Annotated almanac, 1778

Almanac with minimal and sporadic annotations of the calendar pages by John Winthrop. There are only three notes in the almanac: the hanging of meat (April), making currant wine (July), and moving the cow to Billy's (September).

Almanac, 1778

The almanac has no annotations and is not interleaved.

Annotated almanac, 1778

Almanac containing interleaved pages and sporadic annotations on the calendar pages by John Winthrop. The calendar pages are typically annotated with one or two notes at the bottom recording household activities. The inside back cover has three handwritten references to printed texts. The interleaved pages contain entries with almost daily notes of social engagements and travel during the year.

Syriac grammar notebook, completed March 24, 1778

This volume, in Parmele's hand, is written in Syriac and English. It, too, appears to have been passed to Polly Parmele upon his death.

Chaldee verb notebooks, ca. 1778

These three small volumes, written in Chaldean Aramaic and English, are in Parmele's hand.

A Syriac Oration: copy of Paul's oration to the Athenians, Acts 17th, ca. 1778

Edward Everett Hale has speculated that Parmele prepared this document, written primarily in Syriac, for an event at Harvard. It is unknown whether or not it was delivered.

Letter from John Henry Tudor to his father, William Tudor, June 1, 1797

This letter was sent to Tudor's father in London, England in care of Thomas Dickason & Co.

1797, Catalogus eorum qui in Universitate Harvardiana, Cantabrigiae, in republica Massachusettensi, ab anno MDCXLII, ad annum MDCCXCVII, alicujus gradû laureâ donati sunt.

Hand-sewn binding with marbled paper cover. Annotated throughout with the number of members in each class, and through the 1660 class, with sporadic notes on residence. From 1732 until 1782, the age of entry as a Harvard freshman is noted next to each name. There are few biographical notes in this volume. Asterisks are added next to the names of alumni who died after the Catalogue's publication through approximately the late 1810s.