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Undated family tree of William Cranch Bond in an unknown hand.

Volume of diary entries written by William Cranch Bond in 1850 regarding his family's genealogy; the United States Coast Survey chronometric expedition to determine difference of longitude between Greenwich Observatory (England) and Cambridge, Massachusetts; fund-raising to build the Harvard College Observatory; acquisition of parts for a magnetic telegraph; and observations on the weather and his daily activities.

Contains deeds of land purchased by William Cranch Bond in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and Burton, New Hampshire, dated from 1820 to 1837; a document from Thomas Bird granting power of attorney to Elijah Tolman in 1831; and a deed for land purchased by Thomas Bond in Newfield, Maine, in 1835.

Passport of Richard F. Bond, dated in 1864, documenting his travel to Liverpool, England, and the passport of his son, William C. Bond, dated 1882, who traveled to locations including Bergen, Norway, and Stockholm, Sweden. The watermarked documents include identifying characteristics like height, hair and eye color, complexion, and size of features.