Papers of William Merchant Richardson, 1797-1806

The collection contains a four-page handwritten poem titled "Invention" composed by graduate William Richardson for the 1797 Harvard College Commencement, and an 1806 letter of introduction written by Richardson. The rhyming poem begins, “Long had creations anthem peal been rung…” and contains classical references, and mentions scientists and philosophers including Voltaire, Franklin and Newton. The poem is accompanied by a one-page handwritten letter of introduction for lawyer Benjamin Ames (Harvard AB 1803) written by William M. Richardson to Reverend William Jenks (Harvard AB 1797). The letter is dated November 10, 1806.

Collection of Harvard College quarter bill and butler's bills sent to Charles Davis, 1793-1796

This collection consists of one quarter bill and three butler's bills, all sent to Charles Davis while he was an undergraduate at Harvard College. The quarter bill is from August 1795 and the butler's bills are from February and November 1793 and July 1796. John Pipon and Timothy Alden were the butlers at this time, and Caleb Gannett was the steward (responsible for the quarter bill).

Account books of Thomas Cradock, 1786-1818 (inclusive)

Account books listing patients, medicines administered, and fees charged by Dr. Thomas Cradock (1752-1821), primarily in Maryland, from 1786 to 1818. In addition to recording names, Cradock occasionally noted demographic information, the patient's location, or their occupation: from 1813 to 1816, he treated Richard Gent, a free African-American man; in 1813, he attended to John Bell, who lived in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Cradock further noted if the patient was a slave and the name of his or her owner. He would also administer care on behalf of corporate entities, such as Powhatan Factory, which apparently refused him payment. He also sometimes included a diagnosis: in the cases of a Mr. Rowles and Mrs. Violet West, he administered unspecified medicines for gonorrhea at a cost of ten dollars. Commonly prescribed drugs included emetics, cathartics, and anodynes. Cradock also provided smallpox vaccination for his patients. He accepted both cash and payment-in-kind. Tipped into the first volume is an envelope containing a letter from the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland to Mrs. Thomas Craddock in 1899 requesting a loan of portrait of Dr. Thomas Craddock [sic]. The three volumes also each contain an index to patient names.

The encyclopaedia of practical cookery : a complete dictionary of all pertaining to the art of cookery and table service : including original modern reciepts for all kinds of dishes for general, occasional, and exceptional use, the making of every description of table confectionery, the home manufacture of wines, liqueurs, and table waters, the laying, decorating, and preparing of banquets, wedding breakfasts, luncheons, teas, celebration and ball suppers, picnics, garden-party refreshments, race and boating baskets, &c. : the care and good management of the cellar, butler's pantry, larder, ice rooms and chests, &c. /

[Division I. A to Cak] -- Division II. Cak to Cro -- Division III. Cro to Gri -- Division IV. Gri to Mus -- Division V. Mus to Pin -- Division VI. Pin to Ser -- Division VII. Sha to Tut -- Division VIII. Twe to Zwe.

William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine.

Includes occasional supplements.

Speech of General Butler, against further delays in the trial of impeachment in the Senate sitting on the trial of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, Thursday, April 16, 1868,

Caption title.

Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899 : J.B. Hatcher in charge /

At head of title: J. Pierpont Morgan Publication Fund.

William Nast, patriarch of German Methodism.

Includes bibliography.

William Dyer, a Somerset royalist in New England.

Reprinted from Notes and queries for Somerset and Dorset, vol. VI, p. 269-273, 303-306, 353-356.

An eulogy on the Hon. Wm. H. Woodward, late a member of the corporation of Dartmouth University, who died Aug. 9, 1818 : pronounced at the request of the trustees on Commencement Day, at Hanover, N.H., Aug. 26, 1818 ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Of William Morris and his work /

Illustrations of mss. pages of the translated Eyrbyggja saga and Bandamanna saga on p. 29-30.

Ayer, hoy y mañana, ó La fé, el vapor y la electricidad : cuadros sociales de 1800, 1850 y 1899 /

Contiene: vol. 1 - vol. 2 - vol. 3, parte segunda - vol. 4, parte segunda - vol. 4, parte tercera - vol. 5, parte segunda - vol. 5 , parte tercera - vol. 6, parte segunda - vol. 6, parte tercera - vol. 7, parte segunda - vol. 7, parte tercera.

William Ewart Gladstone and his contemporaries. Seventy years of social and political progress,

Mode of access: Internet.

The life of William Makepeace Thackeray /

Includes index.

The works of William Makepeace Thackeray,

The illustrations are from drawings by the author, George Cruikshank, J. E. Millais, Richard Doyle, John Leech, and others.