Negros y pardos en Buenos Aires (1750-1820)

El presente trabajo se basa en la lectura y análisis de testamentos otorgados por la "gente de color" que habitaba la ciudad de Buenos Aires hacia fines de la época colonial y principios del lapso independiente; esta eficaz fuente, no siempre tenida en cuenta por los investigadores de la institución esclavista, nos ilustra sobre una variedad de aspectos (socio-económicos, demográficos, culturales, religiosos) atinentes al grupo, al punto de convertirse en un venero sumamente fecundo para intentar estudios como el que nos ocupa. A través del mismo se verá que los testadores morenos y pardos, aunque numéricamente representan sólo una parte de la comunidad afroporteña, son aquellos que lograron una mejor adaptación a la sociedad en la cual estaban inmersos, aunque tibiamente integrados, admitiendo sin renuencias las pautas culturales que la misma determinaba.

Negros y pardos en Buenos Aires (1750-1820)

El presente trabajo se basa en la lectura y análisis de testamentos otorgados por la "gente de color" que habitaba la ciudad de Buenos Aires hacia fines de la época colonial y principios del lapso independiente; esta eficaz fuente, no siempre tenida en cuenta por los investigadores de la institución esclavista, nos ilustra sobre una variedad de aspectos (socio-económicos, demográficos, culturales, religiosos) atinentes al grupo, al punto de convertirse en un venero sumamente fecundo para intentar estudios como el que nos ocupa. A través del mismo se verá que los testadores morenos y pardos, aunque numéricamente representan sólo una parte de la comunidad afroporteña, son aquellos que lograron una mejor adaptación a la sociedad en la cual estaban inmersos, aunque tibiamente integrados, admitiendo sin renuencias las pautas culturales que la misma determinaba.

Financial bills and receipts, 1820-1821

This folder contains six bills and receipts.

Letter from Francis Dana to Samuel Langdon, 1780 January 19

This one-page letter from Harvard alumnus Francis Dana (1743-1811; Harvard AB 1762), in Bilbao, Spain, to Harvard President Samuel Langdon concerns the donation of a Spanish book by Dana to the College Library.

Letter from Samuel Williams to John Lowell, 1782 October 14

Two leaves containing a one-and-a-half page letter in the hand of Professor Samuel Williams to John Lowell briefly describing his current financial situation. The second leaf containing the address information is a fragment.

Journal of Charles Coffin and David Gurney, 1781-1785

This diary appears to have been kept by two different students, both members of the Harvard College class of 1785. The first two pages contain entries made by a student named David, believed to be David Gurney because the entries relate to the freshman curriculum and Gurney was the only student named David who was a freshman in 1781. Gurney originally titled the volume "A Journal or Diary of my concerns in College of important matters." He made entries from August 28 through October 21, 1781, recording his lessons on Virgil, Tully, Homer, the Greek Testament, Hebrew grammar, English author John Ash's "Grammar," and a text called "The Art of Speaking." At the top of one of the pages recounting these studies, Gurney wrote in large, bold letters: "About how I misspent my precious time." Charles Coffin's entries begin on October 25, 1781 and fill the bulk of the journal. Coffin kept this diary while a student at Harvard College from 1781 to 1785. Although most of Coffin's entries are written in Latin, an account of his July 1781 examination for admission to the College is in English.

Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Passamaquoddy Bay, Maine and Saint Croix River, Nautical Chart, 1781 (Image 1 of 4) (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the untitled, historic nautical chart: [A chart of the Island of Grand Manan, Passamaquody Bay & River]. The map is [sheet 47] from the Atlantic Neptune atlas Vol. 3 : Charts of the coast and harbors of New England, from surveys taken by Samuel Holland and published by J.F.W. Des Barres, 1781. Scale [ca. 1:50,000]. This layer is image 1 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, representing the northeast portion of the map. Covers coastline from Blacks Harbour to Haggertys Cove, New Brunswick, Canada and portion of Bay of Fundy. The image is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'World Mercator' (WGS 84) projected coordinate system. All map collar information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows coastal features such as harbors, inlets, rocks, channels, points, coves, shoals, islands, and more. Includes also selected land features such as cities and towns, buildings. Depths shown by soundings. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection. The entire Atlantic Neptune atlas Vol. 3 : Charts of the coast and harbors of New England has been scanned and georeferenced as part of this selection.

Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Passamaquoddy Bay, Maine and Saint Croix River, Nautical Chart, 1781 (Image 2 of 4) (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the untitled, historic nautical chart: [A chart of the Island of Grand Manan, Passamaquody Bay & River]. The map is [sheet 48] from the Atlantic Neptune atlas Vol. 3 : Charts of the coast and harbors of New England, from surveys taken by Samuel Holland and published by J.F.W. Des Barres, 1781. Scale [ca. 1:50,000]. This layer is image 2 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, representing the southeast portion of the map. Covers portin of the coastline of Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada and Bay of Fundy. The image is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'World Mercator' (WGS 84) projected coordinate system. All map collar information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows coastal features such as harbors, inlets, rocks, channels, points, coves, shoals, islands, and more. Includes also selected land features such as cities and towns, buildings. Depths shown by soundings. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection. The entire Atlantic Neptune atlas Vol. 3 : Charts of the coast and harbors of New England has been scanned and georeferenced as part of this selection.

Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Passamaquoddy Bay, Maine and Saint Croix River, Nautical Chart, 1781 (Image 3 of 4) (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the untitled, historic nautical chart: [A chart of the Island of Grand Manan, Passamaquody Bay & River]. The map is [sheet 49] from the Atlantic Neptune atlas Vol. 3 : Charts of the coast and harbors of New England, from surveys taken by Samuel Holland and published by J.F.W. Des Barres, 1781. Scale [ca. 1:50,000]. This layer is image 3 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, representing the southwest portion of the map. Covers portions of the coastline of Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada, coast of northern Maine, and Bay of Fundy. The image is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'World Mercator' (WGS 84) projected coordinate system. All map collar information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows coastal features such as harbors, inlets, rocks, channels, points, coves, shoals, islands, and more. Includes also selected land features such as cities and towns, buildings. Depths shown by soundings. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection. The entire Atlantic Neptune atlas Vol. 3 : Charts of the coast and harbors of New England has been scanned and georeferenced as part of this selection.