Kitāb Ḥusn al-tawassul ilá ṣināʻat al-tarassul

taʼlīf Shihāb al-Dīn Abī al-Thanāʼ Maḥmūd ibn Sulaymān al-Ḥalabī al-Ḥanafī.

al- Naṣīḥah al-ʻāmmah li-mulūk al-Islām wa-al-ʻāmmah

taʼlīf al-Sayyid Aḥmad al-Barzanjī al-Ḥusaynī.

Mabdaʼ fī bayān irtibāṭ al-tamaddun bi-dīn al-Islām

ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Jābirī.

Rawḍ al-akhyār al-muntakhab min Rabīʻ al-abrār : manuscript, 1576

Title from f. 2r.

ʻIqd al-jumān fī faḍāyil laylat niṣf Shaʻbān / li-nāẓim al-madīḥ al-nabawī ʻAbd al-Raḥmān [ibn] Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Misk al-Sakhāwī al-Anṣārī al-Shāfiʻī al-Burhānī : manuscript, 1848

Title from f. 1r.

İbret-nâme : manuscript, 1572

A work in two parts on legendary accounts of holy persons and stories with moral significance.

Münşeât-ı Nâbî Efendi : manuscript, 1762

Collection of Nâbî's letters, petitions, and other correspondence to various dignitaries. It was compiled after Nâbî's death by Abdürrahim Çelebi by order of Şehid Ali Paşa.

Sharḥ Kanz al-mughrimīn / lil-Shaykh al-ʻĀrif billāh Ibn Sabʻīn : manuscript, 1593

Title from f. 15r.

Letter from Daniel Upton to James Savage, 1799 September 29

Daniel Upton wrote this letter from Machias, Maine on September 29, 1799; it is addressed to James Savage, who was then a freshman at Harvard College. In the letter, Upton advises Savage to study ardently, avoiding the temptation to procrastinate. He thanks Savage for having sent him a copy of "Mr. Lowell's oration" and sends greetings to a Mr. Holbrook and Mr. Jones. He also passes along the fond wishes of those in Machias who know Savage, including John Cooper and his wife, Phineas Bruce and his wife, and Hannah Bruce (Upton's future wife). Upton explains that he is writing the letter in a hurry because he is sending it on board with Captain Merryman, who is about to set sail, presumably for Boston.

[Letter from Thankful Smith to Mary Dunster, ca. 1767]

Handwritten one-page undated letter from Thankful Smith to Mary Dunster of Harwick, Mass. The letter is witnessed by Judith Smith, Elisha Parker, and Caleb Gannett. The short letter is playful and provides cryptic details about Smith's life. Though the letter is closed, "I remain your dutiful Parent," the author appears to be Thankful Smith writing to her sister Mary Dunster.

Letter from William Tudor to Thomas Handasyd Perkins,

One letter in which Tudor writes of his relief at the acquittal of his brother-in-law Charles Stewart at a court martial. He also discusses speculation and trade, his shares in silver mines at Bella Vista and Chanca, Peru, and the political climate. He additionally references his role in planning the monument at Bunker Hill in Charlestown, writing, "I had something to do in originating and preparing the way for the Bunker Hill monunument, a truly patriotic object, which I believed was a proper way to excite public enthusiasm."

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1784 June 12

Two folio-sized leaves containing a two-and-a-half-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley discussing mythology, a reference to the writing of David Hoar, and miscellaneous news.

Letter from Samuel Willard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to William Willard, Petersham, Massachusetts, September 6, 1799

This letter written to his father describes his arrival at Harvard, book expenses, and present financial situation; he also asks his father to build him a writing desk. Willard discusses the family of his uncle, Harvard president Joseph Willard, and his uncle’s health and issues with jaundice.

Letter from Samuel Willard, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Abigail Willard, Petersham, Massachusetts, May 1, 1801

Willard thanks his sister for writing to him and asks her to write as often as possible. He also mentions his cousin Sophia Chadwick, who has been living with President Willard.