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Poor, Enoch, fl. 1759-1760. Enoch Poor His Book 1759 A Journal From Newbury to Saint John's 1759, Apr. 6 -- 1760, May 12.

Title: Enoch Poor His Book 1759 A Journal From Newbury to Saint John's 1759, Apr. 6 -- 1760, May 12.

Journal that Enoch Poor kept during his military service, including his accounts of three expeditions upstream in July and September 1759, the negotitations with the Acadians who had surrendered at the fort following the fall of Quebec, and soldiers' discontent over their pay.

ArchivalResource: 109 pages, 15 cm., 9 disbound quires, also a disbound copy of Ames's Almanack.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/681772075 View

Ames, Nathaniel, 1708-1764. Almanac collection, 1750-1892.

Title: Almanac collection, 1750-1892.

A collection of 31 almanacs. Several contain interwoven weather notes. Few contain names of original owners. Almanacs were printed in Boston, Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, New London, New York, and Philadelphia. Titles include An Agricultural and Economical Almanack; An Astrononical Diary, Calendar, or Almanack; Middlebrook's New-England Almanac; The Christian Almanac; and The Farmers' Almanac. Authors include Nathaniel Ames, Elijah Middlebrook, Hosea Stafford, and Nehemiah Strong.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear foot (1/2 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/668412554 View

Mascarene, Margaret Holyoke, 1726-1792. Diary of Margaret Appleton Holyoke Mascarene, 1759.

Title: Diary of Margaret Appleton Holyoke Mascarene, 1759.

The diary is written on interleaved blank pages in a 1759 almanac. The regular, brief diary entries are attributed to Margaret Appleton Holyoke Mascarene. Some entries, beginning in April, appear to be written in a different hand. The second author may have been Mascarene's sister Priscilla Holyoke (1739-1782) given that the entries mention visits by "Pater Mater Epes" and "Bets & Nancy." Priscilla, Margaret, Elizabeth ("Betsy"), and Anna ("Nancy) were the four daughters of Edward and Margaret Holyoke. After Margaret Holyoke's death in 1740, Edward Holyoke married Mary Whipple Epes, the widow of Symond Epes. Entries are typically only a few words and record domestic activities including childrearing, travel, house guests, family illness, and deaths in the community. Mascarene references British victories in the French and Indian War and the measles outbreak of 1759, including the illness of Faro, who may have been Mascarene's slave. Notably, the diary includes entries chronicling the care of Mascarene's newborn son by a nurse. Three interleaved pages at the end of the diary contain a list of expenses and payments and a list of clothing sent to the wet nurse Mrs. Cherry.

ArchivalResource: .01 cubic feet (1 volume)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/730057443 View

Marrett, Edward, d. 1780. Diary : manuscript, 1753, 1764-1773.

Title: Diary : manuscript, 1753, 1764-1773.

Entries chiefly concern weather in Boston and Cambridge, Mass.

ArchivalResource: ca. 200 leaves ; 18 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612844371 View

Billing, Edward, 1707-1760. Diary of Rev. Edward Billing of Cold Spring (Belchertown) and Greenfield, Mass., 1743-1756.

Title: Diary of Rev. Edward Billing of Cold Spring (Belchertown) and Greenfield, Mass., 1743-1756.

ArchivalResource: 14 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/608022102 View

Papers of John and Hannah Winthrop, 1728-1789

Title: Papers of John and Hannah Winthrop, 1728-1789

Preeminent colonial scientist John Winthrop (1714-1779) was Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Harvard from 1738 until his death in 1779. Winthrop was the first important scientist to teach at Harvard and a highly regarded pioneer in mathematics and astronomy in the American colonies. The Papers of John and Hannah Winthrop contain materials created by Professor John Winthrop over more than five decades, and include almanacs annotated by both him and his second wife Hannah Winthrop (1727–1790). The collection reflects John's interests as an undergraduate at Harvard College, his work as a scientist and Harvard's second Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, his activities as a prominent member of the Cambridge community, and the shared household activities and finances of John and Hannah.

ArchivalResource: 1.36 cubic feet; (9 volumes, 5 flat boxes, 1 half-document box, and 4 microfilm reels)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hua07010/catalog View

Billing, Edward, 1707-1760. Diary of Rev. Edward Billing of Cold Spring (Belchertown) and Greenfield, Mass., 1743-1756 [microform]

Title: Diary of Rev. Edward Billing of Cold Spring (Belchertown) and Greenfield, Mass., 1743-1756 [microform]

ArchivalResource: 14 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30855013 View

American manuscripts, 1703-1806, from the British Museum, 1703-1806

Title: American manuscripts, 1703-1806, from the British Museum 1703-1806

This is a miscellaneous collection of manuscripts (ca. 35 items) from the British Museum, selected for filming by Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. Included are letters, botanical lists, illustrations, and other types of documents.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Microfilm reel(s)

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Film.503-ead.xml View

Bell, Whitfield J. (Whitfield Jenks). American manuscripts, 1703-1806, from the British Museum.

Title: American manuscripts, 1703-1806, from the British Museum.

This is a miscellaneous collection of manuscripts (ca. 35 items) from the British Museum, selected for filming by Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. Included are letters, botanical lists, illustrations, and other types of documents.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122540877 View

Ames family. Papers, 1726-1880 (bulk 1758-1822).

Title: Papers, 1726-1880 (bulk 1758-1822).

Correspondence, estate papers, accounts, agreements, bills, deeds, legal documents, justice of the peace records, promissory notes, receipts, and other papers, chiefly of Nathaniel Ames II (1708-1764), almanac maker, physician, and tavern keeper, and his son, Nathaniel Ames III (1741-1822), almanac maker and physician; almanacs written and published by both men, first in Bridgewater, Mass., and after 1730, Dedham; diary (1758-1822) of Nathaniel Ames III, reflecting his years at Harvard (class of 1761), life-long medical practice in Dedham, positions as clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, Norfolk County and justice of the peace, political criticism, gardening, and a coded record of 64 years of weather; ledger (ca. 1758-1768) of Deborah (Fisher) Ames Woodward, wife of Nathaniel Ames II; diary (1835-1880) of William Ames, lawyer, containing newspaper articles and notes on weather and local events; and papers (1774-1829) of Fisher Ames (1758-1808), lawyer and U.S. representative, including fragments of his newspaper essays and speeches, some legal papers, business accounts, and correspondence concerning his ventures in the India trade.

ArchivalResource: 20 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70970218 View

Ames, Nathaniel, 1708-1764. An answer to a letter that one Melatiah Martin sent from Connecticut to Nathaniel Ames the astronomer : manuscript, [17--]

Title: An answer to a letter that one Melatiah Martin sent from Connecticut to Nathaniel Ames the astronomer : manuscript, [17--]

Answers to Biblical questions, such as what Nimrod hunted, who was the man of sin, whether the beasts in Revelations are real or metaphorical.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (10 p.) ; 14 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612793090 View

Townshend family. Townshend family collection, 1741-1952.

Title: Townshend family collection, 1741-1952.

Chiefly the papers of Capt. Charles Hervey Townshend, shipmaster, historian, and genealogist, which he accumulated during his genealogical research in England and America. Includes papers of Hanna Draper Osgood Townshend (1882-1944), state legislator; and correspondence and other papers of her husband, Henry Hotchkiss Townshend, including correspondence regarding the Drake oil well as well as his activities with several New Haven social clubs; Abraham Bradley papers including inventories of estates of members of the Townshend family; French spoilation papers, including correspondence and records of payments to family members; Civil War letters (1862-1863) and related papers of James M. Townsend; and materials pertaining to the history of and improvements given to the New Haven harbor. Other persons represented include Isaac and Kneeland Townsend, James Mulford Townsend, Capt. Edwin S. Hitchcock, George H. Townsend, and Solomon Townsend.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes and 3 oversize items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/669056358 View

Barrett, Thomas. Almanacks.

Title: Almanacks. 1730-1790.

Collection of 18th-century New England almanacs acquired by Dartmouth College in 1938.

ArchivalResource: 3 v. : ill. ; 18-20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78263977 View