Broadside advertising a Real Estate Auction in the Village of Niagara Falls [New York], July, 1836.

Benjamin Rathburn (1790-1873) was a builder, banker and hotel-keeper who was well-known for his work in the development and expansion of Buffalo in the 1830s. He also conducted business in the Village of Niagara Falls. He purchased large tracts of land (largely on credit) with the intent to sell the land at a profit. However, the sales did not meet his expectations and Rathburn found himself over-extended on credit, ultimately leading to his financial ruin. Jesse P. Haines (1793-1877) was an American cartographer who is credited with mapping the Villages of Lockport and Niagara Falls, New York.

City of Hamilton land abstracts (lots 93-203), 1865

An abstract of title for multiple lots in Peter H. Hamilton’s survey, south of Hunter Street, in the City of Hamilton. The lots involved range from lots 93-203 (non-inclusive). The document is dated November 10, 1865. The entries are dated from 1798 to 1865 and include the grantor, grantee, lands and instrument. The name Geo. S. Papps, Esq. appears centred at the top of the page. The document is signed at the bottom by John H. Greer, Registrar. A note on the reverse side of the document reads “Re Angus Abstract”.

Plan of part of the lands of the Six Nations Indians, January 26, 1833

A plan of part of the lands of the Six Nations Indians, dated January 26, 1833. A note on the plan reads “Part of the lands of the Six Nations Indians as surveyed by order of their Superintendent, John Brant, Esq. Dated at the Mohawk Village, the 29th day of April, 1831. Part of which was returned to the office of the Honourable, the Commissior of Crown Lands, on the 31st Oct. 1831, and now rendered more complete by a continuation of the survey under the same order in 1832, and by information obtained from private practice not connected with my official instructions all of which is most respectfully submitted to the inspection and for the information of His Majesty’s Government by Lewis Burwell, Surveyor”. The map shows the early loyalist land holdings in the Brantford area.

Català als salons Éclairés [Ressenya del llibre Partinuples: précis sur la romance catalane; Histoire du vaillant chevalier Tirant le Blanc: facsímils d'unes desconegudes impressions franceses de 1779 i 1783]

Ressenya del llibre Partinuples: précis sur la romance catalane; Histoire du vaillant chevalier Tirant le Blanc: facsímils d'unes desconegudes impressions franceses de 1779 i 1783. L’obra és un compendi sobre la llengua i la literatura catalanes i un resum del Tirant lo Blanc

A formação inicial de professores de matemática em atividades investigativas durante o estágio

A investigação em foco aconteceu no âmbito da formação inicial de professores de Matemática. Houve inserção de licenciandos no contexto da pesquisa. Nesse sentido, conjugaram-se estágio supervisionado e práticas de pesquisa. Os graduandos analisados eram estudantes da disciplina Estágio Supervisionado IV (voltada para o magistério de nível médio) da Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA). Nos encontros de planejamento – durante o semestre letivo anterior, mais especificamente no transcorrer da disciplina Estágio Supervisionado III –, aconteceram discussões acerca da figura do professor pesquisador e a propósito da elaboração de projetos de pesquisa, além de explanações, por especialistas convidados, sobre os seguintes assuntos: (i) tendências em Educação Matemática; (ii) avaliação docente; (iii) didática da Matemática e (iv) projetos de “investigação em aula”. Tais explanações constituíram-se em fontes de auxílio e de motivação para os licenciandos, não em imposições de assuntos a investigar. Eles foram exortados a fazer leituras em periódicos, em livros, em textos disponíveis na Internet etc., com vistas tanto à aquisição de respaldo para a construção de seus projetos quanto ao ganho de subsídios para – no semestre letivo seguinte – as suas intervenções didático-investigativas. Quanto às atividades na escola-laboratório, os estagiários realizaram, em ambiente onde dispuseram de anuência da comunidade escolar, “pesquisas acerca de sua prática docente”. Por sua vez, o autor desta tese, o qual era professor das disciplinas Estágio Supervisionado III e Estágio Supervisionado IV, portanto orientador dos estagiários, analisou as pesquisas realizadas por eles. Mais especificamente, o autor buscou responder [através da análise qualitativa de: (i) diálogos; (ii) relatos orais; (iii) entrevistas semiestruturadas; (iv) observações/percepções; (v) relatórios (escritos) de pesquisa elaborados pelos estagiários; e (vi) respostas dos estagiários a questionários semiabertos] à seguinte pergunta: “que aspectos das práticas de investigação repercutem na constituição da identidade de professores de Matemática em formação inicial?”. Estágio supervisionado, Pesquisa docente & Identidade do (futuro) professor de Matemática denotaram, em uma perspectiva complexa, elementos centrais neste trabalho. O objetivo foi “investigar a constituição da identidade de professores de Matemática em formação inicial na realização de atividades investigativas durante o estágio supervisionado”. Concluiu-se, por ocasião da fase prática deste trabalho doutoral, que “houve repercussão de aspectos das práticas de investigação tanto na constituição da dimensão particular ou individual quanto na constituição da dimensão geral, formal ou conceitual da identidade profissional de cada sujeito/estagiário analisado”.

Diary of John Page, 1757-1781

Manuscript volume. The first thirty-nine pages include diary entries from Page's years as an undergraduate student at Harvard College. Dated July 1757 through March 1761, entries includes short notes about daily activities. Topics covered include expenses, academics, clothing, and travel to and from Cambridge. Twenty-two pages covering 1764 through 1781 contain brief listings of items, generally foodstuffs, received from male and female Danville parishioners identified by name in Danville. The final twenty-six pages contain notes listing area deaths, as well as his own thoughts on topics such as "of light" and "jealousy." The concluding pages include rules "Concerning Grammar."

A catalogue of books [donated by Jasper Mauduit] in the library of Harvard College [at]: Cambridge in New England, 1765

This leatherbound volume lists books donated to the Harvard College Library by Jasper Mauduit, who served as an agent in London on behalf of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay. Entries are arranged alphabetically and by format; i.e. the first page lists all folios whose author, title, or keyword begin with "A," the next page lists all quartos beginning with "A," and the following page lists all "octavo &ca" volumes beginning with "A." The volume continues in a similar manner for each letter of the alphabet. Following a devastating fire in 1764 which destroyed most of the books in the Harvard College Library, Mauduit donated books, as well as money for the purchase of books, to the College. He also acted as an agent of the Society for Propagating the Gospel in New England and Parts Adjacent, using the £300 they donated for the rebuilding of the College library to select and purchase a large number of books. It is not known if the books listed in this catalog are those donated by Mauduit himself, or if they are the donations he purchased on behalf of the Society. The creator of this volume is unknown; although all entries are made in the same hand, the identity of the writer has not been determined. The label attached to the front cover, which refers to the Lime Street address of Mauduit's business in London, suggests that the list might have been prepared by Mauduit himself.

Library catalogue notes of Isaac Smith, ca. 1789

Thirteen slips of paper with fragments of handwritten alphabetical lists created by Isaac Smith presumably in his capacity as Harvard Librarian. Most of the entries are surnames or single-word subjects. For example, one slip with "M" entries includes: milway, miracles, miraculous, Mitchell, and Mitchell. Some of the lists have struck-through words or have entries annotated with numbers and the abbreviations "o" and "bk." The verso of one leaf has a brief, undated note regarding the transfer of books between Mr. Hilliard and Mr. Smith.

Resolution of the committee concerning the way through Rogers's farm, 1762 February 27

One octavo-sized leaf containing a one-page handwritten draft of a resolution by a Harvard Corporation Committee appointed to "lay out an High Way thro' Rogers's Farm & determine about the Cost of the Sd way & the making the fences to enclose it." The resolution permits the town of Waltham to lay a highway on the farm's property as long as it is enclosed by a stone wall.

Diary of Henry Flynt, 1723-1747

This diary, effectively a commonplace book, documents Flynt's daily activities and personal reflections from 1723 to 1747. Many entries concern his dealings with family members, business associates, acquaintances, ministers, and political officials. The diary includes a list of books Flynt loaned to others from 1723 to 1743 and detailed financial entries from 1724 to 1747. These entries provide information about the costs of goods and services, as well as Flynt's consumption habits; they detail where he traveled, what he ate and drank (including, apparently, many pounds of almonds), what he read, and many other aspects of daily life. The diary also contains entries related to Flynt's land holdings and other investments, as well as copies of meeting minutes from several sessions of the Harvard Board of Overseers.

Mr. Vaughan's case, March 2, 1724

Opinion (or brief or judgement?) delivered in a case involving a claim by the Colony of New Hampshire to a proprietory right in a ferry running between Portsmouth and Kittery (then in Massachusetts) on the Piscataqua River. The ferry was started in 1684 by John Woodman and conveyed by franchise to Colonel Vaughan by Governor Dudley in 1708. Vaughan died in 1724 and the patent passed to his estate. The town of Portsmouth laid claim to the ferry. Read concluded that this action was not well founded since the ferry is not being operated by possession but by franchise and that, furthermore, New Hampshire does not have complete power over the ferry because Massachusetts has power of franchise on the Kittery end of its route.