Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
1812, 1812
FOUND IN:
Harvard University Archives
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Collection:
Papers of William Bentley
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Series:
Correspondence from James Winthrop
Sub-Series — Box: 1, Folder: 13Identifier: HUG 1203.5
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...