Great-grand niece of Susan B. Anthony, Susan B. Anthony Jr. at International Women's Year conference in Houston

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

List of students in April 29, 1828 exhibition, 1828

List of the student names from the Harvard Classes of 1828 and 1829 performing in the April 29, 1828 exhibition.

Diary of Elias Mann, 1796-1800

Elias Mann kept this diary during his undergraduate years at Harvard College. The diary begins August 17, 1796 and ends in August of 1800 and also includes several undated sheets filled with excerpts of poems. The daily entries describe many aspects of Mann's life, including not only his experiences at Harvard but also his involvement in the larger community. Entries related to life at Harvard describe club meetings (coffee club, Hasty Pudding Club and Phi Beta Kappa); trips to the theater; dinners at taverns; games and recreation, including a card game called "Loo," cribbage, backgammon, bowling, playing ball, fishing, skating and going for sleigh rides; gathering, and sometimes taking from others' gardens, food (most often plums, peaches, nuts and apples); what he ate (including one breakfast of three raw eggs and two glasses of wine); what he read (including Tristram Shandy and one of "Mrs. Ratcliffe's novels"); his friends, often mentioned by name; and academic work and formalities. In one entry he mentions the theft of several possessions from his room, and there are several entries about trips to Fresh Pond.

"Certificate respecting the Rev. John Seccombe," 1795 August

One leaf (pages 301-302) of the August, 1795 issue of Massachusetts Magazine with an editorial regarding the authorship of Father Abbey's Will. The article identifies John Seccombe as the author based on information provided by "Thaddeus Mason, Esq. of Cambridge, the only surviving classmate, and very intimate friend of the Rev. John Seccombe."

Letter from William Croswell to Thomas L. Winthrop, 1824 August 10

Draft of a brief letter requesting Winthrop communicate an arithmetical solution to the Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Letter from William Croswell to George Ticknor, 1825 August 3

Draft of a letter requesting to borrow a treatise.

Letter from William Croswell to [William] Jenks, 1825 August 11

Draft of a letter concerning the languages of the polyglot.

Letter from William Croswell to William Phillips, 1825 August 23

Draft of a letter requesting employment at the Andover Theological Institution.

Letter from William Croswell to Isaac Winslow, 1825 August 28

Draft of a letter regarding Croswell's employment with Harvard.

Letters to Mrs. Bowker, 1828 August 9

Copy of a letter related to the settlement of debt with Bowker's father.

Letter from William Croswell to Joseph May, 1828 August 20

Draft of a letter regarding Croswell's Mercator map.

Memorial to the Harvard Benevolent Society, 1833 August

Four drafts of a letter.