Almanac, annotated, 1736

Copy of Nathaniel Ames’ An Astronomical Diary: or, An Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ, 1736 ... (Boston, 1736) annotated by Andrew Bordman II with brief death notices in the margins.

Almanac, annotated, 1737

Copy of Nathaniel Ames’ An Astronomical Diary: or, An Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ, 1737 ... (Boston, 1737) annotated by Andrew Bordman II with brief entries in the margins.

Almanac, annotated, 1739

Copy of Nathaniel Ames’ An Astronomical Diary: or, An Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ, 1739 ... (Boston, 1739) annotated by Andrew Bordman II with brief entries in the margins, generally noting deaths in the community.

Almanac, annotated, 1740

Copy of Nathaniel Ames’ An Astronomical Diary: or, An Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ, 1740 ... (Boston, 1740) annotated by Andrew Bordman II with entries filling the margins with notes about the weather, local news, and deaths in the community. Bordman noted the deaths of his grandchildren on the June page and payment for their gravestones. Some entries are illegible.

Almanac, annotated, 1741

Copy of Nathaniel Ames’ An Astronomical Diary: or, An Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ, 1741 ... (Boston, 1741) annotated by Andrew Bordman II with brief entries in only a few margins.

Almanac, annotated, 1742

Copy of Nathaniel Ames’ An Astronomical Diary: or, An Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ, 1742 ... (Boston, 1742) annotated by Andrew Bordman II with brief entries in the margins about the weather and community news, including mention of an Indian who murdered a child.

Almanac, annotated, 1743

Interleaved copy of Nathaniel Ames’ An Astronomical Diary: or, An Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ, 1743 ... (Boston, 1743) annotated by Andrew Bordman II with regular entries about the weather, and occasionally community news.

Almanac, annotated, 1745

Interleaved copy of Nathaniel Ames’ An Astronomical Diary: or, An Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ, 1745 ... (Boston, 1745) annotated by Andrew Bordman II with regular entries about the weather, and occasional community news. Copy mutilated with some text missing.

Letter from Fisher Ames to Samuel Shuttleworth, 1792 July 21

Two folio-sized pages containing a three-page handwritten letter from Fisher Ames in Springfield, Mass. to his brother-in-law, Samuel Shuttleworth. The letter discusses Ames's marriage to Frances Worthington on July 15, 1792. The letter is torn.

Letter from Fisher Ames to Deborah Ames Shuttleworth, 1805 August 27

One folded sheet containing a two-page letter from Fisher Ames in Dedham, Mass. to his sister "Debby" in Windsor, Vermont. Ames provides updates on the health of his children and individuals in the community, and discusses the summer heat, including mention of the likelihood of dysentery, and his attendance at "Mr. Montagu's Church," referring to the Dedham Episcopal Church presided over by Reverend William Montague.

Letter from John Ames to Samuel Shuttleworth (fragment), 1822 July 22

Fragments of a one-page handwritten letter from John Ames (1793-1833) in Dedham to his uncle, Samuel Shuttleworth in Windsor, Vermont. The fragments contain some incomplete lines of text, including a note of the church attendance of "Aunt Ames."

Papers of David Sewall, 1753-1756

Three letters written to David Sewall (Harvard AB 1755). The first letter, written on September 21, 1753 by Samuel Sewall in York, to his brother at Harvard sends general news, asks after a hat sent to David, and requests he have a wig made for him. The second letter, written by Harvard student David Wyer on August 28, 1756, enthusiastically thanks Sewall for his past advice. The third letter, also sent from his brother Samuel in York on December 9, 1766, offers David advice on love. The two later letters were sent to Sewall while he was a schoolmaster in Wells, Maine.

A proof of Jesus Christ's being the ancient promised Messiah: a sermon preached in the Chapel of Harvard College at Cambridge in New England, June 23, 1756

The hand-sewn notebook contains a 24-page manuscript draft of the second Dudleian lecture, delivered by John Barnard on June 23, 1756. The copy includes a small number of edits and struck-out words adopted in the printed version published by J. Draper of Boston in 1756. The sermon begins with the Biblical text Mark 14:61, 62. The covers are no longer with the item.

Military commission : manuscript, 1756 Feb. 18

Commission appointing Moses Deshon as major of a foot regiment under Col. Joseph Thatcher.

Majorca Island, Minorca Island, and Isla de Ibiza, Spain, ca. 1756 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte des l'isles de Maiorque, Minorque et d'Yvice, gravée par Matthieu Seutter, Geographe de S.M. Imper. et Cathol. ; Tob. Conr. Lotter, sc. It was published by M. Seutter ca. 1756. Scale [ca. 1:560,000]. Covers Majorca Island, Minorca Island, and Isla de Ibiza, Spain. Map in French.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 31N 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, road, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Includes 2 insets, one showing the islands and the western part of the Mediterranean, and, "Plan du port et ville de Mahon, du Fort. St. Philippe et ses fortifications."This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.