Catharine Waugh McCullouch papers in the Mary Earhart Dillon collection, 1869-1945

Collection primarily documents McCulloch's research on women's legal status, and her work with the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association, the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and the League of Women Voters. There is also documentation of women in the legal profession, of McCulloch's friendships with the other women suffragists and lawyers, and some biographical material. The papers contain little information about her family or social life.

Petition to the Massachusetts General Court, 1826 January

Six drafts of a letter.

Memorial to the Trustees of the Pemberton Fund, 1826 April 19

Draft of a letter accompanied by two copies of a statement of money received from the Pemberton Fund.

Memorial to the City of Boston, 1826 May

One draft of a letter.

Memorial to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston, 1826 June 21

Two drafts of a letter.

Memorial to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston, 1826 August 21

One draft of a letter.

Financial bills and receipts, 1822; 1824; 1826

This folder contains four bills and receipts.

Memorial to the Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1826 April

Four drafts of a letters requesting support to reprint Croswell's 1791 Tables for Computing the Longitude by the Lunar Observations, with two related documents.

Cambridge Diary No. I, 1812-1826

Hand-sewn paper notebook containing brief entries dating from August 4, 1812, to April, 6, 1821.

Attempts in penmanship, 1826-1827

This folder contains two drafts of a document describing Croswell's experiments with penmanship.

Letter from William Prescott to Oliver Prescott, 1782 October 19

Two-page handwritten letter from Harvard undergraduate William Prescott to his classmate, Oliver Prescott, that chiefly describes, in florid language, the discipline received by John Rowe (Harvard AB 1783) and others from College officers for disorderly behavior.

Letters from William Tudor to Thomas Handasyd Perkins,

Four letters on topics including the political upheaval in South America and movements of the respective combatants, and the prices of foodstuffs and the effects of the war on commerce in the region. Tudor also addresses his efforts to become involved in mining silver in Peru.

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."

Letters from William Tudor to Thomas Handasyd Perkins,

Four letters regarding business and trade in South America and progress in Tudor’s mining enterprise. Tudor also comments on the political turmoil in Colombia and Peru and offers opinions on Generals José de la Mar and Simón Bolívar.