Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1811 March 26-27

Two folio-sized leaves containing a one-and-a-half-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley responding to his request for a boarding room in Cambridge, and providing brief mention of books.

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1811 March 29

Two folio-sized leaves containing a one-and-a-half-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley briefly describing a painting of General William Pepperrell, and mentioning Mrs. Dunlap, the mother of Andrew Dunlap (Harvard AB 1813) and thoughts regarding the display of a print.

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1811 April 16

Two octavo-sized leaves containing a brief one-and-a-half-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley that describes a book of Shakespeare with prints.

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1811 May 13

Two folio-sized leaves containing a three-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley discussing Winthrop's attempts to print Chinese characters with moveable type. The document also has notes on books in Bentley's hand.

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1811 September 24

Two folio-sized leaves containing a two-and-a-half-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley comparing the travel accounts of James Bruce and Henry Salt (1780-1827).

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1811 October 29

Two folio-sized leaves containing a two-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley discussing the Red Sea and Egypt. The verso of the second leaf has brief notes in Bentley's hand.

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1811 November 18

Two octavo-sized leaves containing a brief one-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley noting the transmission of a French book for Hannah Crowninshield (1789-1834), an artist and daughter of Bentley's neighbor.

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1811 November 19

Two octavo-sized leaves containing a brief one-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley updating Bentley on the progress of Andrew Dunlap.

Winthrop, Robert Charles, 1809-1894, autographed letter signed to James Read Chadwick; Boston, 1 side (3 pages), 1879 January 29

Correspondence regarding the donation of several collections to the Boston Medical Library, including the John Winthrop papers

Student mathematical textbook of James Freeman, 1774

Manuscript volume containing portions of text copied from Nicholas Saunderson’s Elements of algebra, Nicholas Hammond’s The elements of algebra, and John Ward’s The young mathematician’s guide. The volume is divided into two main parts: the first is titled Concerning the parts of Arithmetick (p. 1-98) and the second, The elements of Algebra, extracted from Hammond, Ward & Saunderson (p. 99-259).

James Otis research materials,

Includes copies of correspondence from James Otis, and copies of historical summaries of the Stamp Act and extracts from the annual register, circa 1760s.

James Otis research materials,

Includes extracts from Benjamin Franklin’s works.

James Otis research materials,

Includes notes on activities of the Stamp Act Congress in 1765.

James Otis research materials,

Includes copies of correspondence from James Otis, notes on the American Revolution, and an extract from the Journal of Congress, approximately 1760s-1780s.

James Otis research materials,

Draft of Tudor’s manuscript, interfiled with loose notes and extracts from John Reeves’ work on English law, and a copy of Otis’ supposed work, "An Appeal to the World, or, a Vindication of the Town of Boston," approximately 1760s-1820s.