List of books donated by Richard Wibird and Mr. Longman, undated

A pencilled annotation on the verso, in the hand of John Langdon Sibley, reads: "There is some mistake about this. It must be Thomas Wibird, I think."

List of "Mr. Edes's books," undated

These books appear to have been purchased rather than donated.

List of books donated by Mr. Sparrow, undated

List also includes one book donated by a Dr. Amory.

List of books donated by Middlecott Cooke and Mr. Jackson, undated

For additional material about books donated by Cooke, see Box 1 Folder 13 of this collection.

Mr. Marsh's catalogue, ca. 1764

A half-page handwritten list of books with the author's surname, title, and location in the old Harvard Library, signed "Mr. Marsh." The list includes the note, "Shuckford's Connection is charged to you." The document is undated but presumably was created following the Harvard Hall Fire of 1764 as part of the College's efforts to inventory volumes that were spared because they were checked out at the time of the fire. Many of the books are listed in a charging record for Thomas Marsh recorded in a Harvard library account book (UAIII 50.15.60, Volume 1, Box 95), including "Shuckford's connection" which was charged to Marsh on September 23, 1763.

Mr. Vaughan's case, March 2, 1724

Opinion (or brief or judgement?) delivered in a case involving a claim by the Colony of New Hampshire to a proprietory right in a ferry running between Portsmouth and Kittery (then in Massachusetts) on the Piscataqua River. The ferry was started in 1684 by John Woodman and conveyed by franchise to Colonel Vaughan by Governor Dudley in 1708. Vaughan died in 1724 and the patent passed to his estate. The town of Portsmouth laid claim to the ferry. Read concluded that this action was not well founded since the ferry is not being operated by possession but by franchise and that, furthermore, New Hampshire does not have complete power over the ferry because Massachusetts has power of franchise on the Kittery end of its route.