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Bond family correspondence, undated Digital
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Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
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Collection:
William Bond & Son records and Bond family papers, 1724-1931 (inclusive), 1769-1923 (bulk)
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I. William Cranch Bond personal papers and Bond family papers, 1769-1902, undated
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D. Correspondence, 1808-1902, undated
Item — unspecified: Box 2, folder 26Identifier: hsi00001
Scope and Contents:
Contains undated correspondence, calling cards, and invitations of Bond family members, relatives, and friends, including William C. Bond and Joseph H. Clinch. There is also a letter from Mary (Minnie) Bond to her brother William C. Bond that contained a photograph of a group of men in Asheville, North Carolina, which was removed to box 6, folder 6.
Bond family tree, undated Digital
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Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
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Collection:
William Bond & Son records and Bond family papers, 1724-1931 (inclusive), 1769-1923 (bulk)
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Series:
I. William Cranch Bond personal papers and Bond family papers, 1769-1902, undated
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A. Genealogy and biographical information, 1850-1859, undated
Item — unspecified: Filed in portfolio folder 1Identifier: hsi00001
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Undated family tree of William Cranch Bond in an unknown hand.
Breguet quarter-hour repeater pocket watch, 1819, 1819 Digital
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Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
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Collection:
William Bond & Son records and Bond family papers, 1724-1931 (inclusive), 1769-1923 (bulk)
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VII. Medals and watches, 1724-1874
Item Identifier: hsi00001
Scope and Contents:
This series includes medals awarded to William Bond & Son, several watches, and a chronometer.
Bronze medal awarded to William Bond & Son at the Great Exhibition in London, 1851, 1851 Digital
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Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
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Collection:
William Bond & Son records and Bond family papers, 1724-1931 (inclusive), 1769-1923 (bulk)
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VII. Medals and watches, 1724-1874
Item Identifier: hsi00001
Scope and Contents:
This series includes medals awarded to William Bond & Son, several watches, and a chronometer.
Calling card plate of Mrs. William C. Bond, undated Digital
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Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
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Collection:
William Bond & Son records and Bond family papers, 1724-1931 (inclusive), 1769-1923 (bulk)
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Series:
I. William Cranch Bond personal papers and Bond family papers, 1769-1902, undated
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Sub-Series:
D. Correspondence, 1808-1902, undated
Item — unspecified: Box 2, folder 14Identifier: hsi00001
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Copper plate and empty envelope bearing the name and Malden, Massachusetts, address of the wife of William C. Bond.
Chronometer balance designed for overcoming middle temperature error, undated Digital
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Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
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Collection:
William Bond & Son records and Bond family papers, 1724-1931 (inclusive), 1769-1923 (bulk)
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Series:
VII. Medals and watches, 1724-1874
Item Identifier: hsi00001
Scope and Contents:
This series includes medals awarded to William Bond & Son, several watches, and a chronometer.
Chronometer making: notes copies from J. Hutton's book, 1844, 1844 Digital
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Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
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Collection:
William Bond & Son records and Bond family papers, 1724-1931 (inclusive), 1769-1923 (bulk)
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II. William Bond & Son business records, 1808-1931, undated
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Sub-Series:
A. Subject files, 1844-1931, undated
Item — unspecified: Box 3, folder 6Identifier: hsi00001
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Notebook created by William Bond & Son containing instructions on creating chronometers, copied from a work of English clock maker John Hutton (active 1830-1868), dated 1844. The volume includes some illustrations and notes laid in, and a table at the end with assorted numbers.
Class notes, vol. 1, 1850, 1850 Digital
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Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
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Collection:
William Bond & Son records and Bond family papers, 1724-1931 (inclusive), 1769-1923 (bulk)
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IV. J. Morton Clinch papers, 1850-1863
Item — unspecified: Box 5, folder 8Identifier: hsi00001
Scope and Contents:
Volume containing lecture notes of J. Morton Clinch while he was a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1850. Course topics include chain surveying, geometry, and trigonometry. Illustrations include the Union Railroad Depot in Troy, New York.
Class notes, vol. 2, 1850, 1850 Digital
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Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
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Collection:
William Bond & Son records and Bond family papers, 1724-1931 (inclusive), 1769-1923 (bulk)
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IV. J. Morton Clinch papers, 1850-1863
Item — unspecified: Box 5, folder 9Identifier: hsi00001
Scope and Contents:
Volume containing lecture notes of J. Morton Clinch while he was a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1850. Course topics include physics, the atmosphere, and pneumatics machines. Includes illustrations and several exercises in French.
Clocks, circa 1900, 1900 Digital
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Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
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Collection:
William Bond & Son records and Bond family papers, 1724-1931 (inclusive), 1769-1923 (bulk)
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VI. Photographs, 1869-1906, undated
Item — unspecified: Box 6, folder 7Identifier: hsi00001
Scope and Contents:
Contains a black and white print and Kodak brownie prints of clocks, one of which was in the Dana-Palmer House, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the site of the Harvard College Observatory from 1840 to 1847.