Commonplace book of Nathaniel Freeman, 1786-1787

Nathaniel Freeman made entries in this commonplace book between 1786 and 1787, while he was an undergraduate at Harvard College. The book includes the notes Freeman took during three of Hollis Professor Samuel Williams' "Course of Experimental Lectures," and cover Williams' lectures on "The Nature & Properties of Matter," "Attraction & Repulsion," and "The Nature, Kind, & Affections [?] of Motion." These notes also include one diagram. The book also includes forensic compositions on the subjects of capital punishment, the probability of "the immortality of the soul," and "whether there be any disinterested benevolence." It also includes a poem Freeman composed for his uncle, Edmund Freeman; an anecdote about Philojocus and Gripus; an essay called "Character"; a draft of a letter to the Harvard Corporation requesting that, in light of the public debt, the Commencement ceremonies be held privately to lower expenses and exhibit the merits of economy; and an "epistle" to his father, requesting money. This epistle begins: "Most honored sire, / Thy son, poor Nat, in humble strains, / Impell'd by want, thy generous bounty claims."

Letters from John Hubbard Church to William Jenks, 1795-1798

John Hubbard Church wrote these twelve letters to his friend and classmate William Jenks between 1795 and 1798. Church wrote the letters from Boston, Rutland, Cambridge, and Chatham in Massachusetts and from Somers, Connecticut; they were sent to Jenks in Cambridge and Boston, where for a time he worked as an usher in Mr. Vinall's school and Mr. Webb's school. Church's letters touch on various subjects, ranging from his increased interest in theology and his theological studies under Charles Backus to his seasickness during a sailing voyage to Cape Cod. Church also informs Jenks of what he is reading, including works by John Locke, P. Brydone, James Beattie, John Gillies, Plutarch, and Alexander Pope. He describes his work teaching that children of the Sears family in Chatham, Massachusetts, where he appears to have spent a significant amount of time between 1795 and 1797. Church's letters are at times very personal, and he often expresses great affection for Jenks and their friendship.

The town of Winchester, Massachusetts

drawn in 1941 and brought up to date in 1952 by Ernest Dudley Chase ; distributed with the compliments of the Winchester National Bank.

The town of Winchester, Massachusetts

drawn in 1941 and brought up to date in 1964 by Ernest Dudley Chase ; distributed with the compliments of the Winchester National Bank.

The town of Winchester, Massachusetts

drawn in 1941 and brought up to date in 1957 by Ernest Dudley Chase ; distributed with the compliments of the Winchester National Bank.

Map of the town of Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts

from actual survey by E .M. Woodford.

Zoning plan of the town of Wayland, Massachusetts

Everett M. Brooks & Co., civil engineers.

Boston 2000: harbor nodes, modes & links

Shows transportation network in and around the harbor.

Boston Harbor bathymetry

Shows soundings in Boston Harbor between Winthrop and Hingham.

Map of town of Walpole, Massaachusetts

Peter Boghossian, town engineer.

Weymouth Naval Air Station and surrounding communities

Shows wetlands, municipal owned land, private owned land, and non-profit owned land around the South Weymouth Naval Air Station.