Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1811 September 24

Two folio-sized leaves containing a two-and-a-half-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley comparing the travel accounts of James Bruce and Henry Salt (1780-1827).

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1811 October 29

Two folio-sized leaves containing a two-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley discussing the Red Sea and Egypt. The verso of the second leaf has brief notes in Bentley's hand.

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1811 November 18

Two octavo-sized leaves containing a brief one-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley noting the transmission of a French book for Hannah Crowninshield (1789-1834), an artist and daughter of Bentley's neighbor.

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1811 November 19

Two octavo-sized leaves containing a brief one-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley updating Bentley on the progress of Andrew Dunlap.

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1812 May 4

Two folio-sized leaves containing a three-and-a-half page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley providing detailed descriptions and rationale for his conception of the geography of the Dead Sea prior to the Biblical destruction of Sodom. The letter is accompanied by two hand-drawn maps of the Dead Sea (HUG 1203.5 Box 2, Folder 1).

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1812 July 22

One folio-sized leaf containing a one-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley discussing Bentley's health and mentioning Hannah Crowninshield.

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1815 March 16

Two octavo-sized leaves containing a brief half-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley to accompany the deliver of a "small parcel of Irish Farthings."

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1815 April 16

One folio-sized leaf containing a brief half-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley requesting time to visit with Hannah Crowninshield during the summer.