Letter from Daniel Upton to James Savage, 1799 September 29

Daniel Upton wrote this letter from Machias, Maine on September 29, 1799; it is addressed to James Savage, who was then a freshman at Harvard College. In the letter, Upton advises Savage to study ardently, avoiding the temptation to procrastinate. He thanks Savage for having sent him a copy of "Mr. Lowell's oration" and sends greetings to a Mr. Holbrook and Mr. Jones. He also passes along the fond wishes of those in Machias who know Savage, including John Cooper and his wife, Phineas Bruce and his wife, and Hannah Bruce (Upton's future wife). Upton explains that he is writing the letter in a hurry because he is sending it on board with Captain Merryman, who is about to set sail, presumably for Boston.

Letter from William Winthrop to William Bentley, 1801 January 14

Two leaves with a two-page handwritten letter from William Winthrop to Bentley discussing biographical questions about Harvard alumni Joseph Browne (AB 1666), James Bayley (AB 1669), and Joseph Gerrish (AB 1700).

Letter from James Walker to Francis Sales, 1852 January 30

One-page handwritten letter from James Walker, in his capacity as a member of the Harvard Corporation, responding to Sales's letter of resignation due to health problems.

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.

A history of Ireland from the earliest account to the accomplishment of the union with Great Britain in 1801.

Mode of access: Internet.

Histoire d'un voyage aux isles Malouines, fait en 1763 & 1764 avec des observations sur le Detroit de Magellan, et sur les Patagons /

Relato de la expedición francesa bajo la dirección de Louis-Antoine de Bougainville para colonizar las islas Malvinas (o Falklands)

New letters and memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle; annotated by Thomas Carlyle and ed. by Alexander Carlyle, with an introduction by Sir James Crichton-Browne ... with sixteen illustrations.

Mode of access: Internet.

The statute law of Kentucky; with notes, prælections, and observations on the public acts. Comprehending also, the laws of Virginia and acts of Parliament in force in this commonwealth; the charter of Virginia, the federal and state constitutions, and so much of the King of England's proclamation in 1763, as relates to the titles to land in Kentucky. Together with a table of reference to the cases adjudicated in the Court of appeals ...

Imprint varies: v. 2-3, Frankfort, (Ken.) Printed for William Hunter, by Johnston & Pleasants. 1810-1811.--v. 4, Frankfort, (Ken.) Printed for William Hunter, by Robert Johnston. 1814.--v. 5, Frankfort, (Ken.) Printed for Butler & Wood. 1819.

The little mountaineers of Auvergne, or, The adventures of James and Georgette.

"Altered from the French, and adapted to the perusal of youth."

American political history, 1763-1876,

"These volumes have been prepared to present in more convenient form for present reference the series of articles on 'American political history,' contributed to Lalor's Cyclopædia of political science, political economy, and political history, by the late Professor Alexander Johnston."--Pref.

Geschichte des Siebenjahrigen krieges in Deutschland von 1756 bis 1763,

Originally published in "Berliner historisches taschenbuch für das jahr 1789" 1788; then in Mannheim, 1788; an enlartged ed. appeared in Ber. 1793, and a cheaper one in 1801.

The American revolution, 1763-1783; being the chapters and passages relating to America from the author's History of England in the eighteenth century,

Mode of access: Internet.

A descriptive poem, addressed to two ladies, at their return from viewing the mines near Whitehaven : to which are added, Some thoughts on building and planting, to Sir James Lowther, of Lowther-Hall, Bart. /

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Statistical survey of the county of Donegal, : with observations on the means of improvement; drawn up in the year 1801, for the consideration, and under the direction of the Dublin Society, /

Mode of access: Internet.