Payment order for Sylvanus Ames, 1766 July 1

Handwritten order to John Sale to pay scholarship funds to Sylvanus Ames (Harvard AB 1767), signed by Thomas Foxcroft, Charles Chauncey, Thomas Waite, and Daniel Marsh.

Subjects suggested by John Webster, 1826 July

A handwritten letter with suggested subjects from John White Webster, a lecturer of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology at the Harvard Medical College from 1824 until 1827, when he was appointed the Erving Professor of Chemistry (1827-1850).

Forensic questions, [ca. 1826], undated

Five slips of paper containing handwritten forensics questions beginning "Whether..." One of the documents identifies "Keith and Goodwin," indicating the question was probably performed by Omen Southworth Keith and Hersey Bradford Goodwin of the Harvard Class of 1826. The verso of that document is inscribed: "The Exhibition at the University will take place on Monday at eleven o'clock, AM.

List of books received, October 1, 1766

Notation indicates that books were transported by a Captain Marshall.

Annotated almanac, 1766

Almanac containing three laid-in pages with handwritten notes and a few sporadic corrections to the rising and setting times of the moon on the calendar pages. The three laid-in pages consist of a small scrap of paper with the weights of the family, and two folded pages with notes about a lunar eclipse on August 20, 1766.

Annotated almanac, 1766

Almanac containing one interleaved page and sporadic annotations on the calendar pages including some notes about the weather. The interleaved page contains entries about the weather and the repeal of the Stamp Act (March 18).

Annotated almanac, 1766

Almanac containing one folded laid-in leaf and sporadic and minimal annotations on the calendar pages of corrections to the astronomical measurements. The laid-in leaf contains short notes about vegetable and fruit planting in April, May, and June of 1766 and 1767.

Annotated almanac, 1766

Almanac containing sporadic and minimal annotations correcting the printed astronomical measurements. There is one note on the January page about the sun's declension.

Annotated almanac, 1766

Almanac with one interleaved folded leaf and annotations made by John and Hannah Winthrop. The calendar pages are typically annotated with one or two notes at the bottom of page documenting household activities such as the hanging of bacon or bringing the horse from the pasture. The interleaved leaf contains entries by Hannah Winthrop about the weather, an earthquake (January 23), and a note "The Glorious News arrivd of the repeal of the Horrid Stamp Act" (May 16). There are entries of deaths in the community and a bill of mortality for 1766 in John Winthrop's hand.

Annotated almanac, 1766

Almanac interleaved with unruled pages, a fragment of two leaves from an unidentified reference book containing a chart of beer and land measures and European locations, and a printed text with a chart of beer measurements and pages 131-134 of Robert Lowth's A short introduction to English grammar : with critical notes. The unruled pages include entries on the weather, household activities and accounting notes, and a note of the number of inhabitants of Massachusetts.