Letter from William Croswell to Judge Davis, 1821 January 16-18

Four drafts of a letter to Judge Davis requesting his aid in obtaining payment from Harvard.

Letter from William Croswell to Judge Davis, 1821 March 8

Draft of a letter regarding Croswell's compensation from Harvard.

Letter from William Croswell to Judge Jackson, 1825 December 15

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

[Letter presenting Judge Lowell's Eulogy of Governor Bowdoin, 1791]

One leaf containing an unsigned draft of a letter presenting John Lowell's published eulogy of Governor James Bowdoin to the recipient by the order of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The eulogy had been delivered by John Lowell on January 26, 1791.

Copy of answer to Judge Phillip's invitation to attend his son's Commencement. 1795 July 8

One-page handwritten copy of a letter of acceptance by Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin to join Judge Samuel Phillip (Harvard AB 1771) at the Harvard Commencement where his son John Phillips (Harvard AB 1795) was graduating.

Correspondence with Judge George Thatcher, 1789-1815

Correspondence from Tyng, who resided in Newburyport and Boston, to Congressman George Thacher of Maine, touching on a variety of political topics such as the judiciary act of 1789, the make-up of the United States Supreme Court, and the judges of the Massachusetts court system.

Judge's notes on cases heard in Lincoln County (Maine), 1788-1789?

Includes notes and summaries of witnesses' testimony on cases involving contracts and land disputes. One pamphlet bears note "Lincolns. July 7th 1789. Pownalboro. Supreme Court." Pownalborough Court House is in Dresden, Maine, which succeded from Pownalborough. In 1804, the town Pownalborough was renamed Wiscasset.

An inventory of all of the estate of Caleb Gannett late of Cambridge in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, deceased, appraised upon oath by us the subscribers, duly appointed to that service by the Hon. James Prescott Esq. Judge of Probate & wills, in said county of Middlesex, viz., 1818 May 21

Eight-page handwritten inventory and appraisal of Caleb Gannett's real estate and personal estate by William Hilliard, James R. Chaplin, and Royal Morse with an attached certification of the Middlesex County Court of Probate signed May 26, 1818.

Minutes explaining difference between first act. rendered Judge and charges to that date entered on Estate Book, 1820 February

Two pages with calculations and notes relating to the differences between the Estate Book and the account rendered by the Judge of Probate.

[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).

Judge Schwalb sentences high bail for prostitute in Court

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.