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A single leaf containing handwritten drafts of three oaths. On the recto, a draft of the Freeman's Oath in the hand of John Winthrop. On the verso, two oaths in the hand of Thomas Dudley: The Oath of…

1631 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

An autograph manuscript (unsigned) in the hand of Thomas Lechford containing a defense of his earlier tract, "Of prophesie."

1639 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

A transcription of various records pertaining to the establishment and governance of the Massachusetts Bay Colony prepared between the years 1640 and 1646 by Thomas Lechford and others. This manuscript…

1640 Massachusetts, United States

This document, a 154-page manuscript dating largely from ca. 1652, records land transactions and holdings of the residents of Boston. Entries contain the names of owners or parties to the transactions,…

1644 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

A manuscript in six parts, all in the hand of John Winthrop. Contains: 1. The full text of Arbitrary government described (1644) -- 2. Miscellaneous excerpts from the writings of Thomas Aquinas (in Latin)…

1644 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Manuscript document signed (1 sheet) conveying Noddle's Island in Boston Harbor from John and Margaret Burch, of Barbados, to Richard Leader and Richard Newbold, acting on behalf of Thomas Broughton.…

A handwritten list of books in the personal library of Increase Mather begun in 1664. Written in Mather's own hand, the list contains approximately 700 entries divided by size (folio, octavo, small octavo,…

1664 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

An autograph manuscript (unsigned) of a sermon on Psalm 65 in the hand of Increase Mather. Written on a single bifolium ([4] pages), tipped into an album and accompanied by a transcription in the hand…

1680 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

A manuscript copy of Judah Monis' "Dickdook Leshon Gnebreet. A grammar of the Hebrew tongue," published in Boston in 1735. With this, reading from back front, is bound "A short nomenclator in English…

1722 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

A manuscript copy of the work published at Boston in 1735 under title "Dickdook Leshon Gnebreet. A grammar of the Hebrew tongue." With this is bound "An alphabetical catalogue of the nouns & verbs which…

1723 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

A manuscript diary in two sections. The primary section comprises 156 unnumbered pages, with entries dated from January, 1756, to June, 1764. A secondary, earlier section section runs from back to front,…

1743 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

One portion of John Adams' notes from the trial of the eight British soldiers accused of murder for their role in the Boston Massacre (Rex v. Wemms, et al.). This fragment is comprised of twenty pages,…

1770 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 1770

1770 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Official edition of the United States Constitution printed in New York by John McLean for John Dunlap and sent by Congress to the states for ratification.

1787 New York, New York, United States

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