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Charles Henry Cooper notes for Annals of Cambridge

Description: Research notes by Charles Henry Cooper for his Annals of Cambridge, a chronological history of the University of Cambridge and town from the earliest period to 1853. These notes cover the history of Cambridge from 1670 to 1819.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1830
Call number: mssCooper
Creator: Cooper, Charles Henry (1808-1866)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift from James Thorpe, July 1983.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Charles Henry Cooper notes for Annals of Cambridge

Manuscripts

Research notes by Charles Henry Cooper for his Annals of Cambridge, a chronological history of the University of Cambridge and town from the earliest period to 1853. These notes cover the history of Cambridge from 1670 to 1819.

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Margaret Jane Cooper diary

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Cooper's diary begins January 1, 1862 while she was living in Pennsylvania. In March 1862, her husband Adam left for the mining town Lincoln City, Colorado. In 1863, she joined him in Colorado. She talks about Denver and mining some. She specifically talks about Indians possibly attacking Denver and martial law being enacted in February 1865. In 1867, she talks about her family's trip back to Pennsylvania (although it seems they later returned to Colorado). She also talks about Lincoln's assassination and funeral. Throughout the whole diary she talks chiefly about her personal life: visits with family and friends; the weather; church going; etc. The diary ends in April 1873. With the diary are six loose pages of writing by Cooper. These include information about her family and some diary entries. There is also a program for "Centennial Federal Reception" in 1876 as well as a letter by J. F. Lewis, MD, to Adam Cooper, also from 1876.

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Cambridge on the Charles. ; Charlestown on the Charles. ; Whittier birthplace, Haverhill, Mass. ; A bridge, Newton Lower Falls

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Image of a proof sheet for four prints of Massachusetts scenes consisting of a view of the Charlestown harbor; a stone bridge next to a cottage in Newton picturesque paths; the town of Cambridge from the Charles River; and the birthplace of poet John Greenleaf Whittier in Haverhill, Massachusetts.

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Samuel Cooper papers

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This collection contains the letters, manuscripts (including sermons, 4 diaries, and 1 poem), and documents. Includes 195 sermons by William Cooper and Samuel Cooper, 1718-1783 (strongest for the period 1740-1759) and correspondence, covering international politics in relation to the American colonies (1769-1783), French officers in North America (1778-1783), and the Cooper family affairs (1759-1798). Some pieces are in French. Among the correspondents are John Adams (3 pieces), Charles Hector d'Estaing (3 pieces), Benjamin Franklin (5 pieces), Gideon Hawley (2 pieces), Anne César de la Luzerne (6 pieces), Charles Gravier de Vergennes (2 pieces). There are two letters (1771, Feb. 25 and 1776, Jan. 8) from Gideon Hawley describing his life among the Indians. There are 177 pieces of Samuel Cooper and 43 pieces of William Cooper. The John Adams items include two autograph letters signed to Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes, 1779 February 16 and 27 (CO 7, CO 13) and one letterpress copy of a letter to Benjamin Franklin, 1783 September 13 (CO 36), not in Adams' hand. Some notable items include: Cooper, Samuel. Letter to the Corporation of Harvard, declining the presidency of the college. [February 10, 1774] Hawley, Gideon. Two letters to Dr. Cooper, describing his life among the Indians. February 25, 1771 and January 8, 1776 Lee, Arthur. Letter to Dr. Cooper, regarding the mutiny of the Pennsylvania Line. Jan. 18, 1781 Lovell, James. Letter discussing the neutrality of Russia and Denmark and the possible action of Holland; also, Virginia's relinquishment of [UNK]to western territory. February 1, 1781 The diaries cover the periods 1764 January 1 - 1765 February 2; 1769 October 22 - December 31; 1775 April 18 - September 23; and 1775 April 19 - May 17, 1776. The 1769 diary was published in New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 55 (1901), pp. 145-149, and the 1775-1776 diary was published in The American Historical Review, vol. 6 (Jan. 1901), pp. 301-341.

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[Nature notes for the months of April and May]

Manuscripts

Manuscript (holograph) of notes on nature during the months of April and May in 1851-1853, compiled from Thoreau's journal and written on the reverse of a summons to Henry David Thoreau to appear at the Court of Common Pleas in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the case of Leonard Spalding Lots vs. Wm. C. Benjamin.

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Cambridge (England). Bradshaw, Henry. University Library, Cambridge. Survey: 2 pages. Notes: "University Library, Cambridge 1."

Manuscripts

This collection is arranged in two parts--Manuscripts and Correspondence. While the bulk of the collection contains questionnaires ("Modele de La Formule No. 4") and surveys ("Liste No. II") written in French, select materials contain correspondence, publication announcements, and various drafts of Green's publication of Andrea Alciati and His Books of Emblems: A Biographical and Bibliographical Study, which was later published in 1872. Museums, university libraries, public libraries, personal libraries, and other institutions throughout Europe and the United States responded to Green's request to locate such materials. Such organizations included the Hague Royal Library, the Sir William Stirling-Maxwell Library, the Cambridge University Library, the Coppenhagen Royal Library, the Amiens Library, the Royal Library of the University of Turin, the Leuven University Library, and much more. Recipients who acted as the liaisons for the aforementioned repositories included modern emblem specialists (G.S. Cautley and Sir William Stirling-Maxwell), librarians, and library staff. Since a large extent of the materials received were written in English, French, German, and Italian, different spelling variation of the name Andrea Alciati were used including Andreas Alciatus and Andrea Aliciato.

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Cambridge (England). Bradshaw, Henry. University Library, Cambridge. Survey: 2 pages. Notes: "University Library, Cambridge 1."