Letter from Nichols & Pierce to William Tudor,

One letter granting Tudor power of attorney for the firm.

Letters from Z.W. Nixon to William Tudor,

Four letters regarding the legal and financial aspects involving the Chanca silver mine and its stakeholders, Tudor, McCall, Maling, and Prevost, and a copy of a letter from Nixon to Prevost. Nixon additionally comments on domestic news, including the renaming of the U.S.S. Susquehanna as the U.S.S. Brandywine by John Quincy Adams in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette. The ship conveyed Lafayette back to France after his tour of the United States. Nixon also mentions Charles Stewart and his court martial.

Letter from O.P. Osterling to William Tudor,

One letter regarding payment of a balance by a Mendoza, possibly related to the Chanca silver mine.

Letters from Felix Oyarzabal to William Tudor,

Two letters referring to B. Llaveria, the agent associated with Tudor and the Chanca silver mine. In Spanish.

Letters from Jacinto Pacheco to William Tudor,

Three letters regarding the Chanca silver mine. In Spanish.

Letter from Rosa Ramirez de Parizo to William Tudor,

Copy of a letter, certified by Tudor, from Parizo in answer to Tudor’s inquiries relative to Madrid. In Spanish.

Letter from Jonas Rushforth to William Tudor,

One letter requesting news of his son-in-law, who sailed with Charles Stewart and had not returned.

Letter from Francis Sales to William Tudor,

One letter regarding the travel and activities of Peruvian politician Manuel Lorenzo de Vidaurre, including an including an excerpt of correspondence from Vidaurre in French.

Letter from Leverett Saltonstall to William Tudor,

One letter of introduction for his brother-in-law, George Saunders.

Letter from E. Smith to William Tudor,

One letter seeking Tudor’s assistance in locating a man, with whom Smith was having a financial dispute, who was traveling to Lima.

Letter from J.M. Southgate to William Tudor,

One letter requesting Tudor’s assistance with a financial transaction.

Letter from Henry Waddington, Jr., to William Tudor,

One letter requesting assistance with sending a sick American citizen back to the United States.

Letter from John White Webster to William Tudor,

Two letters thanking Tudor for sending Peruvian mineral specimens to Harvard and requesting he send additional mineral and fossils, as well as reports on other "natural phenomena" for publication.

Letter from Mr. Wheelwright to William Tudor,

Letter enclosed with correspondence to Tudor from the United States.

III. Research materials used in William C. Lane's article, "Early Silver Belonging to Harvard College," [1923]

This folder contains transcriptions of archival materials used in Lane's research for the article, published by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts in 1923. Included are two letters from the papers of Harvard President Jared Sparks (1849-1853) regarding the christening basin and the role of the College steward in the care of the silver collection; and a 1781 inventory (see also in folder 7) and 1829 Corporation vote excerpted from College records. There are also two notes containing citations.