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Bigelow, John P. (John Prescott), 1797-1872. Papers, 1805-1896 (bulk 1814-1863)

Title: John P. (John Prescott) Bigelow papers, 1805-1896 (inclusive), 1814-1863 (bulk)

Letters, diaries, and papers of American politician John P. (John Prescott) Bigelow.

ArchivalResource: 9 boxes (4 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00390/catalog View

Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831. Isaiah Thomas correspondence, 1789-1820.

Title: Isaiah Thomas correspondence, 1789-1820.

ALsS relating to Thomas's printing business in Worcester, Mass. Correspondents include William Bentley Fowle, George Thacher, and John West.

ArchivalResource: 11 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70981039 View

Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831. Autograph letter signed Isaiah Thomas to "Gentlemen" December 23, 1802.

Title: Autograph letter signed Isaiah Thomas to "Gentlemen" December 23, 1802.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70817464 View

Adams, Ebenezer, 1765-1841. Papers, 1787-1890.

Title: Papers, 1787-1890.

Papers relating to his career as professor of mathematics at Dartmouth College, including a few items relating to the Dartmouth College Case; membership certificates in various organizations, signed by John Adams, Isaiah Thomas, et al.; extensive family correspondence, especially relating to his daughter and son-in-law, Eliza and Ira Young, and their son Charles Augustus Young.

ArchivalResource: 6 boxes (6.5 ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/237360410 View

Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828. A grammatical institute of the Latin language intended for the use of Latin schools in the United States, [1793].

Title: A grammatical institute of the Latin language intended for the use of Latin schools in the United States, [1793].

A grammatical institute of the Latin language intended for the use of Latin schools in the United States. With a covering letter from the author to Isaiah Thomas, 1793.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (212 p.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122380074 View

Baldwin, Loammi, 1745-1807. Papers, 1768-1872

Title: Loammi Baldwin papers, 1768-1872

Papers of soldier, civil engineer, and state legislator Loammi Baldwin focusing on his service in the Revolutionary War.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01081/catalog View

Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831. ALS: Worcester [Massachusetts], to Mr. Bress, 1795 Aug. 20.

Title: ALS: Worcester [Massachusetts], to Mr. Bress, 1795 Aug. 20.

In this ALS Thomas informs "Mr. Bress" that he will forward a small box of books, including an unidentified collection of George Washington's letters. He also promises to locate for Bress a copy of Trusot's (or Truesot's) Catechism of health. Although neither this name nor any like it can be connected with such a work, a volume entitled Catechism of health, translated from the German of Bernard Faust, was published in Boston in 1795 by William Spotswood.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86160118 View

Cornè, Michele Felice, 1752-1845,. [Portrait Collection, 1630-1996.] [graphic].

Title: [Portrait Collection, 1630-1996.] [graphic].

The American Antiquarian Society's painted portrait, miniature and sculpture collection includes portraits of Society members, benefactors, and directors as well as portraits related to the manuscript and book collections. Some are by Worcester and Boston area artists; others by nationally recognized painters. The collection reflects the changing tastes in portraiture from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries and includes both academic and non-academic styles.The collection was begun by Isaiah Thomas as a supplemental collection to the library holdings, and in many respects, it retains that supporting role. There are portraits of book and alamanc publishers, poets and newpaper editors, as well as likenesses of artists and authors. Taken together, these pictures tell a part of the Society's story since its founding in 1812. The collection includes portraits of men, women and children. There are several portraits of Isaiah Thomas and his family, all of which are documented in the Thomas Family papers. There is an important group of five likenesses of the Mather family, including Cotton Mather, which were given to the society by decendants in 1815 after Isaiah Thomas purchased the Mather library. Portraits of Massachusetts politicians include a likeness of Massachusetts Bay Governor John Winthrop and Senators Edward Everett and Charles Sumner. Seventy-three artists are represented in the collection, including Salem painter Michele Felice Corné, Boston's Ethan Allen Greenwood and the miniature painter Eliza Goodridge. Regional artists like Zedekiah Belknap and William Willard are also included in the collection. The Society commissioned portraits of its librarians, directors and members from prominent New York and Boston painters such as Daniel Huntington and Edwin T. Billings. The collection also includes several self portraits, including a canvas by Mather Brown and another by the lithographer and painter Bass Otis.

ArchivalResource: 164 items (112 paintings, 40 miniatures, 12 scupltures) : oil on canvas, watercolor, pastel, marble ; between 4 x 2.5 cm. and 219 x 95 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/401150903 View

Cohen, Herman, d. 1997. Herman Cohen correspondence and notes, 1954.

Title: Herman Cohen correspondence and notes, 1954.

Correspondence and notes concerning the copy of Isaiah Thomas's A specimen of Isaiah Thomas's printing types. Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts : By Isaiah Thomas, 1785. which was acquired from Cohen's Chiswick Book Shop in 1954 by the Newberry Library. Correspondents include Leslie E. Bliss, John Eliot Alden, R.W.G. Vail, Roland Orvil Baughman, and Philip Hofer.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 linear feet (4 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32245713 View

Revere, Paul, 1735-1818. Papers, 1776-1935.

Title: Papers, 1776-1935.

This collection consists of photostatic copies (positive and negative) of Revere's account book, 1784-1793, located in the Masonic Temple, Boston, and misc. documents, 1776-1935, primarily photocopies. The account book contains dated lists of materials ordered from his foundry (e.g., latches, hinges, cannon), engravings and silver items, with their cost and purchaser's names, including Samuel Hichborn and Samuel Adams (1722-1803). The volume also contains an account of all supplies and labor costs necessary to run a foundry, a letter concerning the sale of his hardware in Richmond, Virginia, and occasional personal expense accounts. One section is devoted to Revere's duties as treasurer of the masonic lodges of St. Andrew and Rising States, 1784-1785, with lists of cash outlays and income. The folder includes photocopies of an 1818 inventory of Revere's estate, his own account of his famous ride, a list of his services to the state concerning the copper-plate engraving and printing of money, 1776-1781, letters to Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831) relative to masonic lodge business, and petitions by Revere to Congress requesting the imposition of duties on copper imports, 1807-1810. Several original items include receipts for silver and copper goods, 1791-1800, sold to Artemas Ward (1727-1800) and others, and a few letters, 1931-1935, written by lineal descendants of Revere with reference to their illustrious ancestor.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. ; octavo.1 folder (17 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207166907 View

Isaiah Thomas papers, 1767-1800, 1767-1800

Title: Isaiah Thomas papers, 1767-1800 1767-1800

These papers consist of volumes 1-3, and are chiefly correspondence to Thomas, council minutes, and a report of prices for printing work in Philadelphia.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Microfilm reel(s)

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Film.1233-ead.xml View

Jay, Arthur B. [West Brookfield historical papers : Merriam building ; Printer's Devil] / [compiled by Archie B. Jay].

Title: [West Brookfield historical papers : Merriam building ; Printer's Devil] / [compiled by Archie B. Jay]. [1775-1847]

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (ca. 20 items) : ill., photo ; 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/401875408 View

Mathew Carey letterbooks, 1788-1794, 1788-1794

Title: Mathew Carey letterbooks, 1788-1794 1788-1794

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Microfilm reel(s)

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Film.1189a-ead.xml View

Rochester Institute of Technology. College of Imaging Arts and Sciences,. Isaiah Thomas Award in Publishing collection, 1979-2005.

Title: Isaiah Thomas Award in Publishing collection, 1979-2005.

Materials related to the Isaiah Thomas Award in Publishing and its recipients. The award is presented annually by the Rochester Institute of Technology's School of Print Media to an individual in honor of his or her contributions to the field of newspaper publishing. The collection includes programs, speeches, clippings, and other related material. The Isaiah Thomas Award in Publishing collection includes information on the award's recipients. There is a file on each recipient that contains clippings on the individual and their selection, as well as memorabilia from the award ceremony. For instance, many of the files contain copies of the ceremony's program, as well as a keepsake copy of the recipients acceptance speech. As of June 2011, the collection contains files through 2005.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear feet (1 document box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/769360434 View

Howard, Jacob Merritt, 1805-1871. Jacob M. Howard papers, 1796-1870

Title: Jacob M. Howard papers, 1796-1870

Legal, business, and political correspondence, journals (1836-67), ledgers (1833-62), law registers (1833-69), an index to law registers (1842-69), and election data (1865-71). The papers relate to Howard's Detroit law practice and to his political activities as a Whig and later as a founder of the Republican Party. Includes Charter Oak Mining Company correspondence (1846-50) ; correspondence relating to the Phoenix Bank of New York case (1830-60) and the case of Anastasia Carroll vs. Francis Tremble (1849-72); deeds (1702-1825) reflecting title transfers of Mansion House, a hotel in Albany, N. Y.; and Repentigny seigniory papers concerning a prolonged legal dispute over the title to land included in the seigniory at Sault Ste. Marie granted by King Louis XV of France to de Bonne and de Repentigny in 1750. Correspondents include Henry Clay, Edward Everett, Isaiah Thomas, and Daniel Webster.

ArchivalResource: 14 linear ft. (10 boxes, 7 wallets, 22 volumes, 4 large manuscripts)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/430819060 View

Newton family. Papers, 1795-1870.

Title: Papers, 1795-1870.

The collection reflects activity of Rejoice Newton and the members of his family during the period 1795 to 1870. Most of the material revolves around Worcester, Cambridge, and Boston, Mass., and consists of eleven diaries written by Levi Lincoln Newton from 1837 to 1843; one folder of his letters and those of other family members from 1835 to 1870; one folio account book of Rejoice Newton from 1823 to 1824, and six folders of his business papers from 1795 to 1860. The account book lists sales at auctions of goods of Jonathan Wood ( - ) in Worcester, Mass., conducted by Rejoice Newton, for the period 1823 to 1824, and includes the purchasers of goods, prices paid, and a list of Wood's creditors and amounts owed. The six folders of business papers concern Newton's varied activities, especially as an attorney and magistrate, through letters from clients, fellow lawyers, and business partners. Several items of note are letters from the trustees of the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston concerning land left to them by Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831), Newton's appointments as trustee of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester from 1842 to 1854, references to his financial involvement with the Blackstone Canal Co., his dealings with partner William Lincoln and Agent Ichabod Buckman ( - ) as a landlord of "eastern lands" in Columbia, Me., and as a speculator in the Kennebeck Lumber Co. in Somerset, Me. The folders also contain many legal documents, such as land deeds, arrest warrants, insurance policies, official appointments to various state offices, partnership contracts, an indenture creating Chandler Street in Worcester, and many receipts and bills from a miscellany of partners, clothiers, tax offices, and from Worcester Gas Light and other companies. The eleven diaries of Levi Lincoln Newton were written during his years at Harvard and later as bank cashier and provide much insight into Worcester and Cambridge society and politics. Typical comments concern his extensive social activities on campus and at home, the rioting and violence at Harvard during the 1830s, lectures, professors, schoolwork, abolition meetings, speeches by Wendell Phillips (1811-1884), temperance meetings, which Newton regularly attended, "freak" shows, the partaking of "Exhilarating gas" by Harvard students, and his extensive interest in botany and horticulture. After his return to Worcester in 1839, Newton made observations on Whig politics, loco-foco activities, the Presidential campaign of 1840, and the city's political and Fourth of July celebrations. Includes also are materials on the Liquor License Law controversy, his frequent visits to the American Antiquarian Society, Charles Dickens' (1812-1870) visit to America and Levi's meeting him, lectures by eminent literary figures, court trials, and the activities of the Worcester Militia. Newton frequently refers to the "Dorr Rebellion" of 1842, and the economic depressions of the late 1830s and 1840s. A folder contains letters written by Levi Lincoln Newton to his mother and sister, Hester, from 1834 to 1847, with many references to Harvard, especially its 200th celebration in 1836, disputed city elections, and a descriptive trip to Newport, R.I. In 1847, a trip South for his health resulted in detailed descriptions of Richmond, Va., and a slave auction. The folder also contains a few letters written by Rebecca Lincoln Newton and Rejoice Newton to their daughter, Hester, and several written by Rejoice's nephew, James W. Newton ( - ), with references to the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), the attack on Fort Sumter, and the march of Massachusetts troops to Washington, D.C., in 1861.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.11 v. ; octavo.1 v. (70 p.) ; folio.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191259564 View

Estienne, Robert, 1503?-1559. [A collection of leaves from rare editions of the Bible].

Title: [A collection of leaves from rare editions of the Bible]. 1476-1791.

ArchivalResource: 11 pieces ; 11-45 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51578712 View

Estienne, Robert, 1503?-1559. [A collection of leaves from rare editions of the Bible].

Title: [A collection of leaves from rare editions of the Bible]. 1476-1791.

ArchivalResource: 11 pieces ; 11-45 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51578712 View

Farmer, John, 1789-1838. John Farmer papers, 1810-1834.

Title: John Farmer papers, 1810-1834.

First item is a group of correspondence that was apparently originally stored in a letterbook (only cover remains). The cover has the title: Genealogical & Miscellaneous collections 1833. Correspondents include Joshua Coffin, Nathan P. Fletcher, William Gibbs, Alfred Johnson, John Kelly, Lemuel Shattuck, John H. Sumner, Isaiah Thomas, and Joseph Emerson Worcester. The subject matter of the correspondence concerns lists of publications (for William Buell Sprague, Ebenezer Hill, Jacob Burnap, and Hezekiah Packard), class lists and/or biographical sketches of Dartmouth College graduates, biographical sketches for various citizens including Edmond Charles Genet, genealogical sketches concerning various New England families, and some extracted genealogical data. The second item is another group of correspondence consisting primarily of town and church historical sketches for various communities in NH as well as some biographical sketches. Item three: A list of the Congregational & Presbyterian Ministers in the State of New Hampshire from the first settlement of the state to the year 1834 (65 p.); Record of deaths & ages in Concord, New Hampshire from 1800 with an imperfect list of those who died in said town 1792-1799; Item four: Manuscript C. Statistical and Historical Papers and Notes relating principally to New Hampshire (169 p.); fifth item: A genealogy of the Farmers of Billerica, Mass. (36 p.).

ArchivalResource: 0.83 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/185145659 View

Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831. Papers, 1767-1800.

Title: Papers, 1767-1800.

These papers consist of volumes 1-3, and are chiefly correspondence to Thomas, council minutes, and a report of prices for printing work in Philadelphia.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122540139 View

Avery, John. John Avery correspondence, 1783-1794.

Title: John Avery correspondence, 1783-1794.

Letters from John Avery to Samuel Holton, a letter from Isaiah Thomas to Samuel Avery, and two Massachusetts documents.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/741354429 View

Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831. Last will and testament of Isaiah Thomas, 1815-1817.

Title: Last will and testament of Isaiah Thomas, 1815-1817.

Handwritten last will and testament of Isaiah Thomas dated 25 July 1815. The item was revoked on 24 July 1817.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (52 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122322783 View

Evarts family papers, 1753-1960 (bulk 1798-1901)

Title: Evarts family papers 1753-1960

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, legal and financial material, congressional papers, family memorabilia, and other papers of various members of the Evarts family of Vermont, Boston, and New York. The principal figures, however, are Jeremiah Evarts (1781-1831), author, editor, lawyer, and philanthropist, and his son, William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901), lawyer and statesman. The papers of Jeremiah Evarts relate to his work and writings on Congregational orthodoxy, his travels for the American Board of Foreign Missions, and his efforts on behalf of American Indians. His correspondents include family members, fellow members of the Yale Class of 1802, and many well-known clergymen, lawyers, statesmen, and missionaries.

ArchivalResource: 24.25 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0200 View

History of the Book and Illustrations collection, circa 1250-2000

Title: History of the Book and Illustrations collection circa 1250-2000

This collection contains material that shows the history of the book. The majority of the examples of manuscripts are illustrations but there are a few letters and other documents. The printed material in this collection spans the 13th to the late 16th centuries and contains examples of different printing techniques.

ArchivalResource: 1.46 Linear feet

http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/ead.html?id=PACSCL_FLP_FLPRBDBOOK View

Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831. Isaiah Thomas letter, [manuscript], 1790 October 20.

Title: Isaiah Thomas letter, [manuscript], 1790 October 20.

One page holograph letter signed, lacking the integral address leaf, written at Worcester to Mr. Leffingwell, thanking him for his letter of the 12th and for sending Dr.Langdon's subscription paper.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf) 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318989007 View

Fuller, B. A. G., 1879-1956. Autograph collection, 1620-1920

Title: B. A. G. Fuller autograph collection

Letters and autographs collected by Harvard University philosophy professor B.A.G. Fuller.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear feet (3 volumes and 1 box)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00985/catalog View

Worcester Turnpike Corporation. Business records, 1806-1841.

Title: Business records, 1806-1841.

This record book contains the text of the act of incorporation, a list of shareholders and number of shares subscribed for, by-laws, and minutes of meetings of proprietors, directors, and stockholders, 1806-1841. There is relatively little financial information in these records. The loose items include an 1813 deed, a bill dated 1823 for services to the corporation, an 1837 summons, four items relating to the dissolution of the corporation in 1841, and a ten page typed transcription of passages relating to the turnpike extracted from the records of the Middlesex County Commissioners.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; folio.1 folder (8 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207183168 View