Journal of the British expedition from Detroit to Vincennes and its defeat by George Rogers Clark : manuscript, 1778-1782

Account of the British forces' expedition which captured Vincennes, Indiana in Dec. 1778, with an account of their eventual defeat in 1779 at the Battle of Vincennes by the American Revolutionary forces led by Col. George Rogers Clark.

Lt. Governor of New York Mary Anne Krupsak consoles NY Senator Karen Burstein upon hearing of ERA defeat

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

ERA Defeat

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Emotions run high upon hearing of ERA defeat

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

ERA Defeat

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Martyn Klein and Wilfred Rivera (both social workers) speak to press following defeat of Intro 2

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Gays in balcony before City Council defeat of gay civil rights bill Intro 2

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Annotated almanac, 1755

Almanac containing calendar pages with sporadic annotations of measurements and small one-word notes. Winthrop often corrected the almanac's printed chart for the rising and setting of the sun. There are a few handwritten entries including a note in Latin about Winthrop's mother. An unattached sheet of paper folded into the almanac has burial and baptism statistics for Boston and Charleston, and entries about General Braddock's defeat by the French (July 9), a battle between General Johnson and the French and Indians under the Baron de Dieskau (September 8), the execution of two slaves for murdering their master (September 18), and a note that President Holyoke preached the Dudleian lecture (November 25).

Letters from Condy Raguet,

Four letters containing news of Royalist Army officers, including Vice Roy José de la Serna, arriving in Rio de Janeiro after their defeat at the Battle of Ayacucho. Raguet also writes of the public reaction to Bolívar’s victory.

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1801 February 12

Two folio-sized leaves containing a one-and-a-half-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley discussing lunar tables, plans to publish, and a recent gem acquisition. The letter ends, "So Adams is OUT," referring to United States President John Adams's reelection defeat.

Plays and poetry : manuscript, [17--]

Plays and poems, chiefly satires, in support of American independence and patriotic causes.