Letter from William Croswell to John C. Page, 1811 December 24

Draft of a one-page letter regarding Page's financial assistance to Croswell in Liverpool, with a laid-in leaf containing an accounting statement.

Annotated almanac, 1756

Almanac containing two laid-in leaves and calendar pages with sporadic annotations of measurements, on the May page an annotation listing towns where Winthrop lodged. The first laid-in leaf has a short entry with structural measurements relating to an inclination of Old Stoughton College (January 21), and the second laid-in leaf has entries including notes on deaths in the community, the weather, an outbreak of dysentery (September 4), and the raising of a new Cambridge meeting house (November 12-17).

Annotated almanac, 1757

Almanac containing calendar pages with sporadic annotations of measurements, two annotations about the weather, and a sentence in Hebrew. The volume also contains a laid-in leaf that includes personal entries noting deaths in the community, the cancellation of Harvard's Commencement due to a drought and the presence of the French fleet at Louisbourg (July 13), the weights of the Winthrop family (January 1), and a note of Charlestown burials and baptisms for the year.

Annotated almanac, 1758

Almanac containing calendar pages with sporadic annotations of measurements, a small number of notes including one about the prevalence of whooping cough (August), and a laid-in leaf. The laid-in leaf includes entries about the weather, deaths in the community, and a note of the number of deaths in the first Parish in Cambridge organized by age group.

Annotated almanac, 1759

Almanac containing a laid-in leaf and calendar pages with sporadic annotations of measurements, a note of the printer's markings on Winthrop and his wife's watches (January). The laid-in leaf includes personal entries about a measles outbreak (January), the death of his "negro man George" (May 13), the presence of bears in the area (September), the surrender of Quebec (October 16), the heights of Winthrop's son Jemmy and a "new negro boy" named Scipio, and deaths in the community including the burial and baptism statistics for Boston.

Annotated almanac, 1766

Almanac containing one folded laid-in leaf and sporadic and minimal annotations on the calendar pages of corrections to the astronomical measurements. The laid-in leaf contains short notes about vegetable and fruit planting in April, May, and June of 1766 and 1767.

Annotated almanac, 1775

Almanac containing one laid-in leaf and interleaved pages with entries in John Winthrop's hand. The interleaved pages include entries include brief, nearly daily notes of social engagements and travel by Winthrop during the year the Winthrops were forced to evacuate Cambridge because of the Revolutionary War. The short entries include notes of the Battle of Concord (April 19), a fire in Boston (May 17), the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 17), the choosing of councillors at Concord (June 21), and the notable entries "wth Genl Washington (August 12)" and "All day packg up Apparatus & Library" (June 16). The laid-in leaf contains an account of household purchases made while the Winthrops were living with Nehemiah Abbot Andover from May to June and later in Concord. The laid-in leaf is written on a note beginning "Mr. Winthrop presents his most respectful compliments to the Hon'ble Col. Hancock and to the rest of the Gentlemen Select-men..."

Annotated almanac, 1779

Almanac containing interleaved pages and sporadic annotations of household activities on the calendar pages by John Winthrop. The front inside cover has some accounting entries. The interleaved pages contain entries with almost daily notes of social engagements and travel for January through May 1, a list of the "Agents in Middlsesx 1779 & Comrs," and a list of citations made in January-April in Winthrop's capacity as a Judge of Probate. There is also a laid-in leaf with some accounting figures.

Annotated almanac, 1759

Almanac with three notations scattered among the calendar pages and one laid-in leaf containing entries about the weather, a list of deaths in the community arranged by date and containing names, age, and cause, a measles outbreak (January 5), an earthquake (February 2), and a bill of mortality for the first parish of Cambridge. Most entries appear to be in the hand of Hannah Winthrop; part of the list of deaths in the community and the bill of mortality appear to be in John Winthrop's hand.

Annotated almanac, 1760

Almanac with one laid-in leaf. The calendar pages containing minimal annotations and three entries recording a distance measurement by John Winthrop (January 23), and unclear note about "Stoughton land" by Hannah Winthrop (January 31), and a note "Our long Jack weight is 53lb, & the round one 42 1/4" by John Winthrop (January). The laid-in leaf contains entries listing deaths in the community written by both Winthrops, the heights of Winthrop's son Jemmy and Scipio noted by John Winthrop, a note of food purchased "since the 14th of October" by Hannah Winthrop, and the bill of mortality for the first parish in Cambridge by John Winthrop.

Annotated almanac, 1761

Almanac with one laid-in leaf. The calendar pages contain minimal annotations and two entries by John Winthrop: "John Rhodes came to talk about Stoughton land" (May 31) and a note about walnuts. The laid-in leaf contains entries by both Winthrops listing deaths in the community, a bill of mortality by John Winthrop, an entry about an earthquake (November 1), and a few entries by Hannah Winthrop about the weather, a northern light, and a short list of the "wine of Dr. Kneeland" (December 29).

Annotated almanac, 1764

Almanac with one laid-in leaf, and calendar pages with minimal, sporadic annotations. The laid-in leaf contains three entries by John Winthrop noting the firing of the house chimneys, and entries by both Winthrops listing deaths in the community and a bill of mortality. The bill of morality includes the note "In Boston Baptzd 367 a small nr by reesn of y small px."

Annotated almanac, 1768

Almanac with one laid-in folded leaf and annotations made by John and Hannah Winthrop. The calendar pages are sporadically annotated with a note about household activities such as bringing the horse to pasture. The laid-in leaf contains entries by Hannah Winthrop about the weather. There are entries on firing the household chimneys, baptisms and deaths in the community, and a bill of mortality for 1768 in John Winthrop's hand.

Annotated almanac, 1769

Almanac with one laid-in folded leaf and annotations made by John and Hannah Winthrop. The calendar pages are minimally annotated with a note about household activities such as bringing the horse to pasture. The laid-in leaf contains entries on firing the household chimneys, baptisms and deaths in the community, and a bill of mortality for 1769 in John Winthrop's hand.

Annotated almanac, 1775

Almanac containing one laid-in leaf and minimal annotations on the calendar pages in the hands of Hannah and John Winthrop. The calendar pages are typically annotated with one or two notes at the bottom recording household activities. The folded laid-in leaf contains entries in Hannah Winthrop's hands noting household accounts and activities, and burials and baptisms for Cambridge in 1775 in John Winthrop's hand.