Letter from William Croswell to Samuel Payson, 1828 October 3

Draft of a note regarding the proposal for a measuring book.

Letter from Parker Cleaveland to William Tudor,

One letter requesting information Tudor may have regarding minerals for Cleaveland’s second edition of his treatise on mineralogy and geology. Also includes a two-page description of Gay Head by Frederic Tudor.

Letters from Samuel Davis to William Tudor,

Three letters regarding Tudor’s literary works.

Letters from Samuel Gilman to William Tudor,

Four letters on topics including Gilman’s literary work, his upcoming move to Charleston, South Carolina, to become pastor of a Unitarian church, and his impressions of the city once there, as well as subscriptions for Tudor’s work on James Otis.

Letter from Samuel Jackson to William Tudor,

One letter requesting information on the state of national agriculture, manufacturing, and industry on behalf of the Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of National Industry.

Letters from Samuel F. Jarvis to William Tudor,

Four letters regarding the construction of an Episcopal church in Boston, and the various literary and intellectual pursuits of both men.

Letter from William Tudor to Samuel G. Perkins,

One letter describing debt Tudor incurred while in England in 1812.

Letter from Samuel Welles to William Tudor,

One letter regarding Welles’ commercial operations and his travel plans, which he writes will depend on the political situation between England and America.

Letters from Samuel Williams to William Tudor,

Two letters, one regarding accounts related to the Birmingham nail factory, and one letter in which Williams writes of becoming naturalized and finding a wife.

Letters from Samuel L. Southard to William Tudor,

Four letters regarding topics including the trial of an unnamed seaman and thanking him for his ideas for facilitating relations with South American countries bordering the Pacific.

Letter from Samuel Willard, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Sophronia Willard, Lancaster, Massachusetts, October 18, 1805

Willard describes his current job working at Harvard, where he is paid “to keep order in one of the buildings.” He mentions that he can attend medical lectures free of charge, and refers to a preacher, Mr. Parker, a former classmate of Willard’s. He explains that he is currently with his brother Solomon, who is ill, and that he is living in the College House, where he resided his first year of school.