Harvard College," [1923]

This folder contains transcriptions of archival materials used in Lane's research for the article, published by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts in 1923. Included are two letters from the papers of Harvard President Jared Sparks (1849-1853) regarding the christening basin and the role of the College steward in the care of the silver collection; and a 1781 inventory (see also in folder 7) and 1829 Corporation vote excerpted from College records. There are also two notes containing citations.

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley (fragment), 1783

One folio-sized leaf containing a one-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley briefly mentioning certain library acquisitions and including a transcription of a description of English Parliamentarian John Bourchier (1595-1660) from the Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow. The top of the leaf is torn and text is missing.

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1783 January 27

Two octavo-sized leaves containing a one-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley containing cryptic gossip regarding an upcoming election of Winthrop and the claim of a "certain clergyman."

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1783 October 23

One octavo-sized leaf containing a one-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley referencing "business" that Winthrop entered his "written protest" of, and the upcoming ordination of Timothy Hilliard as the new minister of Cambridge, Mass.

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1783 November 20

Two octavo-sized leaves containing a two-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley discussing the "trials of the Regicides" during the reign of King Charles II.

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1783 December 1

Two leaves containing a four-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley providing a biographical description of English judge John Bradshaw (1602-1659).

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1784 February 8

Two folio-sized leaves containing a two-and-a-half-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley with a lengthy discussion on a recent comet and related calculations.