Archives
April 2005
From the desk of Phillis Wheatley
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March 2005
Deborah Sampson, soldier in disguise
Paul Revere writes in support of Deborah Sampson Gannett, who served during the American Revolution disguised as a man.
January 2005
The Know-Nothing Party
The American Party (the Know-Nothing Party) comes to power in Massachusetts in 1855
December 2004
Benjamin Franklin's milk punch recipe
Benjamin Franklin sent a recipe "To make Milk Punch" to James Bowdoin, a Boston merchant and the future governor of Massachusetts, on 11 October 1763.
November 2004
Certificate of attendance at Dr. John Warren's course of anatomical lectures
One of two known surviving copies of a certificate of attendance at Dr. John Warren's anatomical lectures and demonstrations, engraved by Paul Revere.
October 2004
GOP campaign mugs
Mugs depicting the heads of the 1960 Republican candidates for President, Richard M. Nixon, and Vice President, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
September 2004
The Selling of Joseph A Memorial
Written by Samuel Sewall in 1700, The Selling of Joseph was the first anti-slavery tract published in New England.
August 2004
Letter from Eleanor "Nora" Saltonstall to her family
Saltonstall wrote this letter to her family while she was serving with the American Red Cross in France during World War I.
July 2004
Letter from Alexander Hamilton to Theodore Sedgwick, 10 July 1804
Hamilton wrote this letter the day before his duel with Aaron Burr.
May 2004
The Columbia and Washington Medal
The Columbia and Washington Medal commemorating "the first American Adventure on the Pacific Ocean."
April 2004
The Boston News-Letter
This is the first issue of the first continuously published newspaper in America.
March 2004
The Tragedy of Zara
"On Saturday next will be perform'd, by a society of ladies and gentlemen, at Faneuil-Hall, the Tragedy of Zara ... "
January 2004
The Mischief at Deerfield
Letter from William Whiting to Fitz-John Winthrop, 4 March 1703/4 [1704]
December 2003
100th Anniversary of First Flight
Letters by Octave Chanute and Godfrey L. Cabot following the Wright brothers' successful flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
November 2003
Atkins Family Photographs
Robert M. Grey, Mr. Brooks, and Thomas Barbour gathering papayas at the Harvard Botanical Garden, Soledad, Cuba
October 2003
View of Boston & Albany passenger train from grounds of Keewaydin
Photograph by Francis Blake, circa 1885
August 2003
Map of Massachusetts Proper
Compiled from actual surveys made by Order of the General Court and under the inspection of Agents of their appointment. by Osgood Carleton; engraved by Joseph Callender and Samuel Hill, 1801.
