[Deed between William Porter and Oliver Hildrith], 1808 March 31

Printed land deed between grantor William Porter, a brick-layer, and grantee Oliver Hildrith, a cordwainer, for a lot of land on Winsor street in Cambridge.

Letter from Samuel Willard, Deerfield, Massachusetts, to Catherine Willard, Petersham, Massachusetts, July 28, 1808

Willard apologizes for not writing or visiting in a long time, discusses a problem with getting his sister Sophronia to visit in Deerfield, and writes: “I think I have a wife, who will do everything in her power to make me happy.”

Letter from Samuel Willard, Deerfield, Massachusetts, to Cephas Willard, Petersham, Massachusetts, October 21, 1808

Willard mentions that his collection of hymns, the Deerfield Collection of Sacred Music, is ready for sale in Northampton, and discusses prices, an upcoming trip to Brattleboro, Vermont related to purchasing music, and describes his preparations of a sermon to be delivered in Northampton at the opening of the bridge over the Connecticut River.

Deed of sale, 1753 October 6

Handwritten deed between Josiah Stearns, as administrator of the estate of Moses Bordman, and grantee Andrew Bordman for Cambridge property bordered by property already owned by Andrew Bordman.

Writ, 1808 April 23

Writ of the Middlesex County Court of Common Pleas for the case of Andrew Bordman vs. John Bates ordering Bates to relinquish possession of a house lot in Concord and to pay costs and damages to Andrew Bordman IV.

Papers of David Sewall, 1753-1756

Three letters written to David Sewall (Harvard AB 1755). The first letter, written on September 21, 1753 by Samuel Sewall in York, to his brother at Harvard sends general news, asks after a hat sent to David, and requests he have a wig made for him. The second letter, written by Harvard student David Wyer on August 28, 1756, enthusiastically thanks Sewall for his past advice. The third letter, also sent from his brother Samuel in York on December 9, 1766, offers David advice on love. The two later letters were sent to Sewall while he was a schoolmaster in Wells, Maine.

China, North Korea, and South Korea, 1808 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: China, Neele sculpt. It was published by Longman & Co, Paternoster Row in Jany. 1, 1808. Scale [ca. 1:9,600,000]. Covers East and Central China, and North and South Korea, and a small portion of Mongolia, Vietnam, Laos, Burma, India, Japan, and Russia. Map in French and Dutch. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Asia North Lambert Conformal Conic 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more.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.

Central Europe, 1808 (Image 1 of 4) (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Karte von Deutschland : in IV Blättern entworfen im Jahre 1805, und nach den, durch die Bundesacte der Reinschen Conföderation, datirt Paris vom 12ten Julius 1806, ingleichen nach den, durch die verschiedenen Tausch- und Pacifications Verträge ; besonders aber nach den, durch den Frieden zu Tilsit am 9ten July 1807 bestimmten Besitzungen, berichtiget, zu Anfange des Jahres 1808, von D. F. Sotzman. It was published by A.G. Schneider und Weigels in 1808. Scale [ca 1:875,000]. This layer is image 1 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, representing the northwest portion of the map. Covers primarily Central Europe and adjacent portions of Europe. Map in German.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, roads, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures.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.

Central Europe, 1808 (Image 2 of 4) (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Karte von Deutschland : in IV Blättern entworfen im Jahre 1805, und nach den, durch die Bundesacte der Reinschen Conföderation, datirt Paris vom 12ten Julius 1806, ingleichen nach den, durch die verschiedenen Tausch- und Pacifications Verträge ; besonders aber nach den, durch den Frieden zu Tilsit am 9ten July 1807 bestimmten Besitzungen, berichtiget, zu Anfange des Jahres 1808, von D. F. Sotzman. It was published by A.G. Schneider und Weigels in 1808. Scale [ca 1:875,000]. This layer is image 2 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, representing the southwest portion of the map. Covers primarily Central Europe and adjacent portions of Europe. Map in German.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, roads, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures.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.

Central Europe, 1808 (Image 3 of 4) (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Karte von Deutschland : in IV Blättern entworfen im Jahre 1805, und nach den, durch die Bundesacte der Reinschen Conföderation, datirt Paris vom 12ten Julius 1806, ingleichen nach den, durch die verschiedenen Tausch- und Pacifications Verträge ; besonders aber nach den, durch den Frieden zu Tilsit am 9ten July 1807 bestimmten Besitzungen, berichtiget, zu Anfange des Jahres 1808, von D. F. Sotzman. It was published by A.G. Schneider und Weigels in 1808. Scale [ca 1:875,000]. This layer is image 3 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, representing the northeast portion of the map. Covers primarily Central Europe and adjacent portions of Europe. Map in German.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, roads, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures.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.

Central Europe, 1808 (Image 4 of 4) (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Karte von Deutschland : in IV Blättern entworfen im Jahre 1805, und nach den, durch die Bundesacte der Reinschen Conföderation, datirt Paris vom 12ten Julius 1806, ingleichen nach den, durch die verschiedenen Tausch- und Pacifications Verträge ; besonders aber nach den, durch den Frieden zu Tilsit am 9ten July 1807 bestimmten Besitzungen, berichtiget, zu Anfange des Jahres 1808, von D. F. Sotzman. It was published by A.G. Schneider und Weigels in 1808. Scale [ca 1:875,000]. This layer is image 4 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, representing the southeast portion of the map. Covers primarily Central Europe and adjacent portions of Europe. Map in German.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, roads, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures.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.

New York, 1808 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper manuscript map entitled: A map of the state of New York : compiled from the latest authorities, including the turnpike roads now granted as also the principal common roads connected therewith, by Wm. McCalpin ; copied by C.D.E. [Christophe Daniel Ebeling] in 1814. Scale [ca. 1:1,350,000]. This is a manuscript copy of a map printed in 1808. Covers also adjacent portions of Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Ontario, Canada. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18N NAD83 projection. 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, villages, forts, drainage, counties, and more. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

Susquehanna and Delaware Rivers headwaters, New York, 1790 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the head waters of the rivers Susquehanna & Delaware embracing the early patents on the south side of the Mohawk River : from the original, drawn about the year 1790, by Simeon DeWitt, Esq. ... ; with the date of each patent now appended from the rec. in surveyr. genls. office, by E.B. O'C. It was published by Weed, Parsons & Co. in 1849. Scale [ca. 1:260,000]. Covers portion of Central New York including Oneida, Herkimer, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie, Otsego, Delaware, and Greene Counties. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18N NAD83 projection. 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 is a cadastral map showing property boundaries, names of property owners, dates of patent, drainage, and more. Includes ill. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

Lower Manhattan, New York, N.Y., 1808 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the city of New York, 1808. It was published by the New York Common Council in the Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years ... 1852. Facsimile copied from D. Longworth's map of 1808. Scale [ca. 1:7,500]. Covers lower Manhattan and portion of Brooklyn. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18N NAD83 projection. 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, city wards, selected public buildings, ferry lines, wharves, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes index to points of interest. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.