Letters from Daniel Bates to William Jenks, May 1795-September 1798

Daniel Bates wrote these five letters to his friend and classmate, William Jenks, between May 1795 and September 1798. In a letter written May 12, 1795, Bates informs Jenks, who was then employed as an usher at Mr. Webb's school, of his studies of Euclid, the meeting of several undergraduate societies, and various sightings of birds, gardens and trees. In a letter written in November 1795 from Princeton, where he was apparently on vacation with the family of classmate Leonard Jarvis, he describes playing the game "break the Pope's neck" and tells Jenks what he was reading (Nicholson, Paley?, and Thompson) and what his friend's father was reading (Mirabeau and Neckar).

Letters from John Hubbard Church to William Jenks, 1795-1798

John Hubbard Church wrote these twelve letters to his friend and classmate William Jenks between 1795 and 1798. Church wrote the letters from Boston, Rutland, Cambridge, and Chatham in Massachusetts and from Somers, Connecticut; they were sent to Jenks in Cambridge and Boston, where for a time he worked as an usher in Mr. Vinall's school and Mr. Webb's school. Church's letters touch on various subjects, ranging from his increased interest in theology and his theological studies under Charles Backus to his seasickness during a sailing voyage to Cape Cod. Church also informs Jenks of what he is reading, including works by John Locke, P. Brydone, James Beattie, John Gillies, Plutarch, and Alexander Pope. He describes his work teaching that children of the Sears family in Chatham, Massachusetts, where he appears to have spent a significant amount of time between 1795 and 1797. Church's letters are at times very personal, and he often expresses great affection for Jenks and their friendship.

Papers of William Merchant Richardson, 1797-1806

The collection contains a four-page handwritten poem titled "Invention" composed by graduate William Richardson for the 1797 Harvard College Commencement, and an 1806 letter of introduction written by Richardson. The rhyming poem begins, “Long had creations anthem peal been rung…” and contains classical references, and mentions scientists and philosophers including Voltaire, Franklin and Newton. The poem is accompanied by a one-page handwritten letter of introduction for lawyer Benjamin Ames (Harvard AB 1803) written by William M. Richardson to Reverend William Jenks (Harvard AB 1797). The letter is dated November 10, 1806.

The Comprehensive commentary on the Holy Bible : containing the text according to the authorized version ...

Vol. 2-3, 5 have imprint: Brattleboro' The Brattleboro' Typograhic Co.

The history of the Jews : from the taking of Jerusalem by Titus, to the present time. . . /

Subtitle: Containing an account of their wanderings, persecutions, commercial enterprises, and literary exertions, with an account of the various efforts made for their conversion.

The history of the Jews ,from the taking of Jerusalem by Titus, to the preset time : comprising a narrative of their wanderings, persecutions, commercial enterprises, literature, manners, customs, and forms of worship ; with an account of the various efforts made for their conversion/

Bibliographical footnotes.

An address delivered before the Massachusetts Society for the Suppression of Intemperance, June, 1826 /

"Annual report of the board of counsel of the Massachusetts Society for the Suppression of Intemperance"--p. [17]-24. Signed: John Ware, Wm. Jenks, Henry Ware, Committee.

A sermon, preached before the Massachusetts Society for the Suppression of Intemperance, at their annual meeting, June 1, 1821.

Last leaf contains: Officers of the Society. 1821-1822.

Supplement to The comprehensive commentary; containing A new concordance to the Holy Scriptures ...

Mode of access: Internet.

The Eloquence of the British Senate; being a selection of the best speeches of the most distinguished English, Irish, and Scotch Parliamentary speakers, from the beginning of the reign of Charles I, to the present time. With notes, biographical, critical, and explanatory by William Hazlitt.

Mode of access: Internet.

An index to the collected works of William Hazlitt,

Mode of access: Internet.

The life of William Hazlitt,/

"List of principal printed authorities for the life of Hazlitt": p. 433-434.

New writings by William Hazlitt: second series,

Printed in Great Britain.

Lewis and Clark; Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

Mode of access: Internet.