Letter from Josiah Quincy to Loammi Baldwin, 1836 May 28

One-page handwritten letter of introduction for Sarah King, widow of Edward King of Cincinnati.

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.

Circular about Second Centennial Celebration dinner, 1836

One-page printed circular to Harvard alumni regarding a dinner on September 8, 1836 for the second Centennial Celebration.

Letter from Sarah King to Loammi Baldwin, 1836 May 28

One-page handwritten letter from Sarah King requesting time to speak with Baldwin.

Letter from Robert Winthrop to Loammi Baldwin, 1836 September 2

One-page handwritten letter from Robert Charles Winthrop regarding Baldwin's appointment as vice-president of the second Centennial Festival at Harvard.

Draft of letter from Loammi Baldwin to Thomas Gill, 1836 September 23

A half-page handwritten draft of a letter to Thomas Gill written on the second leaf of a September 10, 1836 printed circular from Gill requesting copies of those who made speeches at the second Centennial Anniversary.

L.B.'s letter respecting excuse to president of College, 1797 August 31

Brief handwritten note to Loammi Baldwin from his son requesting a written excuse to be sent to the Harvard President for his absence on election day.

Student mathematical proofs by Edward Stephen (?) Wigglesworth, 1788

Sheet with two handwritten mathematical proofs signed "Wigglesworth, 1788," likely referring Harvard student Edward Stephen Wigglesworth. The first proof, titled "Problem 1st," examines a prompt beginning, "Given the distance between the Centers of the Sun and Planet, and their quantities of matter; to find a place where a body will be attracted to neither of them." The second proof, titled "Problem 2d," begins "A & B having returned from a journey, had riden [sic] so far that if the square of the number of miles..." and asks "how many miles did each of them travel?"

Letters from Edward McCall to William Tudor,

Four letters regarding the inspection of the mine at Chanca and supplies advanced to their agent, B. Llaveria, as well as news on the movements of Simón Bolívar, José de la Mar, Antonio José de Sucre, and other Peruvian military leaders

Letters from Edward McCall to William Tudor,

Four letters regarding the contract to operate the silver mine at Chanca and other financial transactions related to the mine, the comings and goings of United States naval vessels, and the movements of Simón Bolívar.

[Copy of Edward Hopkins' will], [ca. 1713]

Handwritten copy of Edward Hopkins' 1657 will. Labeled on the verso as document "B."

Letter from Benjamin Colman to Edward Wigglesworth about John Leverett, 1728 March 4

Benjamin Colman wrote this letter to Edward Wigglesworth on March 4, 1728; it was sent from Colman, in Boston, to Wigglesworth, in Cambridge. The letter concerns their mutual friend, John Leverett, who had died several years before. It appears that Wigglesworth was charged with writing an epitaph for Leverett and had solicited input from Colman. Colman writes of his great admiration for Leverett, praising his "virtue & piety, wisdom & gravity [...] majesty & authority [...] eye & voice, goodness & courtesie."

Moscow, Russia, 1836 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: [Moscow = Moskvi], drawn by W. B. Clarke, Archt., engraved by B. R. Davies. It was published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge [by] Charles Knight & Co. in 1836. Scale [ca. 1:33,000]. Covers Moscow, Russia. Map in English and Russian (including romanized Russian). The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 37N projected coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map.This map shows features such as roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, bridges, ground cover, fortification, and more. Includes illustrations.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

Kitāb yusammá bi-al-ʻUqūd al-laʼālī fī al-asānīd al-ʻawālī al-muttaṣilah bi-shaykh shuyūkhinā al-ʻālim al-ʻallāmah wa-al-Muḥaqqiq al-mudaqqiq al-fahhāmah al-Sayyid Muḥammad Shākir al-ʻAqqād al-ʻUmarī / taʼlīf tilmīdhihi khātimat al-muḥaqqiqīn al-Sayyid Muḥammad Amīn al-shahīr bi-Ibn ʻĀbidīn : manuscript, 1860

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم حمدا لمن وصل من انقطع اليه برحمته الاولية ورفع على السوى ... :Incipit