Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1811 March 29

Two folio-sized leaves containing a one-and-a-half-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley briefly describing a painting of General William Pepperrell, and mentioning Mrs. Dunlap, the mother of Andrew Dunlap (Harvard AB 1813) and thoughts regarding the display of a print.

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1815 March 16

Two octavo-sized leaves containing a brief half-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley to accompany the deliver of a "small parcel of Irish Farthings."

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1815 April 16

One folio-sized leaf containing a brief half-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley requesting time to visit with Hannah Crowninshield during the summer.

Letter from W. D. Peck to William Bentley, 1815 March 2

Two leaves containing a two-page handwritten letter from Peck to Bentley identifying and describing the fish species Ophidium as the specimen in a drawing by a young woman described by Peck alternately as Bentley's "daughter" and "Miss C." Bentley had no children, and Peck is presumably referring to Hannah Crowninshield, Bentley's pupil.