Suggested subjects, [1819]

One slip of paper containing handwritten subjects in an unidentified hand. The verso contains a June 16, 1819 note from President Kirkland to the Harvard Librarian.

Commencement subjects, 1828

A handwritten list of some of the subjects included in the Harvard Commencement of 1828.

Suggested questions and subjects, ca. 1820s

This folder contains thirteen undated and unattributed subjects and questions suggested for Harvard Commencement and exhibitions on paper approximately 5" x 8" in size. The documents are in various hands.

Suggested questions and subjects, ca. 1820s

This folder contains ten undated and unattributed subjects and questions suggested for Harvard Commencement and exhibitions on paper approximately 7" x 8" in size. The documents are in various hands.

Suggested questions and subjects, ca. 1820s

This folder contains thirteen undated and unattributed subjects and questions suggested for Harvard Commencement and exhibitions on paper approximately 8" x 10" in size. The documents are in various hands.

Notebook on geography, navigation, mensuration, and other subjects, ca. 1723-1743

This heavily illustrated notebook contains entries on the following topics, among others: geography; mensuration; navigation and the history of navigation; "the use of Gunter's Scale in plain sailing;" compasses; quadrants and their use; "the refraction of the stars observed by the famous Tycho Brahe;" the latitude and longitude of coasts in America, Europe, and Africa; oceans and islands; mountains and "burning mountains" (volcanoes); rivers and lakes; forests and deserts; maps and sea charts; and the uses of geometry and other measurements by carpenters, joiners, painters, glaziers, masons, and bricklayers. Many pages contain navigational problems and their detailed solutions, as well as chronologies of global exploration and lists of all known rivers, mountains, and other geographic features across the world, many with vivid descriptions. The last pages of the notebook contain entries made in December of 1743 regarding celestial measurements Prince took in Stratford, Connecticut, where he was staying with his brother.

Rare and remarkable animals of Scotland, represented from living subjects: with practical observations on their nature. By Sir John Graham Dalyell, baronet ...

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The works of John Witherspoon : containing essays, sermons, &c., on important subjects ... together with his lectures on moral philosophy eloquence and divinity, his speeches in the American Congress, and many other valuable pieces, never before published in this country.

Mode of access: Internet.

Correspondence relative to the alleged ill-treatment of German subjects captured in the Cameroons.

Mode of access: Internet.

A catalogue of an extensive collection of books in English and foreign theology; arranged alphabetically, with a classified index of subjects ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Report of Messrs. Owyang King and Arthur Bassett, representatives of His Excellency, Minister Chang Yin Tang in an investigation made in conjunction with licenciado Antonio Ramos Pedrueza, representative of His Excellency, Francisco L. de la Barra, President of Mexico, of the facts relating to the massacre of Chinese subjects at Torreón on the 15th of May, 1911 ...

"English & Spanish."

Memorandum on the law and the facts in the matter of the claim of China against Mexico for losses of life and property suffered by Chinese subjects at Torreón on May 13, 14, and 15, 1911.

"English & Spanish."