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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.
Works
Bentley, William, 1759-1819. Papers of William Bentley, 1783-1815: an inventory. Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1784 June 12. HUG 1203.5 Box 1, Harvard University Archives.
Two folio-sized leaves containing a two-and-a-half-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley discussing mythology, a reference to the writing of David Hoar, and miscellaneous news.
Bentley, William, 1759-1819. Papers of William Bentley, 1783-1815: an inventory. Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1785 December 20. HUG 1203.5 Box 1, Harvard University Archives.
Two octavo-sized leaves containing a one-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley briefly mentioning the purchase of the Pentaglot Lexicon. The second leaf is torn and a fragment, but no text is missing.
Bentley, William, 1759-1819. Papers of William Bentley, 1783-1815: an inventory. Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1785 June 11. HUG 1203.5 Box 1, Harvard University Archives.
Two octavo-sized leaves containing a two-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley discussing the purchase of the Pentaglot Lexicon from Professor Stephen Sewall, and recent book purchases.
Bentley, William, 1759-1819. Papers of William Bentley, 1783-1815: an inventory. Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1785 October 17. HUG 1203.5 Box 1, Harvard University Archives.
Two octavo-sized leaves containing a two-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley discussing Professor Eliphalet Pearson and the discovery of brass and copper coins in Medford, Mass.
Bentley, William, 1759-1819. Papers of William Bentley, 1783-1815: an inventory. Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1787 December 26. HUG 1203.5 Box 1, Harvard University Archives.
Two octavo-sized leaves containing a one-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley briefly discussing Winthrop's progress on geometric problems.
Bentley, William, 1759-1819. Papers of William Bentley, 1783-1815: an inventory. Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1787 November 10. HUG 1203.5 Box 1, Harvard University Archives.
Two octavo-sized leaves containing a two-and-a-half-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley discussing the Federal Constitution and the balance of power between the states and federal government. The second leaf is torn.
Bentley, William, 1759-1819. Papers of William Bentley, 1783-1815: an inventory. Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1787 September 2. HUG 1203.5 Box 1, Harvard University Archives.
Two folio-sized leaves containing a one-page brief handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley mentioning the receipt of certain items and Winthrop's presentation of a geometric solution at an Academy meeting.
Bentley, William, 1759-1819. Papers of William Bentley, 1783-1815: an inventory. Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1788 August 20. HUG 1203.5 Box 1, Harvard University Archives.
Two octavo-sized leaves containing a one-and-a-half-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley briefly mentioning his efforts to visit the "Hon. N. G." (Nathaniel Gorham) and some recent activities of the Academy.
Bentley, William, 1759-1819. Papers of William Bentley, 1783-1815: an inventory. Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1788 December 7. HUG 1203.5 Box 1, Harvard University Archives.
One octavo-sized leaves containing a one-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley mentioning the shipment of a French version of the Henriad, The paper is torn.
Bentley, William, 1759-1819. Papers of William Bentley, 1783-1815: an inventory. Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1788 February 27. HUG 1203.5 Box 1, Harvard University Archives.
Two leaves containing a one-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley that mentions Rev. John Prince (1751-1836) and briefly discussing the state of Winthrop's microscope and five volumes presented to Harvard that were printed in Calcutta, India.