An essay on the universal plentiude of being and on the nature and immortality of the human soul and its agency : manuscript, [1784]

Autograph manuscript, signed, with autograph manuscript revisions.

Letters from William Croswell to the Harrison Gray Otis, 1824-1825

Two leaves containing drafts of brief notes that accompanied letters for Harvard Corporation between April 1824 and April 1825.

Letter from William Croswell to Joseph and David A. Croswell, 1825 July 20

Draft of a letter concerning Continental bills in Croswell's care.

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.

Note from William Croswell to an unidentified recipient, 1825 December 12

This document contains the beginning of a draft of a brief note to an unidentified recipient regarding a letter to the Harvard Corporation, as well as additional miscellaneous notes.

Letter from William Croswell to Judge Jackson, 1825 December 15

Copy of a note regarding the delivery of a letter to the Harvard Corporation.

Note from William Croswell to Timothy L. Jennison, 1825 December 23

Draft of a brief note requesting the return of a bundle of papers.

Memorial to the Harvard Corporation, 1825 April 30

Two drafts of a letter.

Memorial to the Harvard Corporation, 1825 December 12

One draft of a letter.

Notes about cases heard as Justice of the Peace, 1784-1795

This small paper-bound notebook contains notes Winthrop made concerning the cases he heard between 1784 and 1795 as a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex County. These notes provide insight into the nature of crimes being committed in Cambridge in the post-Revolutionary period, as well as the names and occupations of those accused and their victims. The cases involved the following individuals, among others: Samuel Bridge, Benjamin Estabrook, Joseph Jeffords, Cato Bordman, John Kidder, Spenser Goddin, Jacob Cromwell, Benjamin Stratton, Mary Flood, Bender Temple, John Willett, Joseph Hartwell, Nathaniel Stratton, Amos Washburn, Francis Moore, Thomas Malone, Thomas Cook, and Amboy Brown. The cases involved a range of offenses, and occasionally Winthrop decided that a case exceeded his jurisdiction and forwarded it to the General Court or the Supreme Judicial Court.

Payment order for Daniel Parker on behalf of his son, 1784 July 7

Handwritten order to John Sale to pay scholarship funds to Daniel Parker for use by his son, signed by Charles Chauncey, John Clarke, James Thwing, and Jacob Williams.