Compare Constellations

Winthrop family papers, 1537-1904.

Title: Winthrop family papers, 1537-1904.

Correspondence, diaries, deeds, medical, legal, and genealogical records, diplomas and commissions, inventories and estate settlements, scrapbooks, and other papers chiefly of Gov. John Winthrop, John Winthrop, Jr., Fitz-John Winthrop, Wait Still Winthrop, John Winthrop, F.R.S., Prof. John Winthrop, Thomas Lindall Winthrop, Robert C. Winthrop, Robert C. Winthrop, Jr., and other members of the Winthrop family of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Also includes papers of members of the allied Bowdoin (Bowden) and Temple families, especially James Bowdoin I, Gov. James Bowdoin, James Bowdoin, Jr., and Sir John Temple.

ArchivalResource: 53 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71131283 View

Great Britain. Customs Establishment. Great Britain Commissioners of Customs letterbook, 7 Aug.- 17 Sept. 1770.

Title: Great Britain Commissioners of Customs letterbook, 7 Aug.- 17 Sept. 1770.

Letterbook entitled, "Continuation of a state of the several adjournments of the Board of Customs at Boston from the 9th March 1770 and Mr. Temple's correspondence with the other commissioners concerning the same." Letterbook contains outgoing copies of letters written by John Temple, Richard Reeve, and other British customs administrators in Boston, Mass., 7 Aug.-17 Sept. 1770.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51066018 View

Temple, John, Sir, 1732-1798. British Commissioners of Customs records [microform], 1762-1770.

Title: British Commissioners of Customs records [microform], 1762-1770.

Records, correspondence, and minutes, of the British Commissioners of Customs of America, including particularly the Boston office. Much of the correspondence is from commissioner John Temple regarding duties on sugar, molasses, and rum.

ArchivalResource: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122451489 View

Morgan, George, 1743-1810. Letters and reports, 1777-1788.

Title: Letters and reports, 1777-1788.

Letter to Edward Hand dated August 23, 1777 discusses provisioning troops during the American Revolution. Letter dated March 17, 1785 discusses cultivation of beans and turnips. Letter dated March 10, 1786 is addressed to Samuel Powel and discusses the management of bees. Letter dated July 31, 1788 is addressed to George Washington and discusses the importation of the Hessian fly and devastation of the wheat crops. Letter dated August 26, 1788 is addressed to Sir John Temple and discusses the Hessian fly and other insects.

ArchivalResource: 10 items (19 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155903815 View

Wendell family papers

Title: Wendell family papers

Correspondence, business papers, and compositions by members of the Wendell family, a prominent merchant family from Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

ArchivalResource: 46 linear feet (93 boxes and 1 folder)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01421/catalog View

Vincent, Ambrose. Ambrose Vincent appointments, 1766-1768.

Title: Ambrose Vincent appointments, 1766-1768.

Three appointments to Ambrose Vincent for positions in the Customs Administration in Boston, 1766-68, including one on parchment for a position as landwaiter, weigher, and gauger with unrestricted power to search under a writ of assistance, 27 June 1768. All documents are printed forms completed in manuscript and are signed by John Temple. The 1768 document is also signed by John Robinson, Charles Paxton, and William Burch.

ArchivalResource: 1 oversize box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37256766 View

Temple, John, Sir, 1732-1798. Letter, 1782 Sept. 2, Boston, to the Massachusetts General Court.

Title: Letter, 1782 Sept. 2, Boston, to the Massachusetts General Court.

Refuting James Sullivan's claim that Temple was responsible for conveying to the Massachusetts House of Representatives "treasonable and incendiary" letters written by Governor Hutchinson and Lieutenant Governor Oliver, and outlining the history of the affair from his point of view.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf (3 p.), in folder ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/174137714 View