The Porpitidæ and Velellidæ / by Alexander Agassiz.

v.8:no.2 (1883)

"Certificate respecting the Rev. John Seccombe," 1795 August

One leaf (pages 301-302) of the August, 1795 issue of Massachusetts Magazine with an editorial regarding the authorship of Father Abbey's Will. The article identifies John Seccombe as the author based on information provided by "Thaddeus Mason, Esq. of Cambridge, the only surviving classmate, and very intimate friend of the Rev. John Seccombe."

Letter from William Croswell to Dr. Dingley, 1795 July 9

One-page letter from Croswell to Dr. Dingley in New York City, requesting information on teaching opportunities in the area.

Note from William Croswell to Mrs. Crocker, [1795] July 30

Note regarding the return of Mrs. Crocker's books.

Calamocrinus diomedæ : a new stalked crinoid, with notes on the apical system and the homologies of echinoderms / by Alexander Agassiz.

v.17:no.2 (1892)

Acculturation and material culture - George I. Quimby, Curator of Exhibits, Department of Anthropology, and Alexander Spoehr, Curator, Oceanic Ethnology.

v.36:no.6(1951)

Financial bills and receipts, 1795

This folder contains three receipts.

Plan for arranging library catalogues,1795-1800; 1822

This paper notebook contains six pages of financial entries made by Croswell between 1795 and 1800, followed by a bibliographical plan for the arrangement of the Harvard College Library, dated September 1822.

Notes about cases heard as Justice of the Peace, 1784-1795

This small paper-bound notebook contains notes Winthrop made concerning the cases he heard between 1784 and 1795 as a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex County. These notes provide insight into the nature of crimes being committed in Cambridge in the post-Revolutionary period, as well as the names and occupations of those accused and their victims. The cases involved the following individuals, among others: Samuel Bridge, Benjamin Estabrook, Joseph Jeffords, Cato Bordman, John Kidder, Spenser Goddin, Jacob Cromwell, Benjamin Stratton, Mary Flood, Bender Temple, John Willett, Joseph Hartwell, Nathaniel Stratton, Amos Washburn, Francis Moore, Thomas Malone, Thomas Cook, and Amboy Brown. The cases involved a range of offenses, and occasionally Winthrop decided that a case exceeded his jurisdiction and forwarded it to the General Court or the Supreme Judicial Court.

Payment order for Theodore Dehon, 1795 July 1

Handwritten order to John Sale to pay scholarship funds to Theodore Dehon for use by his son Theodore Dehon (Harvard AB 1795), signed by John Clarke, David Tilden, and James Morrill.