Papers of William Merchant Richardson, 1797-1806

The collection contains a four-page handwritten poem titled "Invention" composed by graduate William Richardson for the 1797 Harvard College Commencement, and an 1806 letter of introduction written by Richardson. The rhyming poem begins, “Long had creations anthem peal been rung…” and contains classical references, and mentions scientists and philosophers including Voltaire, Franklin and Newton. The poem is accompanied by a one-page handwritten letter of introduction for lawyer Benjamin Ames (Harvard AB 1803) written by William M. Richardson to Reverend William Jenks (Harvard AB 1797). The letter is dated November 10, 1806.

The Huth library. A catalogue of the printed books, manuscripts, autograph letters, and engravings,

"The ... varied collection was especially rich in voyages, Shakespearean and early English literature and in early Spanish and German works. The Bibles ... included nearly every edition especially prized by collectors, and the manuscripts and prints were among the most beautiful of their kind."--Dict. nat. biog.

The speeches of the Right Honorable William Huskisson, with a biographical memoir, supplied to the editor from authentic sources...

Mode of access: Internet.

The poems of Thomas Carew, sewer in ordinary to Charles I. and a gentleman of his privy chamber. Now first collected and edited with notes from the former editions and new notes and a memoir by W. Carew Hazlitt. The text formed from a collation of all the old printed copies and many early mss.

Bibliography: p. ix-xvii.

Address delivered before the Columbian Society, at Marblehead, on their sixth anniversary, January 8, 1830.

Mode of access: Internet.

The history of civilization : from the fall of the Roman empire to the French revolution /

Translation of : Cours d'histoire moderne. Pt. 1.

The history of civilization from the fall of the Roman empire to the French revolution.

Translation of Cours d'histoire moderne. Pt. 1.

The whole works of William Browne ...

With reproductions of original title-pages.

William Austin : the creator of Peter Rugg : being a biographical sketch of William Austin : together with the best of his short stories /

"Bibliography and list of references in the notes": p. 321-328.

Composite Photographs - Woodruff Family of St. Davids, Upper Canada

Composite of the Woodruff Family of St. Davids, Upper Canada. This composite contains 6 4 ½ cm x 4 cm black and white photographs which include: Samuel DeVeaux Woodruff (1819-1904) [the birth and death dates listed on this composite are 1827-1912, but these are actually his wife’s dates] son of William Woodruff. Joseph Woodruff (1820-1882) [1820-1886] son of William Woodruff. Helena Woodruff (1828-1892) daughter of William Woodruff. Julia Woodruff (1825-1870) daughter of William Woodruff. Dr. William Woodruff (1830-1908) son of William Woodruff. Margaret Clements [Clement] Woodruff (1794-1882) wife of William Woodruff

Letters from Benjamin Welles to John Henry Tudor, 1799-1801

Benjamin Welles wrote these six letters to his friend and classmate, John Henry Tudor, between 1799 and 1801. Four of the letters are dated, and the dates of the other two can be deduced from their contents. Welles wrote Tudor four times in September 1799, at the onset of their senior year at Harvard, in an attempt to clear up hurt feelings and false rumors that he believed had caused a chill in their friendship. The cause of the rift is never fully explained, though Welles alludes to "a viper" and "villainous hypocrite" who apparently spread rumors and fueled discord between the two friends. In one letter, Welles asserts that "College is a rascal's Elysium - or the feeling man's hell." In another he writes: "College, Tudor, is a furnace to the phlegmatic, & a Greenland to thee feeling man; it has an atmosphere which breathes contagion to the soul [...] Villains fatten here. College is the embryo of hell." Whatever their discord, the wounds were apparently eventually healed; in a letter written June 26, 1800, Welles writes to ask Tudor about his impending speech at Commencement exercises. In an October 29, 1801 letter, Welles writes to Tudor in Philadelphia (where he appears to have traveled in attempts to recover his failing health) and expresses strong wishes for his friend's recovery and return to Boston. This letter also contains news of their classmate Washington Allston's meeting with painters Henry Fuseli and Benjamin West.

Atheniensia, or Remarks on the topography and buildings of Athens.

Mode of access: Internet.

The annals : books I.-VI. /

"The text of this volume is based upon that of Halm's fourth edition of Tacitus (Leipsic, 1882)"--Pref.

The annals : books I.-VI. /

"The text of this volume is based upon that of Halm's fourth edition of Tacitus (Leipsic, 1882)"--Pref.