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A journall of our expedition agt. Canada ... : manuscript, 1711 and 1722-1723. MS Am 1341. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.188 pages; 25% complete (30% transcribed, 4% needs review)03/16/2024 at 05:09 AM
Adams, William, 1650-1685. Sermons on sacrament days : manuscript, [ca.1650-1685]. MS Am 2137. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.252 pages; 6% complete (16% transcribed, 10% needs review)03/04/2024 at 10:55 AM
Alden, Timothy. Seven forensic disputations on the question whether the time usually spent in learning the Latin, Greek, & Oriental languages be usefully occupied : by Timothy Alden, Samuel Dana, Jotham Bender, James Kendall, David Kendall, William Wells,240 pages; 100% complete (100% transcribed)04/01/2021 at 01:43 PM
Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789. An essay on the universal plenitude of being and on the nature and immortality of the human soul and its agency : manuscript, [1784]. MS Am 1825. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.85 pages; 100% complete (100% transcribed)12/10/2020 at 05:40 PM
American husbandry : manuscript, [ca. 1775-1789]. MS Am 1563. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.440 pages; 100% complete (100% transcribed)01/22/2021 at 04:32 PM
Autograph File, C, 1554-2002. Cazneau, William A.L.s.to John Hancock; London, 23 Dec 1767. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.5 pages; 80% complete (80% transcribed)06/09/2021 at 04:26 PM
Barclay, David.David Barclay's report of his missionary labors : manuscript, 1800. MS Am 1055. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.32 pages; 100% complete (100% transcribed)02/16/2021 at 08:08 PM
Bradstreet, Anne, 1612?-1672. Meditations divine and morall : manuscript, [not before 1672]. MS Am 1007. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.112 pages; 100% complete (100% transcribed)03/17/2021 at 01:36 PM
Brasseur. Tableau de l’administration des Isles sous le Vent par M. le Brassuer : ancien administrateur par interim des dites îles : manuscript, [ca. 1780]. MS Fr 557. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.354 pages; 6% complete (59% translated, 49% needs review)12/31/2023 at 12:26 AM
Bridge, Ebenezer, 1716-1792. Ebenezer Bridge papers, 1740-1792. Diary, pages 1-48 : autograph manuscript (unsigned), 1749-1750. MS Am 1186 (27). Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.48 pages; 0% complete (100% transcribed, 100% needs review)05/02/2023 at 01:46 PM
Brudenell, Edward. Edward Brudenell letterbook on loyalists, 1785-1786. MS Can 48, volume 1. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.342 pages; 42% complete (49% transcribed, 6% needs review)04/17/2024 at 10:28 AM
Campion, John. An account of the capture of St. Johns by the French : manuscript, 1709 May 14. MS Can 73 (2). Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.2 pages; 0% complete (100% transcribed, 100% needs review)04/24/2023 at 06:28 PM
Carrefour de La Pelouze, Pierre-Joseph, 1738-1808. Voyage et campagnes au Canada : manuscript, 1757-1760. MS Can 8. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.106 pages; 3% complete (3% translated)03/23/2021 at 02:24 PM
Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778. Commonplace book : of poetry : manuscript, 1750-1752. MS Am 1369. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.32 pages; 6% complete (100% transcribed, 94% needs review)05/16/2023 at 05:16 PM
Church, Samuel, 1755-1826. A poetical flame blown up by the breath of a fanatical religioso / H. Catholicus : manuscript, 1786. MS Am 1894.1 (1). Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.158 pages; 100% complete (100% transcribed)05/08/2022 at 03:23 PM
Church, Samuel, 1755-1826. A poetical jumble, vivified from the rubbish of chaos : humbly dedicated to the goddess of silence / S. Melancholicus : manuscript, 1786. MS Am 1894, volume 1. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.174 pages; 2% complete (47% transcribed, 44% needs review)07/19/2022 at 03:33 PM
Church, Samuel, 1755-1826. A poetical jumble, vivified from the rubbish of chaos : humbly dedicated to the goddess of silence / S. Melancholicus : manuscript, 1786. MS Am 1894, volume 2. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.150 pages; 2% complete (100% transcribed, 97% needs review)05/01/2022 at 03:22 PM
Church, Samuel, 1755-1826. The art of preserving health : manuscript, 1788. MS Am 1894.1 (2). Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.164 pages; 100% complete (100% transcribed)10/26/2020 at 05:33 PM
Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747. Letter : to Edward Holyoke, 1744 July 10. MS Am 602. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.2 pages; 50% complete (100% transcribed, 50% needs review)04/28/2022 at 01:28 AM
Coulon de Villiers, Louis, 1710-1757. Journal de la campagne de M[onsieu]r de Villiers depuis son arrivée au fort du Quesne jusqu’à son retour audit fort : manuscript, 1754. MS Can 9. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.21 pages; 95% complete (10% translated)04/24/2023 at 06:43 PM
De Brahm, John Gerar William, 1717-approximately 1799. History of the three provinces South Carolina, Georgia, and East Florida : manuscript, [after 1771]. MS Am 824. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.428 pages; 5% complete (39% transcribed, 33% needs review)04/25/2024 at 05:11 AM
Dyke, Daniel, -1614. The mystery of self-deceiving : being some extracts from a discourse on the deceitfulness of mans heart ... / written by the late faithful minister of Gods word, Rev. Daniel Dyke : manuscript, 1796. MS Am 923. Houghton Library,280 pages; 100% complete (100% transcribed)02/09/2021 at 08:50 PM
Flynt, Josiah, -1680. Sermons : manuscript, [16--]. MS Am 802. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.382 pages; 6% complete (27% transcribed, 20% needs review)04/25/2024 at 05:19 AM
Fogg, Samuel. Advantages and disadvantages of the marriage state, etc. : manuscript, ca. 1761. MS Am 2371. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.60 pages; 43% complete (45% transcribed, 2% needs review)04/22/2022 at 01:18 AM
France. Ministère de la marine. Documents concerning New France : manuscript, [16--]. MS Can 37. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.15 pages; 26% complete (27% transcribed)11/26/2023 at 06:05 PM
France. Ministère de la marine. Documents concerning New France : manuscript, [16--]. MS Can 37. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.15 pages; 33% complete (33% translated)03/01/2021 at 04:16 PM
Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787. Thomas Gage letters, 1759-1773. MS Eng 106. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.771 pages; 7% complete (10% transcribed, 3% needs review)03/05/2024 at 08:31 AM
Gerrish, Benjamin, 1717-1772. Benjamin Gerrish letter to an unidentified correspondent : manuscript, 1759. Can 350.1*. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.3 pages; 0% complete (67% transcribed, 67% needs review)09/02/2022 at 09:16 PM
Grew family. Papers of the Grew, Andrews, Norton, and Wigglesworth families, 1738-1884. Norton, Samuel, 1743-1832. A. booklet of household recipes; [Hingham] 14 Sept. 1799. MS Am 1136 (303). Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.9 pages; 0% complete (44% transcribed, 44% needs review)01/19/2024 at 06:17 AM
Hall, Hugh. Letter book : manuscript, 1716-1718. MS Am 1042. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.286 pages; 47% complete (54% transcribed, 7% needs review)01/10/2024 at 08:29 PM
Hamilton, Henry,-1796. Journal of the British expedition from Detroit to Vincennes and its defeat by George Rogers Clark : manuscript, 1778-1782. MS Eng 508. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.196 pages; 100% complete (100% transcribed)02/11/2021 at 09:09 PM
Haskell, Caleb, 1754-1829. Diary : manuscript, 1775-1776. MS Am 1680. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.138 pages; 2% complete (75% transcribed, 72% needs review)03/27/2024 at 07:39 AM
Holbrook, Naaman. A song of young and old : manuscript, 1772 Aug. 31. MS Am 1108 (1). Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.2 pages; 0% complete (0% transcribed)03/29/2021 at 01:28 PM
Hudson's Bay Company. Transactions between England and France relateing to Hudsons Bay 1687 : manuscript, [1698?]. MS Can 71. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.108 pages; 10% complete (9% translated)07/10/2020 at 05:51 PM
Humphreys, David, 1752-1818. A poem on the national industry of the United States of America : addressed to the rising generation, pronounced at Lisbon on the 4th day of July 1792, in celebration of the 16th anniversary of independence : manuscript, 1792.42 pages; 35% complete (38% transcribed, 2% needs review)03/04/2024 at 08:09 AM
Jackson, Charles, 1775-1855. Notes : concerning civil and criminal laws : manuscript, 1795. MS Am 1231. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.212 pages; 16% complete (16% transcribed)03/03/2024 at 12:07 PM
Jeffries, John, 1745-1819. John Jeffries papers, 1768-1963. Diary, 1785 January 7 - 1785 January 22. MS Am 1220 (11-9). Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.42 pages; 4% complete (15% transcribed, 10% needs review)01/19/2024 at 06:14 AM
Journal de la campagne de Québec sur le Rubi (sic) commandé par mons[ieu]r de la Jonquiere cap[itain]e de vaissau en 1733 : manuscript, 1733. MS Can 7. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.64 pages; 20% complete (20% translated)09/03/2020 at 03:55 PM
Kingsbury, Benjamin, active 1775-1785. The theory of fevers ; the theory of a generation : manuscript, 1775, 1785. MS Am 644. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.64 pages; 48% complete (53% transcribed, 5% needs review)03/03/2024 at 12:01 PM
La Chasse, Joseph Pierre de, 1670-1749. Lettre du pere de La Chasse superieur general des missionaires de la nouvelle France au p[ere] de la meme compagnie de Jesus : manuscript, [17--]. MS Can 68. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.24 pages; 95% complete (50% translated)07/13/2020 at 06:29 PM
Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792. Arthur Lee papers, 1741-1882, 1766-1787 (bulk). France. Conseil d'état. [Enforcement of the order of 23 Sep 1778 concerning prize ships] MS. (unidentified hand); [Versailles] 29 Jun 1779. MS Am 811.5 (76). Houghton Library, Harvard2 pages; 100% complete (50% translated)05/01/2020 at 08:27 PM
Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792. Arthur Lee papers, 1741-1882, 1766-1787 (bulk). France. Treaties, etc., 1774-1792 (Louis XVI) [Ratification of the treaty of amity and commerce] MS. (copy, unidentified hand); [n.p., 16 Jul 1778]. MS Am 811.4 (14). Houghton2 pages; 0% complete (0% translated)09/14/2020 at 12:01 PM
Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792. Arthur Lee papers, 1741-1882, 1766-1787 (bulk). Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roche Gilbert du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834. [Extract from an essay on the commerce of France with the United States] MS. (unidentified hand);1 page: 0% complete (0% translated)05/01/2020 at 01:39 PM
Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792. Arthur Lee papers, 1741-1882, 1766-1787 (bulk). Louis, XVI, king of France, 1754-1793. MS.L. (copy) to the Continental congress; [Versailles, 19 Dec 1778]. MS Am 811.4 (95). Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.2 pages; 50% complete (0% translated)10/12/2020 at 10:32 PM
Lopez, Aaron, 1731-1782. Letter book : manuscript : [not before 1782]. MS Judaica 24. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.148 pages; 5% complete (8% transcribed, 3% needs review)03/04/2024 at 07:01 AM
Lunt, Paul, 1747-1824. Adjournal of travels from Newburyport to Cambridg & in the camp : manuscript, 1775. MS Am 1099. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.104 pages; 11% complete (94% transcribed, 82% needs review)08/16/2023 at 12:53 PM
Manning, William, 1747-1814. The key of libberty : shewing the cawses why a free government has always failed, & a reamidy against it, adresed to the republicans, farmers, mecanicks & labourers in America / by a labourer : manuscript, 1797-1798. MS Am36 pages; 11% complete (100% transcribed, 89% needs review)08/16/2023 at 12:50 PM
Manning, William, 1747-1814. The key of libberty : shewing the cawses why a free government has always failed, & a reamidy against it, adresed to the republicans, farmers, mecanicks & labourers in America / by a labourer : manuscript, 1797-1798. MS Am57 pages; 0% complete (2% transcribed, 2% needs review)06/03/2021 at 07:32 AM
Manning, William, 1747-1814. The key of libberty : shewing the cawses why a free government has always failed, & a reamidy against it, adresed to the republicans, farmers, mecanicks & labourers in America / by a labourer : manuscript, 1797-1798. MS Am29 pages; 0% complete (0% transcribed)03/29/2021 at 01:31 PM
Manning, William, 1747-1814. The key of libberty : shewing the cawses why a free government has always failed, & a reamidy against it, adresed to the republicans, farmers, mecanicks & labourers in America / by a labourer : manuscript, 1797-1798. MS Am40 pages; 2% complete (8% transcribed, 5% needs review)09/02/2022 at 08:41 PM
Massachusetts. Governor (1741-1757 : Shirley). Military commission : manuscript, 1756 Feb. 18. MS Am 832. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.2 pages; 0% complete (0% transcribed)01/18/2022 at 02:52 PM
Morton, Charles, 1627-1698. Naturall phylosophy. A system of physicks : manuscript, 1706. MS Am 2523. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.192 pages; 5% complete (14% transcribed, 9% needs review)01/19/2024 at 05:55 AM
Parsons, Theodore, 1751-1779. Forensic dispute between Theodore Parsons & Eliphalet Pearson : manuscript, 1773. MS Am 1423. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.52 pages; 19% complete (23% transcribed, 4% needs review)03/03/2024 at 10:56 AM
Porter, Rebecca Story. Miss Rebecca Story’s book : manuscript, 1796-[ca. 1803]. MS Am 910. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.48 pages; 100% complete (100% transcribed)02/16/2021 at 02:51 PM
Portlock, Nathaniel, 1748?-1817. Extracts from the record of a voyage to the N. W. coast of America : in the ships "King George" and "Queen Charlotte" in the years 1786, 1787, & 1788 : manuscript, [ca. 1788]. MS Eng 524. Houghton Library, Harvard35 pages; 45% complete (77% transcribed, 31% needs review)03/16/2024 at 05:44 AM
Robbins, Philemon, 1709-1781. Septenary: manuscript, 1737-1745, 1755. MS Am 847. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.58 pages; 100% complete (100% transcribed)06/19/2020 at 11:21 PM
Sâgean, Mathieu. Relation des avantures de Mathieu Sagean Canadien et de ses voyages et courses tam à la Louisiane, que sur les Costes d'Affrique, dans les Indes orientales et occidentales, et à la Chine : manuscript, [1701?]. MS Can 54. Houghton Library,136 pages; 15% complete (1% translated)03/17/2021 at 05:27 PM
Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866, collector. Jared Sparks collection of documents concerning the American Revolution, 1740-1866. Ternay, Charles Louis d'Arsac de, 1722-1780. A.L.s. to [George Washington]; [n.p.] 31 Jul 1780. MS Sparks 49.3 (89). Houghton Library,3 pages; 100% complete (100% translated, 67% needs review)09/19/2022 at 04:49 AM
Stirke, Henry. Diary of the campaign for Québec : manuscript, 1758-1760. MS Can 24. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.182 pages; 12% complete (4% translated)03/16/2024 at 06:06 AM
Story, Isaac, 1774-1803. The hermit : manuscript, [17--]. MS Am 549. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.34 pages; 100% complete (100% transcribed)02/16/2021 at 03:17 PM
Thayer, Ebenezer, 1734-1792. Sermons : manuscript, 1788-1791. MS Am 828. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.118 pages; 12% complete (49% transcribed, 36% needs review)08/13/2020 at 06:41 PM
Thomson, William, 1727-1796. Book of orders : received and given by Col. Wm. Thomson : manuscript, 1775-1778. MS Am 737. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.94 pages; 100% complete (100% transcribed)01/18/2022 at 08:09 PM
Villanueva y Chavarri, Francisco Xavier. Breve resumen y noticia del descubrimiento de la Nueva-España : demarcarion y descripcion de aquellas provincias divididas en las cinco Audiencias que la governan, estado de sus iglesias, sus ereciones, noti[ci]a316 pages; 1% complete (1% translated)04/28/2020 at 11:54 AM
Villanueva y Chavarri, Francisco Xavier. Breve resumen y noticia del descubrimiento de la Nueva-España : demarcarion y descripcion de aquellas provincias divididas en las cinco Audiencias que la governan, estado de sus iglesias, sus ereciones, noti[ci]a16 pages; 0% complete (0% translated)10/15/2021 at 06:31 AM
Wadsworth, Benjamin, 1670-1737. Sermon : manuscript, 1707. MS Am 803. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.37 pages; 27% complete (32% transcribed, 5% needs review)03/05/2024 at 08:06 AM
Warren, Mercy Otis,1728-1814. Plays and poetry :manuscript, [17--]. MS Am 1354.1. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.75 pages; 100% complete (100% transcribed)04/15/2021 at 05:58 PM
Williamson, George, approximately 1704-1781. Diary of Lt. General George Williamson in the Canada campaign of 1760 : manuscript, 1760. MS Can 40. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.48 pages; 41% complete (71% transcribed, 29% needs review)03/16/2024 at 05:23 AM