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).

A Map of the Dead Sea, Low plains and Gulf of Eloth, [1812 May 4]

A pen-and-ink map of the Dead Sea from Jericho to the Gulf of Eloth on a grid. The map accompanied a letter by Winthrop (HUG 1203.5 Box 1, Folder 13).

[Map of the Dead Sea before the Biblical destruction of Sodom, 1812 May 4]

A pen-and-ink and watercolor map of the Dead Sea noting the "Course of Jordan before the destruction of Sodom." The map accompanied a letter by Winthrop (HUG 1203.5 Box 1, Folder 13).

III. Biographical notes on John Stark, [1810 March]

One leaf containing a page of handwritten biographical notes on Revolutionary War hero General John Stark in Bentley's hand. The note is written on the verso of a short letter from J. Pitcairn regarding a deliver for the "Rev. D. Bently" dated March 2, 1810. The notes were likely copied from the biographical sketch published in the Essex Register May 1, 1810.

VI. [Announcement for Elisha Sylvester], 1815 April 25

One leaf containing a one-page handwritten announcement for a Boston visit by book distributor Elisha Sylvester of Turner, Maine.

Kitāb Sharḥ Ibn Qāsim al-ʻAbbādī ʻalá Sharḥ al-Waraqāt lil-Shaykh Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī : manuscript, 1649

According to the colophon (f. 60r), copy completed on 16 Rajab 1059 AH [July, 25, 1649 AD].

Kitāb ʻAjāyib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharāyib al-mawjūdāt : manuscript, [circa 1650-1700]

On wonders of creation.