Compare Constellations

Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757. Jonathan Belcher collection, 1708-1950.

Title: Jonathan Belcher collection, 1708-1950.

Consists of correspondence and documents of Jonathan Belcher, from his early years in Massachusetts to his days as governor of New Jersey.

ArchivalResource: .40 linear feet (1 archival box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61668652 View

Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757. Jonathan Belcher letters, 1736-1737.

Title: Jonathan Belcher letters, 1736-1737.

Two letters from Massachusetts governor Jonathan Belcher to John Stoddard Esq., Eleazar Porter, Thomas Wells, Joseph Kellog, and Israel Williams Esq., concerning treaties with the Cagnawaga tribe at Fort Dummer.

ArchivalResource: 2 letters, 3 typescripts : paper and ink ; framed 80 x 59 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/713870988 View

Massachusetts. Governor (1730-1741 : Belcher). Massachusetts-New Hampshire boundary dispute records,, 1740.

Title: Massachusetts-New Hampshire boundary dispute records,, 1740.

Four documents assembled in 1740 and placed together under the seal of the province of Massachusetts Bay, relating to the setting of the boundary between that province and the province of New Hampshire.

ArchivalResource: 4 items (1 folder) ; 39 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38888927 View

Waldron, Richard, 1694-1753. Papers, 1703-1782.

Title: Papers, 1703-1782.

Chiefly correspondence; together with some correspondence and copy of the will of Waldron's son, Thomas Westbrook Waldron.

ArchivalResource: 1 ft. (719 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70963920 View

Remington, Jonathan, 1677-1745. Diaries, 1730-1733.

Title: Diaries, 1730-1733.

These diaries consist of miscellaneous notes in the margins of An Almanack For the Year of Our Lord Christ, 1730 and Nathaniel Ames, Jr.'s An Astronomical Diary, or an Almanack ..., 1732 and 1733. The entries generally pertain to local events. There are a few references to Governor Belcher and political events.

ArchivalResource: 3 v. ; octavo.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207166758 View

Forbes, John, 1707-1759. Papers of John Forbes [manuscript], 1755-1759.

Title: Papers of John Forbes [manuscript], 1755-1759.

The papers from Forbes's campaign against the French at Ft. Duquesne contain correspondence, reports about Indian allies and the colonial governments, military returns and instructions, intelligence reports and some financial papers. They concern strategy, supply, the advance across Pennsylvania, colonial cooperation, provisioning of the troops, Indian negotiations and relations with British and colonial officers. Material is present from other British campaigns in the French and Indian war, particularly the assault at Ft. Ticonderoga, the massacre at Ft. William Henry, the siege of Louisburg, and Braddock's defeat which is described in the letterbook of Sir John St.Clair, the highest ranking officer to survive.

ArchivalResource: 530 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647835114 View

Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759. Letters : Boston, [Mass.], to John Thomlinson, London, [Eng.], 1738-1742.

Title: Letters : Boston, [Mass.], to John Thomlinson, London, [Eng.], 1738-1742.

Four letters, 1738-1742, to John Thomlinson, a London merchant who was also New Hampshire's agent, mainly regarding Waldo's defense of his Maine patent.

ArchivalResource: 4 items (3 folders) ; 31 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40700573 View

Dracut (Mass.). Proprietors. [Petition, 1701 February 25], to the honorable council and Representatives of His Majesty's Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England in General Court assembled.

Title: [Petition, 1701 February 25], to the honorable council and Representatives of His Majesty's Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England in General Court assembled.

Handwritten copy of the petition by the Proprietors of part of the tract of land called Dracut (Samuel Sewall, Ephraim Hunt, Benjamin Walker, John Hunt and Jonathan Belcher) to establish the township of Dracut, Mass. Includes a note that the Council read, concured and consented to the petition on 26 February 1701.

ArchivalResource: 1 DS ; 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52339612 View

Saunders, Thomas, Capt. Papers, 1732-1828, bulk: 1732-1787.

Title: Papers, 1732-1828, bulk: 1732-1787.

Papers of Capt. Thomas Saunders (also spelled Sanders) of the sloop Massachusetts during King George's War, in particular during the siege of Louisbourg (Cape Breton, N.S.) in 1745. Letters and orders to Sanders pertain to transports, requests for vessels, and the delivery of supplies and provisions. His correspondents include Mass. governors Jonathan Belcher, William Shirley, Spencer Phips, and Thomas Pownall; Sir William Pepperrell; and Sir Peter Warren. Other items include Saunders's will (1773), an account for the sale of a negro, a few items pertaining to the treaty with the Indians at St. George's River (1751), and a few items of Saunders's son, Thomas Sanders.

ArchivalResource: 1 narrow box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26509840 View

Amory Family Papers, 1697-1882

Title: Amory Family Papers 1697-1882

Merchant trading and shipping family of Ireland, South Carolina, and Boston, Massachusetts. Letterbooks, correspondence, wills, a petition, financial papers, printed matter, and other material pertaining chiefly to Thomas Amory (1682-1728) and his grandson, Thomas Amory (1762-1823).

ArchivalResource: 650 items; 5 containers; 1.8 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009224 View

Waldron, Richard, 1694-1753. Richard Waldron correspondence and notes, 1725-1749.

Title: Richard Waldron correspondence and notes, 1725-1749.

Letter (1725 July 5) to Richard Waldron from his brother William Waldron, letter (1742 October 15) from "R. W." [Richard Waldron] to Jonathan Belcher, fragment of a letter (1745 July 4-10) from Richard Waldron to his son Thomas Westbrook Waldron, letter (1749 September 1) from Richard Waldron to William Partridge, and notes. Relates chiefly to New Hampshire politics and government, to relations with the Indians, and to the death of Queen Caroline of Great Britain.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70981480 View

Pollard, Benjamin, 1696-1756. Letters : Boston, [Mass.], to John Thomlinson, London, [Eng.], 1738 Aug. 25-Dec. 20.

Title: Letters : Boston, [Mass.], to John Thomlinson, London, [Eng.], 1738 Aug. 25-Dec. 20.

Four letters, Aug. 25-Dec. 30, 1738, from Benjamin Pollard in Boston to John Thomlinson, a London merchant and New Hampshire's agent, mainly concerning Massachusetts and New Hampshire political controversies.

ArchivalResource: 4 items (1 folder) ; 32 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39636641 View

Compton, Spencer, Earl of Wilmington, 1673?-1743. 2 ALsS : to Lord Wilmington, 1732 Feb. 26, 1733 Oct. 8.

Title: 2 ALsS : to Lord Wilmington, 1732 Feb. 26, 1733 Oct. 8.

Letter of R. Partridge relates news heard from Captain John Follers about arrival of Jeremiah Dunbar in New England and his reception by Governor Belcher. Letter of B. Pemberton relates refusal of Governor Belcher to heed King's order and appoint him Naval Officer and how the Governor hopes to have Lord Wilmington's help in revoking the order.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (4 p.) ; 23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37601612 View

Atkinson, Theodore, 1697-1779. Letters, 1738-1740.

Title: Letters, 1738-1740.

Two letters (May 22, 1738; Dec. 24, 1740) from Theodore Atkinson, the first addressed to New Hampshire's agent in London, John Thomlinson, and the second to an unidentified New Hampshire resident then in London on the colony's business.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (1 folder) ; 31 cm. or smaller.1738 May 22 letter: 1 folded sheet (4 p.) ; 20 cm.1740 Dec. 24 letter: 1 folded sheet (4 p.) ; 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36150095 View

Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757. Letterbooks of Jonathan Belcher, 1723-1754.

Title: Letterbooks of Jonathan Belcher, 1723-1754.

ArchivalResource: 11 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82846066 View

Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757. Jonathan Belcher papers, 1738-[ca. 1900].

Title: Jonathan Belcher papers, 1738-[ca. 1900].

This collection contains the papers of Jonathan Belcher, dating from 1738 to 1900. The papers include Belcher's outgoing correspondence and a marriage certificate signed by him from 1756; the original materials all date from his tenure as Governor of New Jersey. Belcher's papers mostly contain his business, political, and personal correspondence to colleagues, friends, and family members. Correspondents include Rev. Aaron Burr (1716-1757), The Committee of the West Jersey Society, The New Jersey Council and General Assembly, Governor William Shirley, Richard Partridge, his brother-in-law and political ally, and his sons, Andrew, Jonathan, and William Belcher.

ArchivalResource: 0.23 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53086276 View

New England papers, 1648-1773 [manuscript].

Title: New England papers, 1648-1773 [manuscript].

Collected, unrelated papers from colonial New England, including letters from governors John Endecott, 1649, Joseph Dudley, 1710, and Jonathan Belcher, 1733/34, of Massachusetts; Cotton Mather, 1691; William Bollan, 1761; and President Eleazar Wheelock of Dartmouth, 1773, introducing two Indians to Sir William Johnson; a report of an examination, ca. 1640-1670, of Hester [Lugge?] by Gov. Richard Bellingham of Massachusetts, in which the accused confessed that she was pregnant out of wedlock; and a sermon in shorthand, 1727.

ArchivalResource: 12 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24342157 View

Dogget family. Dogget family papers, 1648-1839.

Title: Dogget family papers, 1648-1839.

Papers of members of the Doggett, Minot, Sewall, and Taylor families, of Boston, Mass., and Wiscasset, Me. Others represented in the collection include: John Adams, Rev. Joseph Baxter, Simon Bradstreet, Thomas Brattle, Nicholas Buttolph, John Dennie, Samuel Dix, Joseph Dudley, William Dummer, John Endecott, William Eustis, Christopher Gore, Jonathan Gould, Robert Hallowell, Thomas Hubbard, John Hull, John Leverett, Philip Livingston, Christopher Minot, George Minot, John Minot, Peter Minot, Stephen Minot, Samuel Moody, Sir William Pepperrell, Timothy Pickering, John Phillips, Peter Schuyler, Joshua Scottow, Samuel Sewall, William Shirley, Caleb Strong, William Stoughton, James Sullivan, Jonathan Williamson, and Edward Winslow. Doggett, Minot, Sewall, and Taylor families of Boston, Mass. and Wiscasset, Me.

ArchivalResource: 1 envelope.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/227004403 View

Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757. Stoddard et al vs. Belcher, 1741 Dec. 23.

Title: Stoddard et al vs. Belcher, 1741 Dec. 23.

Quitclaim deed by the directors of the Manufactory Company in Boston to Jonathan Belcher, releasing claim to a mortgage deed to certain lands.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70958603 View

Walters, Thomas. Bill of lading, 1718 July.

Title: Bill of lading, 1718 July.

Printed form on which information has been entered by hand. Jonathan Belcher, Boston, Mass., is shipping goods to Samuel Ingersoll at Marblehead, Mass. Walters is master of the (unnamed) vessel.

ArchivalResource: 1 DS ; 11 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52816326 View

Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757. [Letter] 1731 Aug. 31, Boston, [Mass., to] Mr. Fairfax / J. Belcher.

Title: [Letter] 1731 Aug. 31, Boston, [Mass., to] Mr. Fairfax / J. Belcher.

A letter to a Mr. Fairfax, discussing the collection of customs in New Hampshire (then part of Massachusetts).

ArchivalResource: [2] p. ; 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/162136336 View

Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757. Belcher-Jennison-Weiss Papers, 1722-1905.

Title: Belcher-Jennison-Weiss Papers, 1722-1905.

Belcher family correspondence (1740-1818) at Halifax, N.S., including letters of Gov. Jonathan Belcher and his son Jonathan; Jennison family papers (1730-1839), including sermons (1730-41) of Rev. William Jennison; diaries and correspondence (1843-79) of Rev. John Weiss, including material relating to his activities in the anti-slavery cause. Correspondents include Ralph Waldo Emerson, John James Ingalls, Levi Lincoln, James R. Lowell, and Andrew Oliver. Also included are the notes of Edmund Quincy (1681-1738) on the sermons of Rev. Joseph March.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes and 1 case.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16827412 View

Jonathan Belcher letters and document, 1734, 1742, 1752

Title: Jonathan Belcher letters and document 1734, 1742, 1752

American merchant and colonial governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire 1729/30-1741 and of New Jersey 1747-1757. Two letters to Richard Waldron 1731, 1734 and an authorization for payment, 1752.

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/7185 View

Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D

Index to ownership/provenance information, primarily from printed books, held by Houghton Library.

ArchivalResource: 1 collection

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01529/catalog View

Waldron, Richard, 1694-1753. Papers of Richard Waldron, 1726-1770.

Title: Papers of Richard Waldron, 1726-1770.

Chiefly drafts of letters (1730-1748) by Waldron to Governor Jonathan Belcher of Massachusetts. Includes drafts of two letters (1770) to Governor John Wentworth of New Hampshire, a few letters received, and mercantile accounts (1730-1735) with Samuel Sherburne.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume (600 items).1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71070580 View

Dennis family. Papers, 1663-1904.

Title: Papers, 1663-1904.

Chiefly business and legal papers of an Ipswich, Mass., family, including account book and receipts (1721-30) for outfitting of ships and account book (1730-57) of expenses, of John Dennis (d.1757), papers relating to the guardianship of the William Searles children, estate papers of Margaret Rogers, and other receipts, accounts and town militia commissions, muster rolls, tax lists, and estate papers. Persons represented include John Dennis' father, Thomas Dennis (d.1706), and children, Thomas (1706-1771) and Rev. John Dennis (1708-1773). Other subject matter includes the First Parish Church in Ipswich, and the ships Charming Betty, Elizabeth, Grand Turk, John and Hannah, Mary, Prudent, and Ranger. Other persons represented include Jonathan Belcher, William Dummer, Rev. John and Nathaniel Rogers, William Shirley, and the Rogers family.

ArchivalResource: 1 box and 1 oversize container.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17156266 View

Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757. Covers of Jonathan Belcher, undated.

Title: Covers of Jonathan Belcher, undated.

ArchivalResource: 15 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79451570 View

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800)

Title: Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (inclusive), 1700-1800 (bulk)

The portion of the Emmet Collection housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division consists of approximately 10,800 historical manuscripts relating chiefly to the period prior to, during, and following the American Revolution. The collection contains letters and documents by the signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as nearly every prominent historical figure of the period.

ArchivalResource: 30.83 linear feet; 108 boxes, 21 volumes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/927 View

Davis, John, 1761-1847. Papers, 1627-1846.

Title: Papers, 1627-1846.

Papers collected by John Davis, Judge of the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts and President of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Included are papers, sermons, and letters to or from governors and religious leaders of the American colonies, including John Winthrop Sr., Gov. Thomas Prence, Jonathan Belcher, Benjamin Fletcher, Josiah Cotton, Rev. Thomas Prince, and Benjamin Colman. Some of the letters contain accounts of King Philip's War or other discussions of Indian relations. Also included are letters of John and Thomas Davis; a journal of a 1780 expedition to study a solar eclipse, led by Prof. Samuel Williams; Joshua Gee's memo book containing notes and accounts he kept as a Harvard student, 1714-15; notes of John Adams on the trial of British soldiers for the Boston Massacre; and lists of men who attended special dinners in 1797 and 1798 in Boston to commemorate the landing of the Pilgrims.

ArchivalResource: 3 narrow boxes and 1 small case.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17346041 View

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Collection of documents concerning the American Revolution, 1740-1866

Title: Jared Sparks collection of documents concerning the American Revolution, 1740-1866 .

Documents copied or collected by American historian and president of Harvard Jared Sparks.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00303/catalog View

Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757. Jonathan Belcher letterbooks, 1723-1755.

Title: Jonathan Belcher letterbooks, 1723-1755.

Letterbooks containing copies of outgoing letters written by Jonathan Belcher, governor of Massachusetts and New Jersey, 1723-55. Includes official letters related to his tenure as governor; letters to Richard Waldron, brother-in-law Richard Partridge, and Benjamin Lynde among many others discussing trade, politics, his copper mine in Connecticut and farm in Milton, Mass.; and personal letters to his son Jonathan Belcher, Jr. discussing the death of his mother and family members. Includes an index.

ArchivalResource: 12 v. in cases.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49896176 View

Belcher, Andrew. Property record, 1776.

Title: Property record, 1776.

A record of tax payments between 1741 an 1776 on "the Governor's mansion house & land in Dorchester [Milton]," with a copy of a document (original dated 1754 March 27) from Jonathan Belcher conveying his properties to Andrew Belcher.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.), in folder ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/316061209 View

Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747. Benjamin Colman papers, 1641-1806.

Title: Benjamin Colman papers, 1641-1806.

Papers of Presbyterian clergyman Benjamin Colman concerned with his ministerial career, in particular as minister of Boston's Brattle St. (Fourth) Church, on various local church councils, on the corporation of Harvard College, and as a member of the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England and Parts Adjacent, and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. His papers concern theological matters, church controversies in New England, and his missionary work with Indians. Correspondents include Jonathan Belcher, Thomas Coram, Samuel Shute, William Cooper, and Samuel Sewall.

ArchivalResource: 1 box and 1 narrow box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26845761 View

Adventure (Sloop : 1716). Manifest, 1716.

Title: Manifest, 1716.

Manifest for goods shipped by Jonathan Belcher on a sloop bound from Boston for Martha's Vineyard.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70958388 View