75 resultados para Hutchinson, Edward
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Handwritten letter from Caleb Gannett to Professor Edward Wigglesworth written in "Saybrook" on May 2, 1775. In the letter Gannett mentions that he "took the small-pox" and describes it briefly and requests Wigglesworth to investigate the state of his possessions left behind at the College. Gannett references the College being used as a barracks and discusses events in the Revolutionary War. The verso includes the note: "Letters from C. G. to Prof. Wigglesworth given me by Rev. Dr. Andrews Apr. 1841."
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One letter requesting Tudor forward a package of letters.
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One letter regarding the arrival of James Cooley as American chargé d’affairs in Lima.
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Four letters regarding the inspection of the mine at Chanca and supplies advanced to their agent, B. Llaveria, as well as news on the movements of Simón Bolívar, José de la Mar, Antonio José de Sucre, and other Peruvian military leaders
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Four letters regarding the contract to operate the silver mine at Chanca and other financial transactions related to the mine, the comings and goings of United States naval vessels, and the movements of Simón Bolívar.
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In a letter to Wigglesworth, acting president of Harvard and Hollis Professor of Divinity, Stearns resigns his tutorship and writes that he will return an unnamed silver tankard and various books to the College. The folder also includes as a receipt for those objects upon their return, signed by Harvard Professor Stephen Sewall.
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One letter from Harris, the University Librarian, to President Everett, enclosed with a historical account of the Great Salt and its donor, Richard Harris, and sketches of the new engravings on the Great Salt, Stoughton Cup, and Browne Cup bearing donor names. Harris writes that he hopes to have his account of the Great Salt published in the Cambridge Chronicle and is gratified to hear of Everett’s plans to use an excerpt in his Commencement dinner speech. In a short note of reply, Everett writes that Harris’ account of the silver was "received with great favor" during the dinner.
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Handwritten counter bond between Stephen Palmer and Samuel Whittemore, and Edward Hutchinson, securing Stephen Palmer and Samuel Whittemore's loan from William Brattle and Andrew Bordman.
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Handwritten copy of Edward Hopkins' 1657 will. Labeled on the verso as document "B."
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Benjamin Colman wrote this letter to Edward Wigglesworth on March 4, 1728; it was sent from Colman, in Boston, to Wigglesworth, in Cambridge. The letter concerns their mutual friend, John Leverett, who had died several years before. It appears that Wigglesworth was charged with writing an epitaph for Leverett and had solicited input from Colman. Colman writes of his great admiration for Leverett, praising his "virtue & piety, wisdom & gravity [...] majesty & authority [...] eye & voice, goodness & courtesie."
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General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.