Daily pocket journal of John and Hannah Winthrop, 1766-1779

Small printed daily pocket journal repurposed by both John and Hannah between 1766 and 1779 to record household accounts including livestock pasturing, income received, and payments to servants, merchants, and tradesmen for food, livestock, clothing, linen, etc. Many of the pages are unused. The January-April pages contain account records from 1766-1779, one page in June has a few accounting notes from September 1779, the rest of June-November is empty, and three books are listed on a November page. The last three calendar pages contain lists of books in Hannah's handwriting dated 1773 and August 1768.

Payment order for Sylvanus Ames, 1766 July 1

Handwritten order to John Sale to pay scholarship funds to Sylvanus Ames (Harvard AB 1767), signed by Thomas Foxcroft, Charles Chauncey, Thomas Waite, and Daniel Marsh.

Conferences, 1821-1825

A handwritten list of the conference subjects delivered on Commencement and Exhibition Days between 1821 and 1825.

Disputations, 1812-1825

A handwritten list of disputations delivered on Commencement and Exhibition Days between 1820 and 1825 and a two-page list of "Philosophical disputations, deliberative discussions, &c." delivered between 1812 and 1820.

Dissertations, 1811; 1823-1825

A handwritten list of the subjects of "Dissertations &c." delivered on Commencement and Exhibition Days in 1823 and 1824, and the titles of "Additional Diss. &c." delivered in 1811.

Latin orations, 1811-1825

A handwritten list of the Latin oration subjects delivered on Commencement and Exhibition Days between 1811 and 1825.

Draft of an exhibition program, [1825]

Handwritten draft of an exhibition program with the names of the student orators from the Harvard Classes of 1825 and 1826.

List of books received, October 1, 1766

Notation indicates that books were transported by a Captain Marshall.

Annotated almanac, 1766

Almanac containing three laid-in pages with handwritten notes and a few sporadic corrections to the rising and setting times of the moon on the calendar pages. The three laid-in pages consist of a small scrap of paper with the weights of the family, and two folded pages with notes about a lunar eclipse on August 20, 1766.

Annotated almanac, 1766

Almanac containing one interleaved page and sporadic annotations on the calendar pages including some notes about the weather. The interleaved page contains entries about the weather and the repeal of the Stamp Act (March 18).

Annotated almanac, 1766

Almanac containing one folded laid-in leaf and sporadic and minimal annotations on the calendar pages of corrections to the astronomical measurements. The laid-in leaf contains short notes about vegetable and fruit planting in April, May, and June of 1766 and 1767.

Annotated almanac, 1766

Almanac containing sporadic and minimal annotations correcting the printed astronomical measurements. There is one note on the January page about the sun's declension.

Annotated almanac, 1766

Almanac with one interleaved folded leaf and annotations made by John and Hannah Winthrop. The calendar pages are typically annotated with one or two notes at the bottom of page documenting household activities such as the hanging of bacon or bringing the horse from the pasture. The interleaved leaf contains entries by Hannah Winthrop about the weather, an earthquake (January 23), and a note "The Glorious News arrivd of the repeal of the Horrid Stamp Act" (May 16). There are entries of deaths in the community and a bill of mortality for 1766 in John Winthrop's hand.