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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. (Vol. II) ff. 326.(1) 'An account of the Locusts in New England' by Paul Dudley; Roxbury, nr. Boston, 18 Dec. 1733. Followed by letters, etc., relating to the same, 1733-1737. ff. 4-27b. (2) 'Histories of the Epidemick Colds whi...

Title: ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. (Vol. II) ff. 326.(1) 'An account of the Locusts in New England' by Paul Dudley; Roxbury, nr. Boston, 18 Dec. 1733. Followed by letters, etc., relating to the same, 1733-1737. ff. 4-27b. (2) 'Histories of the Epidemick Colds whi... Unspecified

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Goddard, Nathan, 1747-1795. Diaries, 1765-1795 / Nathan Goddard.

Title: Diaries, 1765-1795 / Nathan Goddard.

Nathan Goddard wrote notes about daily events and the weather on blank interleaved pages in various published New England almanacs. These include, but are not limited to: An astronomical diary, or, an almanack ... / by Nathanael Low (1764, 1767,1770) and by Nathaniel Ames (1766, 1771); Bickerstaff's Boston almanack (1773-1774, 1778); Thomas's Massachusetts, New-Hampshire and Connecticut almanack (1779, 1781, 1784-1785, 1790-1791); and The farmer's almanac (1793-1795). Martha Goddard's diary, Nathan's wife, briefly records her activities beginning on her wedding day, 1772 Dec. 15 and maintained periodically until 1781 ([10] p.).

ArchivalResource: 34 v. ; 16-17 cm.

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Ames, Nathaniel, 1741-1822. Diary, 1785-1786.

Title: Diary, 1785-1786.

Diary relating to farming, law practice, and social life in Dedham, Mass. Bound with an almanac, 1785, and a register for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1785.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ([18] p.) ; 14 cm.

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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.

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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)

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Livermore, Samuel, 1732-1803. Samuel Livermore account book, 1761.

Title: Samuel Livermore account book, 1761.

Account book kept by lawyer Samuel Livermore of Portsmouth, N.H., 1761. Livermore recorded money owed to him presumably by various clients. Accounts are interleaved in Nathaniel Ames's Astronomical Diary or Almanack for 1761. The first page of the volume includes a brief biographical sketch of Livermore written by descendant Thomas L. Livermore, 1910.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. in a folder.

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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.

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Almanacs collection 1663-1956.

Title: Almanacs collection 1663-1956.

An artificial collection of almanacs, including works of some of the more prominent authors: Benjamin Franklin, Nathaniel Ames, John Nathan Hutchins, Nathaniel Low, Robert B. Thomas, Isaac Bickerstaff (pseud.), and Father Abraham Weatherwise (pseud.).

ArchivalResource: 27 c.f. (ca. 5000 items)

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Colonial college life : quaint diary of a Cambridge freshman written in 1758.

Title: Colonial college life : quaint diary of a Cambridge freshman written in 1758.

A newsclipping from the Washington Sunday Times, dated September 29, 1901, describing entries from the diary of Nathaniel Ames during his freshman year at Harvard.

ArchivalResource: 0.01 cubic feet (1 pamphlet binder).

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Ames, Nathaniel, 1741-1822. Unidentified Kennebunkport, Me., account book, 1768.

Title: Unidentified Kennebunkport, Me., account book, 1768.

Accounts of residents of Kennebunkport, Me., kept in Nathaniel Ames's Almanac (1768).

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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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.

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Peirce, Daniel, 1709-1773. Diary, 1770.

Title: Diary, 1770.

Diary with extensive daily notes about the weather and occasionally mentioning daily activities.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Howard, John. [Report, 1709 May 16].

Title: [Report, 1709 May 16].

Report by a committee appointed to "perambulate" boundary between Bridgewater and the "North Purchase" of Taunton, MA (now Norton, MA). Signed by John Howard, Nathaniel Ames and Samuel Edson for Bridgewater and Ephraim Howard, Thomas Randell, and John White for Taunton North Purchase. Verso has note by Samuel Leonard, Clerk, that "the within perambulation is entered in the book of records belonging to the proprietors of Taunton North Purchase in page 155 entered February the 27: 1729/30."

ArchivalResource: 1 ADS ; 9 x 15 cm.

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Currier, Charles Chase, 1805-1860. Charles C. Currier Papers, 1826-1855.

Title: Charles C. Currier Papers, 1826-1855.

Letters and accounts of a commission merchant working in Calcutta, India and Pinang. Letters include some description and travel in India and in Pinang, and some shipping out of Calcutta. Currier worked for David Pingree of Salem, Mass., while in Calcutta, and joined the firm of Revely & Co. in Pinang, of which he became sole proprietor. The first series of Business Papers consists of ships papers and general business correspondence. The ships papers cover a period of over four years (October 1829 to February 1834). About half of the ships papers are from the nine voyages of the schooner Rebecca. The other half is comprised of voyages from sixteen other ships. Document types include bills of lading; shipping articles; invoices; receipts; account sales; accounts current; disbursements; insurance policies; bills; notes; impost bonds; outward foreign manifests; expenditure and cargo memo books; and correspondence. Several documents are written in French and Spanish. Significant correspondents include Benjamin Chapman, John Lecoq, N.B. Mansfield, and Pierce and Goodnow. The second series of Personal Papers consists primarily of Charles Curriers letters to his family in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, from 1826 to 1855. The letters give added information about foreign shipping agents representing Salem merchants in the mid-nineteenth century. Throughout these letters Currier writes about business opportunities in Asia. In addition, the collection contains 22 miscellaneous accounts and receipts dating from Curriers years in Salem (1829-1835).

ArchivalResource: 6 boxes (4.25 linear feet).

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