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Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886. John Quincy Adams portrait receipts, 1829-1830.

Title: John Quincy Adams portrait receipts, 1829-1830.

Receipts, 1829-30, pertaining to a full-length portrait of U.S. President John Quincy Adams commissioned by Ward Nicholas Boylston to present to Harvard College, painted by Gilbert Stuart of Boston in 1825, and finished by Thomas Sully of Philadelphia in 1830. Includes receipts signed by frame maker John Doggett, Gilbert's friend Isaac P. Davis, and Gilbert's wife Charlotte Stuart, administrator of his estate. Also includes a receipt signed by Charles Francis Adams, the administrator of George Washington Adams's estate, for payment received from Ward Nicholas Boylston's estate.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60378397 View

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. Letter, 1841 February 8, Washington, D.C., to William Fessenden, Portland, Me.

Title: Letter, 1841 February 8, Washington, D.C., to William Fessenden, Portland, Me.

Discusses possible appointments (Isaac P. Davis, Mr. Eastman, Judge Green, Mr. Holmes) to the Cabinet of U.S. President William Henry Harrison. Comments on a conflict and possible legal case involving the Postmaster of Boston.

ArchivalResource: [3] p. ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/238822490 View

Lovell, John, 1710-1778. List of boys who were educated at the South Latin School in Boston, from 1734-1774, ca. 1791.

Title: List of boys who were educated at the South Latin School in Boston, from 1734-1774, ca. 1791.

Manuscript copy of a list of boys who attended the South Latin School (Boston Latin), 1734-74. Original list was compiled by headmaster John Lovell and manuscript copy provided by Isaac P. Davis, ca. 1791. Includes brief biographical information on John Lovell.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49980470 View

Bigelow, Jacob. Letters to Joseph Story, 1812-1843.

Title: Letters to Joseph Story, 1812-1843.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62571859 View

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843

Title: Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843.

The Sparks collection consists of original and transcribed historical documents and correspondence, chiefly concerning the American colonies and the original thirteen states, collected or transcribed beginning in 1819 by Jared Sparks. The collection includes the papers of Sir Francis Bernard and George Chalmers, letters of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, the Marquis de Lafayette, and George Washington, the journals of Thomas Ainslie, the Board of Trade, the New York Provincial Congress and Conventions, as well as the papers and records from state public offices, among many others. The Sparks collection also contains his own historical essays and compositions, published articles, letter books, diaries, account books related to his college days, professional research, and material documenting his tenure as College president.

ArchivalResource: 252 volumes, 10 env., 2 folders, 3 cases, 57 boxes (31.6 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01965/catalog View

Bertody, Francis, 1736?-1800. Indentures, 1791-1822, between Francis Bertody and Charles Bulfinch, Charles Bulfinch and Lucy Watson, and Charles Bulfinch and Benjamin M. Watson.

Title: Indentures, 1791-1822, between Francis Bertody and Charles Bulfinch, Charles Bulfinch and Lucy Watson, and Charles Bulfinch and Benjamin M. Watson.

Conveyance of property on Cambridge Street, Boston from Bertody to Bulfinch, 1791 May 5. Conveyance of same property from Bulfinch to Lucy Watson, 1807 Dec. 29 and (on verso) conveyance from Lucy Watson to Benjamin Marston Watson, 1812 July 3. Agreement of payment that Bulfinch stands bound and obliged unto Lucy Watson in the sum of four thousand dollars to be paid on or before 1808 Dec. 29 (dated 1807 Dec. 29). Letter, 1822 Nov. 5 by Bulfinch, Washington, D.C. to Benj. M. Watson discharging "the mortgage formerly given by me, upon the house and land in Cambridge Street--to Jno. Apthorp, B. Joy, I.P. Davis and George Storer."

ArchivalResource: Mss. signed.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20978454 View

Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641. Of the visible Church of Christ under the gospel [transcript], 1637-1855; bulk: 1637.

Title: Of the visible Church of Christ under the gospel [transcript], 1637-1855; bulk: 1637.

Manuscript copy of an admonition by Rev. Richard Bernard of Batcombe, England addressed to the Congregational Churches of New England, 1 April 1637, entitled, "Of the visible Church of Christ under the Gospel." The tract was propably copied by Isaac P. Davis, 1855; location of original is unknown. Collection also includes an annotated typed transcript.

ArchivalResource: 1 narrow box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48880393 View

Isaac P. Davis [photograph], [ca. 1850-1855].

Title: Isaac P. Davis [photograph], [ca. 1850-1855].

Whole plate daguerreotype in leather case of Isaac P. Davis, taken ca. 1850-1855 by an unknown photographer.

ArchivalResource: 1 photograph : daguerreotype, b & w ; visible image 18 1/4 x 13 1/4 cm (whole plate), in case 23 x 18 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51720263 View

Carleton, Osgood, 1742-1816. A plan of lots for sale on Boston Neck / surveyed for Captain Samuel Williams, and plotted by a scale of one chain to an inch, by Osgood Carleton, ca. 1804.

Title: A plan of lots for sale on Boston Neck / surveyed for Captain Samuel Williams, and plotted by a scale of one chain to an inch, by Osgood Carleton, ca. 1804.

ArchivalResource: 1 map : col. ; 73 x 52 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145933391 View