Indenture between Owen Clifford and Margaret Clifford to John Charles Rykert and William B. Gilleland

Indenture of mortgage deed between Owen Clifford and Margaret Clifford of the Township of Grantham to John Charles Rykert and William B. Gilleland of St. Catharines regarding parts of Lots no. 10 and 11 in the 9th Concession of the Township of Grantham. Registered in the Township of Grantham Register on September 15, 1870 - instrument no. 804 and registered in the Township of Grantham Register of February 8, 1872 - instrument no. 1104, September 15, 1870.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Mr. Tisdale stating that William B. Hunter will only pay $60 for shooting for this year

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Mr. Tisdale stating that William B. Hunter will only pay $60 for shooting for this year. He asks if Mr. Woodruff will accept this. There is a reply at the bottom of the letter in which [S.D. Woodruff] replies that he will not accept $60, but $100 will be acceptable, Sept. 7, 1870.

Sir William Thomsom e a instalação do cabo telegráfico submarino entre Pernambuco e o Pará

Neste artigo tratamos da participação de Sir William Thomson na instalação do cabo telegráfico submarino entre Pernambuco e o Pará realizada pela Western and Brazilian Telegraph Company nos meses de agosto e setembro de 1873.

A maçonaria e a campanha abolicionista no Pará:1870-1888

O tema de pesquisa proposto se constitui em uma proposta inovadora, na medida em que, dentre os grupos e associações que participaram dessa luta, a Maçonaria talvez seja a menos estudada e pesquisada e, assim, com este estudo, pretendemos demonstrar que as lojas maçônicas, como outras associações, acompanhavam as mudanças que se processavam social e politicamente no país, estabelecendo uma nova cultura política que envolvia diferentes sujeitos que se encontravam na vanguarda do processo abolicionista, pugnando pela mudança das relações de produção no país. Este trabalho evoca a luta pela emancipação dos escravos defendida pelos maçons do Pará, bem como a análise do posicionamento da Maçonaria em relação ao regime imperial, como as questões básicas desta pesquisa, possibilitando redimensionar esse tema, procurando investigar as estratégias sociais desenvolvidas por esses sujeitos, através da atuação das lojas maçônicas e de alguns maçons importantes como Lauro Sodré, demonstrando seus posicionamentos políticos e suas formas de atuação. A pesquisa de jornais da época mostrou que de 1870 em diante foram fundadas associações que geralmente se aproveitavam de festas públicas para promover debates em favor da liberdade dos escravos. A metodologia trabalhada consistiu basicamente de consulta aos jornais da época e documentação de registro das lojas maçônicas, que são referenciadas ao longo deste trabalho. No período proposto, o jornal foi o principal meio de comunicação da sociedade, sendo muito utilizado por letrados e políticos que passaram a utilizar suas páginas para criticar o regime escravocrata em crise, rotulando-o de atrasado e incompatível com a modernização em curso no país.

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.

Letters to Hannah Collins, 1806 July

Two letters to Hannah Collins dated July 26 and 29, 1806, regarding money owed by Croswell for washing services.

Petition for financial assistance, 1806 September

One-page draft of a request by Croswell to an unidentified entity for financial assistance.

Letter from William Croswell to the City Council of Boston, 1827 September 4

Drafts of a letter concerning Croswell's June 1827 petition to the City Council.

Copyright certificate for the Celestial Planisphere, [1806] July 11

Handwritten copy of a certificate acknowledging the deposit of the title of Croswell's celestial planisphere with the clerk of the District of Massachusetts.

Diary entries, 1806

Two-leaf document containing three journal entries written by Croswell upon his arrival in Liverpool in late December 1806.

Miscellaneous reading and book notes, 1806-1823, undated

This folder contains nine slips of paper with various notes about books and reading materials. For some documents it is unclear if the notes were created in Croswell's work on the Harvard College Library catalog or in his personal research.

1806, Catalogus senatus academici, eorum, qui munera et officia gesserunt, quique alicujus gradûs laureâ donati sunt in Univaersitate Harvardiana, Cantabrigiae, in republica Massachusettensi.

Hand-sewn marbled paper binding. Catalogue interleaved with unlined pages holding occasional biographical notes.

Guarantee of financial support for student James Savage, signed by William Tudor and John Cooper, 1799 July 25

This legal agreement, a guarantee of financial support for entering student James Savage (A.B. 1803), was signed on July 25, 1799 by his two guarantors, William Tudor and John Cooper. The document was also signed by two witnesses, William Tudor's sons John Henry Tudor and Frederic Tudor. The agreement specifies that, in the event of Savage's failure to settle all financial obligations to the President and Fellows of Harvard College during the course of his studies, the two guarantors would be responsible for a payment of two hundred ounces of silver. It seems that the Tudors and Cooper were relatives of Savage, thus explaining their desire to assure his entry to Harvard by entering into this financial obligation.

Sermon notes compiled by Solomon Prentice, 1724-1726

Leather top-bound volume containing notes kept by Solomon Prentice on sermons he attended between April 1724 and December 17, 1726, while he was an undergraduate at Harvard College. The volume contains one-to-two page entries on specific sermons and provides the biblical text and related questions and conclusions.

Letters from William Tudor to his family,

Three letters written from Tudor to his family from London. Among the subjects about which he writes include the fruit and vegetable bushes and seeds he is sending to Rockwood, the family estate, as well as his impressions of London society and weather. He also writes about political issues, including the Napoleonic Wars, unification in Ireland, and the challenges of being an American in trade in England.