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One leaf containing a one-page handwritten announcement for a Boston visit by book distributor Elisha Sylvester of Turner, Maine.

Scope and Contents: This series contains fifty-one letters written by James Winthrop to William Bentley over more than thirty years between 1783 and 1815. The subjects of the letter vary but typically delve into Winthrop's research interests, as well as Bentley and Winthrop's mutual interest in books and numismatics. Certain phrasing in the letters indicate the correspondents were engaged in ongoing intellectual debates and acted as informational resources for each other. Winthrop's letters include opinions and...

Scope and Contents: This series contains fifty-one letters written by James Winthrop to William Bentley over more than thirty years between 1783 and 1815. The subjects of the letter vary but typically delve into Winthrop's research interests, as well as Bentley and Winthrop's mutual interest in books and numismatics. Certain phrasing in the letters indicate the correspondents were engaged in ongoing intellectual debates and acted as informational resources for each other. Winthrop's letters include opinions and...

Scope and Contents: This series contains fifty-one letters written by James Winthrop to William Bentley over more than thirty years between 1783 and 1815. The subjects of the letter vary but typically delve into Winthrop's research interests, as well as Bentley and Winthrop's mutual interest in books and numismatics. Certain phrasing in the letters indicate the correspondents were engaged in ongoing intellectual debates and acted as informational resources for each other. Winthrop's letters include opinions and...

Scope and Contents: This series contains fifty-one letters written by James Winthrop to William Bentley over more than thirty years between 1783 and 1815. The subjects of the letter vary but typically delve into Winthrop's research interests, as well as Bentley and Winthrop's mutual interest in books and numismatics. Certain phrasing in the letters indicate the correspondents were engaged in ongoing intellectual debates and acted as informational resources for each other. Winthrop's letters include opinions and...

Scope and Contents: This series contains fifty-one letters written by James Winthrop to William Bentley over more than thirty years between 1783 and 1815. The subjects of the letter vary but typically delve into Winthrop's research interests, as well as Bentley and Winthrop's mutual interest in books and numismatics. Certain phrasing in the letters indicate the correspondents were engaged in ongoing intellectual debates and acted as informational resources for each other. Winthrop's letters include opinions and...

Scope and Contents: This series contains fifty-one letters written by James Winthrop to William Bentley over more than thirty years between 1783 and 1815. The subjects of the letter vary but typically delve into Winthrop's research interests, as well as Bentley and Winthrop's mutual interest in books and numismatics. Certain phrasing in the letters indicate the correspondents were engaged in ongoing intellectual debates and acted as informational resources for each other. Winthrop's letters include opinions and...

Scope and Contents: This series contains fifty-one letters written by James Winthrop to William Bentley over more than thirty years between 1783 and 1815. The subjects of the letter vary but typically delve into Winthrop's research interests, as well as Bentley and Winthrop's mutual interest in books and numismatics. Certain phrasing in the letters indicate the correspondents were engaged in ongoing intellectual debates and acted as informational resources for each other. Winthrop's letters include opinions and...

Scope and Contents: This series contains fifty-one letters written by James Winthrop to William Bentley over more than thirty years between 1783 and 1815. The subjects of the letter vary but typically delve into Winthrop's research interests, as well as Bentley and Winthrop's mutual interest in books and numismatics. Certain phrasing in the letters indicate the correspondents were engaged in ongoing intellectual debates and acted as informational resources for each other. Winthrop's letters include opinions and...

Scope and Contents: This series contains fifty-one letters written by James Winthrop to William Bentley over more than thirty years between 1783 and 1815. The subjects of the letter vary but typically delve into Winthrop's research interests, as well as Bentley and Winthrop's mutual interest in books and numismatics. Certain phrasing in the letters indicate the correspondents were engaged in ongoing intellectual debates and acted as informational resources for each other. Winthrop's letters include opinions and...

Scope and Contents: This series contains fifty-one letters written by James Winthrop to William Bentley over more than thirty years between 1783 and 1815. The subjects of the letter vary but typically delve into Winthrop's research interests, as well as Bentley and Winthrop's mutual interest in books and numismatics. Certain phrasing in the letters indicate the correspondents were engaged in ongoing intellectual debates and acted as informational resources for each other. Winthrop's letters include opinions and...

Scope and Contents: This series contains fifty-one letters written by James Winthrop to William Bentley over more than thirty years between 1783 and 1815. The subjects of the letter vary but typically delve into Winthrop's research interests, as well as Bentley and Winthrop's mutual interest in books and numismatics. Certain phrasing in the letters indicate the correspondents were engaged in ongoing intellectual debates and acted as informational resources for each other. Winthrop's letters include opinions and...

Scope and Contents: This series contains fifty-one letters written by James Winthrop to William Bentley over more than thirty years between 1783 and 1815. The subjects of the letter vary but typically delve into Winthrop's research interests, as well as Bentley and Winthrop's mutual interest in books and numismatics. Certain phrasing in the letters indicate the correspondents were engaged in ongoing intellectual debates and acted as informational resources for each other. Winthrop's letters include opinions and...

Scope and Contents: This series contains fifty-one letters written by James Winthrop to William Bentley over more than thirty years between 1783 and 1815. The subjects of the letter vary but typically delve into Winthrop's research interests, as well as Bentley and Winthrop's mutual interest in books and numismatics. Certain phrasing in the letters indicate the correspondents were engaged in ongoing intellectual debates and acted as informational resources for each other. Winthrop's letters include opinions and...

Scope and Contents: This series contains fifty-one letters written by James Winthrop to William Bentley over more than thirty years between 1783 and 1815. The subjects of the letter vary but typically delve into Winthrop's research interests, as well as Bentley and Winthrop's mutual interest in books and numismatics. Certain phrasing in the letters indicate the correspondents were engaged in ongoing intellectual debates and acted as informational resources for each other. Winthrop's letters include opinions and...

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This series contains two letters from William Winthrop to William Bentley with biographical queries and information about Harvard alumni. Winthrop and Bentley both researched the history of the College's graduates.

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This series contains two letters from Harvard Professor Levi Hedge to William Bentley discussing the examination of Bentley's pupil Andrew Dunlap for readmission to the College, and a letter to Hedge from both Andrew's mother Sarah Dunlap and William Bentley authorizing the examination.

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This series contains two letters from Harvard Professor of Natural History William Dandridge Peck to William Bentley providing information about fish species.

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One leaf containing a page of handwritten biographical notes on Revolutionary War hero General John Stark in Bentley's hand. The note is written on the verso of a short letter from J. Pitcairn regarding a deliver for the "Rev. D. Bently" dated March 2, 1810. The notes were likely copied from the biographical sketch published in the Essex Register May 1, 1810.