Letter from Samuel Willard, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Sophronia Willard, Lancaster, Massachusetts, October 18, 1805

Willard describes his current job working at Harvard, where he is paid “to keep order in one of the buildings.” He mentions that he can attend medical lectures free of charge, and refers to a preacher, Mr. Parker, a former classmate of Willard’s. He explains that he is currently with his brother Solomon, who is ill, and that he is living in the College House, where he resided his first year of school.

Letter from Samuel Willard, Exeter, New Hampshire, to William Willard and Katherine Willard, Petersham, Massachusetts, November 25, 1805

Willard describes his usual daily routines relating to teaching at Philips Academy and his plans to leave Exeter.

Letter from Francis Sales to Dominique-Francois Arago, 1849 October 1

Three-and-a-half page handwritten copy of a letter in French from Francis Sales to Francois Arago on two folio-sized leaves. The letter begins with a short sketch of Sales's life and appears to be written to Arago in relation to his role as a political leader in the French Republic.

Letter from John Ames to Samuel Shuttleworth (fragment), 1822 July 22

Fragments of a one-page handwritten letter from John Ames (1793-1833) in Dedham to his uncle, Samuel Shuttleworth in Windsor, Vermont. The fragments contain some incomplete lines of text, including a note of the church attendance of "Aunt Ames."

Letter from Lemuel Shaw to Susanna Shaw, January 3, 1797

This single page handwritten letter was sent from Lemuel Shaw to his mother, Susanna, during his freshman year at Harvard. In the letter, he requested that his mother wash and return his dirty laundry and send him clothes, including a pair of overalls, some neck-handkerchiefs, and a new hat. Shaw also asked for money to be sent to pay off his debt of $21.25 to Mr. Richard Hunnewell for board and rent, $18.93 for the previous quarter’s bill, and $1.15 for Mr. Timothy Alden, the College Butler.

Fourth International conference of American states. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a letter from the secretary of state inclosing a report, with accompanying papers, relative to the fourth International conference of American states, held at Buenos Aires from July 12 to August 30, 1910 ...

Henry White, chairman of the delegation.

History of hosiery, from the piloi of ancient Greece to the nylons of modern America.

Mode of access: Internet.

A study of alternative methods for controlling marketings of burley tobacco. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture transmitting a report on the study of the various methods of marketing control which have been or could be made applicable to burley tobacco, pursuant to Public law 96, 84th Congress, November 2, 1955.

At head of title: Committee print.

Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting pursuant to section 1 of the River and harbor act approved January 21, 1927, and section 10 of the Flood control act approved May 15, 1928, a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated August 14, 1935, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, containing a general plan for the improvement of the Ohio River for the purposes of navigation and efficient development of its water power, the control of floods, and the needs of irrigation.

"Report of the Board of engineers for rivers and harbors": p. 7-19.

Narrative of the expedition which sailed from England in 1817 to join the South American patriots ...

Hackett went out as lieutenant in Col. J.A. Gilmore's Artillery brigade, which was disbanded before reaching South America. The writer did not see any actual service, but his Narrative gives account of several British expeditions of 1817.

The birds of America, from drawings made in the United States and their territories /

Includes index.

Narrative of the expedition which sailed from England in 1817, to join the South American patriots : comprising every particular connected with its formation, history, and fate; with observations and authentic information elucidating the real character of the contest, mode of warfare, state of the armies, etc. /

Hackett went out as lieutenant in Col. J. A. Gilmore's Artillery brigade, which was disbanded before reaching South America. The writer did not see any actual service, but his Narrative gives account of several British expeditions of 1817

Saginaw River, Michigan; letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers ... submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on a review of reports on Saginaw River, Mich., with a view to determining the feasibility of improving Saginaw River or its tributaries for flood control and other purposes ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Waters of the Rio Grande and its tributaries. Letter from the secretary of the interior, transmitting, by direction of the President, orders and regulations of the Interior department touching use, appropriation, or disposition for irrigation of the waters of the Rio Grande and its tributaries in Colorado and New Mexico ...

Fund for reclamation of arid lands. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Board of army engineers in relation to the reclamation fund. int from House doc. no. 1262, Sixty-first Congress, third session>: p. 1-197.

A letter from a subscriber to the York lunatic asylum to the governors of that charity ...

An answer to William Mason's Animadversions.