Note from William Croswell to Mrs. Crocker, [1795] July 30

Note regarding the return of Mrs. Crocker's books.

Letter from William Croswell regarding Mrs. Collins, 1818 February 19

Draft of a one-page letter to an unidentified recipient regarding payment to Mrs. Collins for washing.

Letters to Mrs. Bowker, 1828 August 9

Copy of a letter related to the settlement of debt with Bowker's father.

Letter from William Croswell to Mrs. Bowker, 1831 May 16

Two handwritten drafts of a letter from William Croswell to Mrs. Bowker related to debts and Bowker's father.

Journal concerning the bequest and division of James Winthrop's personal library, 1822-1826

As described in the above biographical note, Winthrop bequeathed most of his library – including his father John Winthrop's books – to the newly established Allegheny College in Pennsylvania. All the books in his library did not go to Allegheny, though, and Winthrop bequeathed over 500 books to two individuals, Thaddeus Mason Harris and Harriet H. Peck. This paper-bound journal contains three lists: one list of all the books which were part of this bequest, with notations indicating their financial value; another list of "Mrs. Peck's part in the division of the legacy" (i.e. the books she selected); and another list of "TM Harris's part of Judge Winthrop's Legacy" (the books he selected). The lists indicate that Peck and Harris chose books from the library on February 3, 1822, and that the few books which remained afterwards were sold by Deacon Hilliard and the profits returned to Peck and Harris.

Letter from W. D. Peck to William Bentley, 1815 March 2

Two leaves containing a two-page handwritten letter from Peck to Bentley identifying and describing the fish species Ophidium as the specimen in a drawing by a young woman described by Peck alternately as Bentley's "daughter" and "Miss C." Bentley had no children, and Peck is presumably referring to Hannah Crowninshield, Bentley's pupil.

Letter from W. D. Peck to William Bentley, 1815 May 17

One leaf containing a one-page handwritten letter from Peck to Bentley briefly commenting on the receipt of a fish specimen.

An elegie on the deplored decease of that truly pious and religious matron, Mrs. Sara Leveret: relict of the late hon[or]able John Leveret, Esq., sometime governor of his then Majesty's colony of the Massethusets [sic] Bay in New England : manuscript, 1704

Autograph copy, signed.