Manuscripts

Aberdeen, Lord. See G. H. Gordon.

Adams, Abigail.

1778, February 15, Braintree; to John Thaxter, Yorktown, signed "Portia." Folio, 3 pp.

PP.

John Adams, and“ Master John," yesterday "embarked from this town," at "Hofs Neck," for France; fame of Jacob Duche; statue to Mrs. Catharine Macaulay; Lord Lyttelton and a monody of his; education of children; word received from on board the Boston, that her husband and son sailed on Sunday. See Works of John Adams, I. 277.

Adams, Hannah.

1794, January 1, Medfield. 16mo. 2 pp.

Writing a history of New England; Mr. Thomas may conclude to purchase the copyright of one of her works.

Adams, John.

1768, March; under J. Otis.

1790, April 19, New York; to Richard Price, framed. Octavo, 3 PP.

Speaks of the Revolution in France; and of his own devotion to a great cause.

Signature, pasted under an engraving after G. Stuart. Adams, John Quincy.

1841, September 13; to Mrs. Waterston, framed. I 2mo.

I p.

Verses "To the Sun Dial under a window of the House of Representatives of the United States," copied by him for Mrs. Waterston, October 31, 1842.

1843, October 22, Quincy; to Joseph Grinnell, New Bedford. Octavo, I p.

Will deliver a lecture in Springfield on the 25th instant; and will then proceed with Mr. Grinnell, as proposed, on the next morning for Albany and the west.

1844, February 16, Windsor Castle; to Charles Philip York. Octavo, I p.

Allein, Francis.

1652-53, February 3; under Great Britain.

Allibone, Samuel Austin. '

1852, May, Philadelphia; signature, in "Francisi Diedi." See page 101.

Allston, Washington.

1837, January 23, Cambridge; to Mr. Waterston. 12mo. I p. Signature.

Althorp, Viscount. See J. C. Spencer.

Anne, Queen.

1713, March 30; under Great Britain. Signature.

Arnold, Benedict.

1768, March 26, New Haven; to John Remson, New York; copy. Folio, 2 pp.

Desires his order to be paid to Capt. Abraham Bradley; Mr. Riche has nothing to do with their accounts; speaks of his loss on two voyages. Arnold, Margaret (Shippen).

(1803), April 5, London; to her eldest sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Burd. Octavo, 3 pp.

Her son Edward, Cornet of Cavalry, promised the first staff appointment; son James Robertson, after long and active service in Malta and Egypt, is ordered to the West Indies; son George being educated at the Royal Military College for the India service; and her daughter Sophia Matilda has been confirmed and has received the sacrament.

Ashhurst, William.

1645, November 18; under Great Britain.

Auckland, Lord. See G. Eden.

Aubrey, John.

1718, December 24; under Great Britain, May 11, 1718. Audubon, John James.

Baillie, George.

1718, May II; under Great Britain.

1723-24, January 15; under same, December 19, 1723. Balmanno, Robert.

1842, October, New York; to Mrs. Waterston. Quarto, 4 PP.

About a lock of Sir Walter Scott's hair.

Banks, Joseph.

1785, November 12, London; to M. L'Heretier, Paris. Octavo, 3 PP.

Barrow, John.

1849, January 10, Admiralty; to William Edward Parry. Octavo, 3 PP.

Beattie, James.

1765, June 20, Aberdeen; to Alexander Mitchel, Jr. 16mo.

I p.

Discharge for £50 "Scots money due to him as Professor of Moral Philosophy in Marischal College, and payable out of the "Bishop's rents of Scotland."

Beaufort, Francis.

1853, December 28, Admiralty; to William Edward Parry. 16mo. 4 PP.

Belzoni, Giovanni Baptista.

1821, July 14, London; to John Murray. 12mo. I p. Bence, Alexander.

1647, April 29; under Great Britain.

Bentham, Jeremy.

1813, March 28. 12mo. I p.

Specimen of his handwriting, framed. 16mo. I p.

Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish (Harley).

1752, May 5; to Emanuel Mendes de Costa. Slip.

Bettisworth, J.

1715-16, February 24; under Great Britain, March 20, 1715-16.

Black, Adam.

Attestation of the handwriting of Walter Scott.

Blair, Hugh.

1788, January 3, Edinburgh; to John Bell, London. 16mo. 3 PP.

1794, April 26, Edinburgh; to Thomas Cadell, London. Octavo, I p.

Blake, Robert.

1653, November 14; under Great Britain. Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich.

1829; signature.

Böckh, August.

1831, April 12, Berlin; signature on card. Bolingbroke, Viscount. See H. Saint John. Bonaparte, Charles Lucien Jules Laurent. 1825, June 27, Point Breeze. 12mo. I p.

Bonaparte, Joseph.

1818, March 29, Philadelphia; to Messrs. Bayard and Company. Octavo, I p.

Bond, Dennis.

1645, November 18; under Great Britain. 1647, April 29; under same.

Boston.

1771, September 18; to Paul Farmer. Slip.

Request to receive one Patrick McLary into the almshouse, signed by John Ruddock, and John Hancock, Selectmen, and by William Greenleaf, one of the Overseers of the Poor. See 23d Report of the Boston Record Commissioners, page 97.

Boswell, James.

Signature; in "Image," by Elyot. See page 113. Same, in "hystory," by Thucydides, London, 1550. See page 357.

Bowditch, Nathaniel.

1833, January 3, Boston; to Henry Ingersoll Bowditch, Paris. Octavo, I p.

Introduces James Augustus Dorr (H. C. 1832), who is about to sail for Europe.

Brainard, John Gardiner Calkins.

Verses in his handwriting. 16mo. I p.

Brewster, David.

1830, August 21, Melrose; to Thomas Murray, Edinburgh. Octavo, I p.

Brouncker, William.

1667, October 3; under Great Britain.

Brownson, Nathan.

1777, March 25; under United States.

Bryant, Frances Fairchild.

1862, December 31; signature, in "In the Woods," by J. A. Hows, New York, 1863. See page 183.

Bryant, John Howard.

1886, January 28, Princeton, Illinois; to Mr. Waterston. 12mo. 2 pp.

1886, February 7, St. Augustine, Florida; to same. I 2mo. 4 PP.

Account of his life.

1886, March 26, St. Augustine, Florida; to same. 16mo.