Letter from William Croswell to Joseph and David A. Croswell, 1825 July 20

Draft of a letter concerning Continental bills in Croswell's care.

Letter from William Croswell to George Ticknor, 1825 August 3

Draft of a letter requesting to borrow a treatise.

Letter from William Croswell to [William] Jenks, 1825 August 11

Draft of a letter concerning the languages of the polyglot.

Letter from William Croswell to William Phillips, 1825 August 23

Draft of a letter requesting employment at the Andover Theological Institution.

Letter from William Croswell to Isaac Winslow, 1825 August 28

Draft of a letter regarding Croswell's employment with Harvard.

Note from William Croswell to an unidentified recipient, 1825 December 12

This document contains the beginning of a draft of a brief note to an unidentified recipient regarding a letter to the Harvard Corporation, as well as additional miscellaneous notes.

Letter from William Croswell to Judge Jackson, 1825 December 15

Copy of a note regarding the delivery of a letter to the Harvard Corporation.

Note from William Croswell to Timothy L. Jennison, 1825 December 23

Draft of a brief note requesting the return of a bundle of papers.

Letter from William Croswell to Charles Stimpson, 1832 October 16

Two drafts of a brief letter regarding the sale of Croswell's map.

Dissolution of partnership with Charles Turner, 1808

This folder contains two handwritten documents, dated January 27, 1808, and April 22, 1808, related to the dissolution of the partnership between William Croswell and Charles Turner.

Memorial to the Harvard Corporation, 1825 April 30

Two drafts of a letter.

Memorial to the Harvard Corporation, 1825 December 12

One draft of a letter.

Letter from Charles B. Bullard to William Tudor,

Letter enclosed with two letters to be delivered to Perkins & Co. regarding quicksilver.

The invention of letters annotated by Charles Pinckney Sumner, ca. 1795-1796

Interleaved second-edition copy of Robert Treat Paine's poem "The Invention of Letters" with handwritten excerpts of 18th century poetry copied by Charles Pinckney Sumner. The excerpts appear to be verses alluded to, or emulated, by Paine in the poem. For example, Paine's verse includes "Beneath the shade, which Freedom's oak displays" and Sumner on the opposite page quoted Alexander Pope's poetry, "Beneath the shade a spreading beech displays." The excerpts include poetry by Alexander Pope, James Thompson, Robert Dodsley, William Falconer, William Hayley, Samuel Rogers, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Thomas Gray, and John Denham.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1825 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of Edinburgh and its environs, from a survey by James Knox ; engd. by R. Scott. It was published by John Fairbairn 13, Waterloo Place, Manners & Miller, ... and John Anderson, Junr. in 1825. Scale [ca. 1:6,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'British National Grid' coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, selected names of property owners, parks, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes population statistics from 1821 and note.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.