Massachusetts register and United States calendar, for the year of our Lord, 1805

Annotated and interleaved almanac in marble-paper hard covers with minimal annotations to the calendar pages, generally "J" and "S." The interleaved pages contain sporadic handwritten entries including brief notes about deaths in the community, Bible citations, ministers whose sermons Pearson attended, and Corporation meetings.

Massachusetts register and United States calendar, for the year of our Lord, 1808

Interleaved almanac in marble-paper covers. The interleaved pages contain sporadic handwritten entries including notes of Trustees meetings in Andover.

Massachusetts register and United States calendar; for the year of our Lord, 1819

Interleaved almanac with hardbound marbled-paper covers. The interleaved page for June 1819 has entries noting travel and a special meeting of the Trustees in Andover.

Annotated almanac, 1789

Almanac interleaved with pages containing household account entries and containing annotations on the calendar pages. Some of the annotations are illegible. The interleaved pages contain entries of baptisms and burials, accounting records and notes of household activities, including entries related to boarders.

A catechism geographical, historicall and chronologicall

Notebook of unlined pages holding a handwritten copy of Tutor Flynt's "Catechism" copied by Harvard student Hull Abbot (1702-1774, Harvard AB 1720). The volume lists questions and accompanying answers on various academic subjects.

A catechism geographicall, historical and chronologicall 1719

Notebook of unlined pages with paper marbled cover holding a handwritten copy of Tutor Flynt's "Catechism" likely copied by Harvard student John Wolcott in 1719. The volume lists questions and accompanying answers on various academic subjects. On the last page, the inscription "John Wolcott [the name is crossed over] his geography, 1719" indicates Wolcott (1702-1747), a member of the Harvard class of 1721, copied the book.

Diary of Thomas Marsh, 1751

Diary kept in an interleaved almanac from 1751. Entries in the diary are brief and sporadic, recording events including travel, visitors, weather, sermons heard, holidays, illnesses and deaths. Occasional expenses are noted, including ones for hay, cider, bottles, shoes, and doctoring. A few dates of college events are noted, including the semi-annual Corporation meeting and Commencement. On the last page is a list of student names, presumably those tutored by Marsh.

Commonplace book of Jonathan Belcher, 1725-1727

This leather-bound volume contains excerpts copied by Jonathan Belcher from books he read while he was a student at Harvard. The excerpts come from a variety of sources including periodicals and contemporary publications. The inside cover has Belcher's bookplate with the motto, "Sustine. Abstine." The back cover has some additional personal information including reference to French lessons with "Mr Law Merciers," and notes of the dates when he began certain books/essays.

El-Okyanus fî tercemeti'l-Kamus

[mütercimi Ahmet Asım].

Tuhfet ül-kibar fi esfar il-bihar

Kâtip Çelebi.

Hâzâ kitab-ı Sefine-yi nefise-yi Mevleviyan

[v. 1. Mevlana soyundan çelebiler]--[v. 2. Mevlevî şeyhleri]--[v. 3. Mevlevî dervişleri]

Hâdikât ül-vüzerâ

With: Zeyl-i Hâdikât ül-vüzerâ / Dilâverağazade Ömer Efendi. [İstanbul]: Ceride-i Havâdis Matbaası, 1271 - Zeyl ül-zeyl / Ahmed Cavid. [İstanbul] : Ceride-i Havâdis Matbaası, 1271 - Bagdadi Abdülfettah Şefkat Efendi'nin zeyli. [İstanbul] : Ceride-i Havâdis Matbaası, 1271.

Aksa'l-ereb fî tercemeti Mukaddimeti'l-edeb

[Maḥmūd ibn ʻUmar Zamakhsharī].

Fetava-yi Ali Efendi ma'an-nukûl

Caption title.

Mukaddime-yi İbn-i Haldun

Translation of: Muqaddimah.