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Colonial North America at Harvard Library provides access to remarkable and wide-ranging materials digitized as part of an ongoing, multi-year project. When complete, the project will make available to the world approximately 650,000 digitized pages of all known archival and manuscript materials in the Harvard Library that relate to 17th- and 18th-century North America. Each item is connected to countless stories—of lives lived quietly and extravagantly, of encounters peaceful and volatile, and of places near and far – providing an opportunity to travel back in time, to rethink familiar stories, and to discover new ones.
Discover 400 years of intellectual pursuits, discoveries, culture, social life, and work of the Harvard community, on campus and beyond. A national treasure, the Harvard University Archives welcomes students, faculty, and staff and researchers from across the globe.
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Dunster, Henry, 1609-1659? Papers of Henry Dunster and the Dunster and Glover families. Letter from Henry Dunster of Balehoult, Lancashire, England, to his son, Henry Dunster, Cambridge, New England, 1640 March 20. UAI 15.850 Box 1, Folder 3, Harvard
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Dunster, Henry, 1609-1659? Papers of Henry Dunster and the Dunster and Glover families. Letter from Thomas Greene to Henry Dunster, 1655 August 20. UAI 15.850 Box 1, Folder 27, Harvard University Archives.
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Winthrop, John, 1714-1779. Papers of John and Hannah Winthrop, 1728-1789. Annotated almanac, 1751. HUM 9 Box 4, Volume 10, Harvard University Archives.
Almanac containing calendar pages with sporadic annotations of unidentified measurements and interleaved pages with short handwritten entries about Winthrop's daily activities, and astronomical and meteorological observations. The entries include personal notes about travel, the weather,...
Merrill, Benjamin (Harvard College Class of 1804). Mathematical theses. A Survey of Part of Cambridge situated easterly of the Mall. HUC 8782.514 (113), Harvard University Archives.
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Dunster, Henry, 1609-1659? Papers of Henry Dunster and the Dunster and Glover families. Letter from William Cutter to Henry Dunster, 1654 May 19. UAI 15.850 Box 1, Folder 19, Harvard University Archives.
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![Sewall, Stephen, 1734-1804. Papers of Stephen Sewall, 1764-1797. [Letter from Thomas Clap to Royal Tyler,] 1764 August 1. HUG 1782 Box 1, Harvard University Archives.](https://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/iiif/46884918/full/100,/0/default.jpg)
Sewall, Stephen, 1734-1804. Papers of Stephen Sewall, 1764-1797. [Letter from Thomas Clap to Royal Tyler,] 1764 August 1. HUG 1782 Box 1, Harvard University Archives.
One-page handwritten letter from Thomas Clap to Royal Tyler acknowledging his return of "Mr. Sewals Hebrew Grammar" to Tyler and noting that the work is "best especially for beginners." The letter is torn into three pieces and some text is missing. A portion of the missing text can be found in...
Harvard College Library. Early Harvard College Librarian's papers, 1715-1727. Catalog of books in the chest sent by Thomas Hollis to Boston, 1720 January 1. UAIII 50.27.14 Box 1, Folder 2, Harvard University Archives.
This one-page document contains a list of books sent to Increase Mather (1639-1723; Harvard AB 1656) by Captain Chadder on behalf of English Harvard benefactor Thomas Hollis (1659-1731).
Shirley, William, 1694-1771. Latin oration delivered by Governor William Shirley at Harvard College on September 11, 1741 (manuscript copies), 1741-1752. UAI 20.741, Harvard University Archives.
Two handwritten copies of the Latin oration delivered by Governor William Shirley on September 11, 1741 during Harvard's celebration of his installation as Massachusetts Governor. The copyists are unidentified. The first copy, titled "Governor Shirley oration at College," is written on one...
Trustees of the Charity of Edward Hopkins. Records of the Trustees of the Charity of Edward Hopkins. Hezekiah Squamauge & Amos Ahatton's petition to ye General Court, 1723 December 25. HUY 26 Box 2, Folder 19, Harvard University Archives.
Harvard University. Corporation. Records of Grants for Work among the Indians, 1720-1812. Vote of the Harvard Corporation, April 5, 1773. UAI 20.720 Box 1, Folder 21, Harvard University Archives.