Papers, 1666-1819.

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Papers, 1666-1819.

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The Bentley Papers span the period 1666 to 1819 and reflect the life and interests of the Rev. William Bentley. There are 13 volumes of diaries, 1785-1819. The diary for 1811-1815 was written in an old volume which contained accounts, 1684-1703, of George Corwin, Jr. ( - ), and entries for the settlement of the estate of George Corwin ( - ). There is correspondence, 1783-1819, mostly addressed to Bentley and including letters from John Adams (1735-1826) and Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) concerning the Mecklenberg County (N.C.) Declaration of Independence, as well as a folder of correspondence, 1813-1815, with Bentley's nephew William Bentley Fowle (1795-1865). Other principal correspondents include Joshua Bentley ( - ), John Eliot (1754-1813), James Freeman (1759-1835), William Logan ( - ), Michael Walsh (1763-1840), and James Winthrop (1752-1821). The collection also includes commonplace books, lists of titles in Bentley's library, sermons, 1808-1813, and financial papers, 1783-1818. There are notes and notebooks on religion, philosophy, meteorology, history, linguistics, natural history, and a variety of other topics as well as a folder of poetry copied by Bentley. There are papers collected by Bentley concerning his parish, the East Church of Salem, Mass., and a variety of other records collected by him. These include land deeds, a list of students, 1730, a roll of soldiers at Louisbourg, 1745, correspondence of Thomas Hutchinson (1711-1780), 1753 and 1770 ships' manifests, an account of a sailor captured near Yemen, c. 1812, and other records.

6 boxes.38 v. ; octavo.5 v. ; folio.

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Corwin, George C., 1866-1951

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Corwin, George C., 1866-1951

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Winthrop, James, 1752-1821

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