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Colonial North America: Houghton Library

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Colonial North America: Houghton Library
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.

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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.

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 (78% transcribed, 78% needs review)
Hall, Hugh. Letter book : manuscript, 1716-1718. MS Am 1042. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Hall, Hugh. Letter book : manuscript, 1716-1718. MS Am 1042. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Summary: Copies of letters dated at London, Barbados, and Boston, concerning personal matters, social life, and commerce, chiefly shipping, in Barbados and Boston.

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286 pages: 47% complete (55% transcribed, 8% needs review)
Haskell, Caleb, 1754-1829. Diary : manuscript, 1775-1776. MS Am 1680. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Haskell, Caleb, 1754-1829. Diary : manuscript, 1775-1776. MS Am 1680. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

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138 pages: 2% complete (77% transcribed, 74% needs review)
Holbrook, Naaman. A song of young and old : manuscript, 1772 Aug. 31. MS Am 1108 (1). Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Holbrook, Naaman. A song of young and old : manuscript, 1772 Aug. 31. MS Am 1108 (1). Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

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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.

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.

Summary: Documents relate to the negotiations of the 1697 Anglo-French Commission set up to determine the differences between the Hudson's Bay Company and the Compagnie du Nord.

108 pages: 10% complete (9% translated)
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.

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.

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42 pages: 35% complete (48% transcribed, 12% needs review)
Jackson, Charles, 1775-1855. Notes : concerning civil and criminal laws : manuscript, 1795. MS Am 1231. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Jackson, Charles, 1775-1855. Notes : concerning civil and criminal laws : manuscript, 1795. MS Am 1231. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

History note: Jackson (A.B. 1793) started practicing law in 1796, and was a member of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, 1813-1824. Summary Contains notes concerning contracts, debts, trespassing, assault, and other legal issues.

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212 pages: 16% complete (16% transcribed)
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.

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.

Summary: Describes his January 7, 1785 balloon voyage over the English Channel, the first hot-air balloon crossing of the Channel.

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42 pages: 4% complete (15% transcribed, 10% needs review)
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.

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.

History note: Outbound journey was commanded by Jacques-Pierre Taffanel de La Jonquière. The Rubis escorted ships to Canada. The return journey was commanded by M. de La Richardière. Summary: Chiefly describes his outbound sea journey, 23 May-10 July 1733, and his return, 19 Oct.-23 Nov....

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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.

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.

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64 pages: 48% complete (53% transcribed, 5% needs review)
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