Letters from William Tudor to John Thornton Kirkland,

Three letters, one in which Tudor suggests persuading the Episcopal Church to send a bishop to reside in Cambridge and establish a divinity professorship as a means to attract students from other states who are wary of Unitarianism. Tudor also makes inquiries regarding the title of Doctor for a Reverend Chaplin and asks about college records of James Otis.

Letter from John Cooper to William Tudor,

One letter regarding the death of Tudor’s father and the acreage of his estate.

Letter from John Lowell to William Tudor,

One letter regarding a report from Tudor’s brother, Frederic, on piracy, and Lowell’s thoughts on the North American Review and domestic politics.

Letter from John Pickering to William Tudor,

One letter explaining his decision to decline membership in the Anthology Society, critiquing Rees’s Cyclopaedia, and discussing the North American Review.

Letters from John Vaughan to William Tudor,

Three letters regarding James Otis correspondence in the John Dickinson papers, and an American Philosophical Society publication Vaughan was sending to the Boston Athenaeum library.

Letter from John Collins Warren to William Tudor,

One letter inviting Tudor to his wedding to Susan Powell Mason, daughter of their mutual friend, Jonathan Mason.

Collection of Harvard College quarter bill and butler's bills sent to Charles Davis, 1793-1796

This collection consists of one quarter bill and three butler's bills, all sent to Charles Davis while he was an undergraduate at Harvard College. The quarter bill is from August 1795 and the butler's bills are from February and November 1793 and July 1796. John Pipon and Timothy Alden were the butlers at this time, and Caleb Gannett was the steward (responsible for the quarter bill).

Letters to Ebenezer Hancock from his mother, Mary Perkins, and his stepfather, Daniel Perkins, 1758 June 27 and 1758 November 16

These two letters were written to Ebenezer Hancock while he was an undergraduate at Harvard College. His stepfather, Daniel Perkins, wrote on June 27, 1758 and his mother, Mary Perkins, wrote on November 16, 1758. Both letters were sent from Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where the Perkins lived. The letters contain general greetings and wishes for Hancock's well being, as well as parental advice regarding his behavior and comportment.

Account book : manuscript, 1793-1869

Account of cash paid out to various people.

The fighting bishop, John Strachan, first bishop of Toronto; and other essays in his times.

The fighting bishop.--The remarkable battle on Lake Erie.--The fight at Chateauguay.--Sir Francis Bond Head and the rebellion of '37.

The correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe, with allied documents relating to his administration of the government of Upper Canada.

On cover: The Simcoe papers.

Caracas diary, 1835-1840; the journal of John G. A. Williamson, first diplomatic representative to the United States to Venezuela.

Bibliography: p. [424]-434.

A voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793 : containing a general view of the valuable productions and the political importance of this flourishing kingdom, and also of such European settlements as were visited on the voyage: with sketches of the manners, character, and condition of their several inhabitants : To which is annexed an account of a journey, made in the years 1801 and 1802, to the residence of the chief of the Booshuana nationa, being the remotest point in the interior of southern Africa to which Europeans have hitherto penetrated ... /

An account of a journey to Leetakoo, the residence of the chief of the booshuana nation ... : the facts and descriptions taken from a manuscript journal : p. 361-437.

Reports of adjudged cases in the Court of Common Pleas. During the time Lord Chief Justice Willes presided in that court [1737-1758]; together with some few cases of the same period determined in the House of Lords, Court of Chancery, and Exchequer Chamber.

Includes index.

Three generations of English women. Memoirs and correspondence of Mrs. John Taylor, Mrs. Sarah Austin, and Lady Duff Gordon.

Mode of access: Internet.