Letters from John Dorr to William Tudor,

Six letters in which Dorr, a Boston agent, seeks Tudor’s help in reversing the condemnation of the ship Esther, and thanks him for his assistance with several cases of wine. One duplicate letter.

Letter from John Johnson to William Tudor,

One letter inquiring about the death of an American citizen in South America.

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.

John Dorr legal documents,

Legal document from Commonwealth of Massachusetts relating to the case between John Dorr and Paschal P. Pope; it empowers Tudor to take the depositions of Eliphalet Smith and Henry D. Tracy, and includes questions by the attorneys for each, Charles Loring (Pope, defendant) and Bradford Summers (Dorr, plaintiff).

Letter from Oliver Wendell to John Thornton Kirkland, 1817

One letter offering Harvard President Kirkland a donation of 100 dollars to acquire a "handsome Christening Cup or Baptismal Basin" for the new College Church, which held services in University Hall.

III. Biographical notes on John Stark, [1810 March]

One leaf containing a page of handwritten biographical notes on Revolutionary War hero General John Stark in Bentley's hand. The note is written on the verso of a short letter from J. Pitcairn regarding a deliver for the "Rev. D. Bently" dated March 2, 1810. The notes were likely copied from the biographical sketch published in the Essex Register May 1, 1810.

[Subscription of funds for John Konkapot,

This folder contains a handwritten contemporary copy of a subscription paper.