Letters from Harrison Gray Otis to William Tudor,

Four letters in which Otis relays his thoughts on the Boston judicial system and losing his Senate seat in 1822. Also included is correspondence responding to Tudor’s request for information on his uncle, James Otis.

Letter from William Tudor to Mr. Phillips,

One letter requesting information about Harvard students and a new law professorship.

Letter from Willard Phillips to William Tudor,

One letter regarding an "unpleasant" reserve between them.

Letter from John Pickering to William Tudor,

One letter explaining his decision to decline membership in the Anthology Society, critiquing Rees’s Cyclopaedia, and discussing the North American Review.

Letter from William Porter to William Tudor,

One letter regarding communication enclosed from Tudor’s sister, Delia Tudor Stewart, and Secretary of State Henry Clay.

Letters from Anne Preble to William Tudor,

Two letters regarding commissions executed by Tudor on her behalf and on behalf of Elizabeth Degen.

Letter from William Tudor to Mr. Reeves,

One letter concerning an English legal manuscript, probably John Reeves’ History of the English Law.

Letters from Catherine Russell to William Tudor,

Four letters relaying information about Russell’s travels and social activities, including her observations on the manners of Southerners she had encountered.

Letters from Penelope Sedgwick to William Tudor,

Three letters in which Sedgwick writes about education, the arts, and various social interactions.

Letters from Ann Spear to William Tudor, undated

Three letters relaying news of Spear’s travels and friends. She also offers frank romantic advice to Tudor, particularly regarding a young lady he met in Baltimore, Miss Patterson.

Letter from George Ticknor to William Tudor, undated

One letter regarding the return of Tudor’s James Otis manuscript and offering advice on dealing with publishers.

Letters from John Vaughan to William Tudor,

Three letters regarding James Otis correspondence in the John Dickinson papers, and an American Philosophical Society publication Vaughan was sending to the Boston Athenaeum library.

Letter from Henry Ware to William Tudor,

One letter notifying Tudor Harvard's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa had selected him to deliver an oration.

Letters from Henry Warren to William Tudor,

Two letters providing information and historical sources on James Otis.

Letter from John Collins Warren to William Tudor,

One letter inviting Tudor to his wedding to Susan Powell Mason, daughter of their mutual friend, Jonathan Mason.