Breve resumen de las memorables Fiestas que la muy Ilustre ... Ciudad de Valencia ha celebrado en obsequio de la tercer Centuria de la Canonizacion de ... San Vicente Ferrer, que se empezaron Sabado veinte y ocho de Junio del año 1755 ... [Texto impreso]

Texto fechado en 1755

Breve relacion de lo que se sabe se egecutara en la Ciudad de Valencia al presente año 1755 en la celebridad de las fiestas, por memoria de la tercera centuria, de la Canonización de su Patron Apostol Valenciano S. Vicente Ferrer [Texto impreso]

Texto fechado en 1755

Rahonament entre Cosme y el oncle Nadal... sobre la formació del Peu de Eixercit de Voluntaris Honrats del Estat de la Ciutat y Regne de Valencia que el... Capita General Duch de la Roca alza... en este any de 1794 [Texto impreso]

Suplemento al Diario de Valencia del dia 13 de septiembre de 1794

Cosme despues de haber estat en la revista de la Caballeria dels Voluntaris Honrats del Estat de Valencia, va a casa del oncle Nadal ahon li conta... ocurrencies del dia 12 de octubre de 1794 [Texto impreso]

Suplemento al Diario de Valencia del dia 25 de octubre de 1794

Engineer Leandro Badarán’s project to safeguard the fortresses of Alicante in 1794

After the construction of the San Carlos bastion in Alicante in the final decade of the seventeenth century, and the great trench which the English built around the district of San Francisco during their years of dominance in the War of Succession, the waters of the San Blas gully caused serious damage to these fortifications of the city and to the trade buildings of the port. In 1772, the diversion canal was built. It was designed to divert the riverbed of the gully and send the waters directly to the sea. The project had been initially designed by the Engineer General, Jorge Próspero de Verboom in 1721. This unique work of engineering had some defects, principally in the breakwater which prevented the waters from flowing down the former river course. On several occasions, the water returned to its original riverbed due to the weakness of the breakwater, the narrowness of the channel’s bed and its lack of regularisation, causing serious damage to the bastion, the Babel-facing façade, the traders’ warehouses and other buildings. This study describes the project that the military engineer Leandro Badarán carried out in 1794 in order to technically improve this canal and examines his report on the state of the fortifications. Similar works built in Spain are also explained. It also analyses the repeated disputes between the war department and the port throughout these years over finding a technical solution to the problem.

Letter from William Croswell to George Richards, 1794 September 1

One-page letter from Croswell to George Richards, the Pastor of the Universal Society in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, requesting information about teaching opportunities in the area.

Letter from George Richards to William Croswell, 1794 September 5

One leaf containing the response of Pastor George Richards to Croswell's September 1, 1794, request for information on teaching opportunities.

Payment order for Jonathan Williams, 1755 March 3

Handwritten order to John Sale to pay scholarship funds to Deacon Jonathan Williams, signed by Thomas Foxcroft, Charles Chauncey, Thomas Waite, and Daniel Marsh.

Payment order for Theodore Dehon, 1794 September 26

Handwritten order to John Sale to pay scholarship funds to Theodore Dehon for use by his son Theodore Dehon (Harvard AB 1795), signed by John Clarke, David Tilden, and James Morrill.

Ledger for the Classes of 1723-1731, 1719-1755

The volume, bound in a modern leather binding, contains accounts for the Classes of 1723-1731. Leaves 108-118 list the Steward's account with Harvard College arranged monthly for the years 1721-1729.

Quarter bills for Samuel Stearns signed by Steward Caleb Gannett, 1793-1794

Six printed quarter bills for Samuel Stearns (Harvard AB 1794) with Steward and Commons, Sizings, Study and Cellar Rent, Instruction, Library, French Instruction, Medical Instruction, Books, Sweepers, Catalogues and Commencement Dinner, Repairs, Wood, and Punishment totals. Bills signed by Steward Caleb Gannett.