El ensayo inédito sobre la vacuna de Ignacio María Ruiz de Luzuriaga (1763-1822)

El contenido del conjunto documental conocido como «Papeles sobre la vacuna» archivado en la Real Academia Nacional de Medicina y generado por Ignacio María Ruiz de Luzuriaga (1763-1822) no ha sido estudiado hasta la fecha de forma exhaustiva. Como parte de una amplia investigación sobre estos manuscritos se describe el hallazgo de un texto inédito producido en 1801 por Ruiz de Luzuriaga que, con forma de ensayo, pretendía recopilar los conocimientos sobre el método vacunal sugerido por Edward Jenner durante los inicios de su introducción en España. Su objetivo era establecer un corpus científico y académico sobre la vacuna que facilitara su comprensión, asimilación y buena práctica entre los vacunadores españoles. El texto, contenido en el volumen 3 de los «Papeles», fue consecutivo a otros dos inmediatamente anteriores, la «Carta a D. Luis» y el «Informe imparcial sobre la vacuna». Este estudio analiza el origen y destinatarios de los tres textos, revelando la identidad de «D. Luis» y describiendo los contenidos del «Ensayo», documento hasta ahora desconocido y en el que destaca por su valor historiográfico la primera traducción al español del «Inquiry» de Jenner, realizada por Ruiz de Luzuriaga.

Receipt signed by Hull Abbot, 1763 January 1

Handwritten receipt signed by Hull Abbot acknowledging payment by John Sale Jr. of scholarship funds for use by Abbot's son Thomas Abbot (Harvard AB 1764).

[Admittatur of Benjamin Dolbeare (Harvard AB 1763)], 1760

Notebook with a handwritten copy of the 1734 College laws and additional laws approved by the Corporation between 1756 and 1760 in English prepared by Harvard undergraduate Benjamin Dolbeare and signed by President Edward Holyoke, Tutors Belcher Hancock and Thomas Marsh, and William Kneeland and Josephus Jackson on January 12, 1760.

Oratio salutatoria et oratio valedictoria, ca. 1763

Undated and unattributed handwritten Latin salutatory and valedictory orations composed for the Harvard College Commencement. A modern note with the materials suggests Nathaniel Sparhawk (Harvard AB 1765) as the author, but the author was more likely Joseph Hooper (Harvard AB 1763), who delivered the orations for the 1763 Harvard Commencement. While the documents are undated, textual clues include mention of the command of George III in recent war against France and Spain, suggesting the speech was written soon after the Treaty of Paris which was signed in February 1763 to end the Seven Years' War. The speech also celebrates Harvard Tutor William Kneeland, who resigned from his position in July 1763, and mentions the illness of Professor Edward Wigglesworth (who died before the 1765 Commencement). The text also mentions Professor John Winthrop and Massachusetts Governor Francis Bernard.

Power of attorney for Thomas Whippo, 1798 October 10

A handwritten translation of a power of attorney, on two folio-sized leaves, certified by Francis Sales and dated October 10, 1798. The power of attorney authorizes Isaac Whippo, an American citizen living in Bordeaux, France to act as the attorney general and special for his brother, Thomas Whippo, also an American citizen and captain of the ship the Ganges of New York. The power of attorney was created in the Office of Gabriel Duprat in Bordeaux, with William Henry Vernon translating for Thomas Whippo and was notarized by Joseph Fenwick, Consol of the United States of America on April 14, 1798.

Letters from Timothy Pickering to his brother and father, 1797-1798

These two handwritten letters by Timothy Pickering were written on February 14, 1797 and June 14, 1798 to his brother John Pickering and his father Timothy Pickering, respectively. The letter to his brother, John, discusses mutual friends, classmate Thomas Lee, and John’s recent attendance at a sermon by Dr. Joseph Priestley. The letter from Timothy to his father includes a discussion of Timothy’s expenses and the amount of money needed to pay his debts, a request for new shoes for commencement, the news of Timothy’s invitation to join honor society Phi Beta Kappa, and a few comments on his forensics course at Harvard.

Presidents of the Royal Academy: Sir E.J. Poynter, Sir J.E. Millais, Lord Leighton.

Originaly issued separately as Art annuals for 1884, 1885, and 1897.

Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, during the time of Lord Chancellor Sugden. 1843-1844.

Includes index.

Records relating to the early history of Boston ...

Editors: 1876-1890, W. H. Whitmore and W. S. Appleton, record commissioners; 1893-1896, W. H. Whitmore, city registrar; 1894, W. S. Appleton; 1898, E. W. McGlenen; 1900-1909, E. W. McGlenen, city registrar; 1903 (v. 32) W. H. Whitmore, W. K. Watkins, and E. W. McGlenen.

Magnalia Christi americana, or, The ecclesiastical history of New-England : from its first planting, in the year 1620, unto the year of Our Lord 1698. In seven books /

Each book has special t.-p.

Memoir of the life of the Right Honourable Charles Lord Sydenham, G.C.B., with a narrative of his administration in Canada.

Mode of access: Internet.

The diary and correspondence of Charles Abbot, Lord Colchester, Speaker of the House of Commons, 1802-1817;

Mode of access: Internet.

Letters to the Right Honourable Lord Hawkesbury, and to the Right Honourable Henry Addington, on the peace with Buonaparté, to which is added an appendix ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Memoranda of my life from 1798 to 1859 inclusive;

Errata slip inserted.

Relacion de la embaxada del Lord Macartney a la China en 1792, 93 y 94: contiene las diversas particularidades de esta embaxada, la descripcion de las costumbres, y los usos de lo interior del pais /

MTSD 11-1.