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Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Title: Autograph File, B,
Date(s): ca.1500-1976.
Quantity: 24 boxes (12 linear ft.)
Abstract: The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

Acquisition Information:

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by author.

Scope and Content

The Autograph File is a collection of items received singly or in small groups from various sources at various times, and autograph collections, such as that of Evert J. Wendell, which were not kept together as a distinct collection. Items in this portion of the Autograph File include letters from Joanna Baillie, Charles Baudelaire, Benjamin Disraeli earl of Beaconsfield, Hector Berlioz, Frederic Mayer Bird, Bishop Phillips Brooks, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, William Jennings Bryan, and Aaron Burr. There are also compositions and letters of Honore de Balzac, Sir James Matthew Barrie, Henry Ward Beecher, Julius Bing, the Bonaparte family, the Bronte family, William Cullen Bryant, Robert Burns, and Lord Byron, among others.

Container List

• B., Capt. "Letter from Capt. B. to Lord H. F." Ms poem; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(4p.)
  Poem is addressed to "Harry".
  Acquisition Information: *2002M-16. Removed from Lowell 1710.5.

• B., John A.L.s. to Ellen [ ]; St. Louis, Missouri, 7 Aug 1853. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Babbage, Charles, 1792-1871. A.L.s. to [ ] Ticknor; [n.p. n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Babbidge, Charles. A.L.s. to [George Pearce] Guerrier; Pepperell, 27 Jun 1881. 1s.(1p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: *43M-537. Presented by Miss Edith Guerrier, 18 Feb 1944.

• Babbitt, Dora Drew. A.L.s.to John Cournos; Boston, 7 Dec 1940. 1s.(2p.) env.
  About Irving Babbitt.
  Acquisition Information: *59M-87. Gift of John Cournos, 17 Sept 1959.

• Babbitt, Irving, 1865-1933. A.L.s. to Elizabeth Gaskell Norton; Sorrento, 18 Apr 1928. 1s.(2p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: *53M-72. Presented by Miss Elizabeth Norton, 3 Dec 1953.

• Babcock, Orville E., 1835-1884. Letters to Adam Badeau:
  • A.L.s.; Lawrence, 4 May 1866. 2s.(6p.)
  • A.L.s.; Washington, 18 Jun 1870. 1s.(4p.)
  • A.L.s.; Washington, 4 Oct 1870. 1s.(4p.)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Babcock, Orville E., 1835-1884. Letters to Adam Badeau:
  • A.L.s.; Washington, 10 Mar 1872. 1s.(4p.)
  • A.L.s.; Washington, 8 Aug 1872. 1s.(2p.)
  • A.L.s.; Washington, 2 Feb 1873. 1s.(4p.)
  • A.L.s.; Washington, 12 Feb 1873. 1s.(3p.)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Babcock, Orville E., 1835-1884. Letters to Adam Badeau:
  • A.L.s.; Washington, 25 Apr 1874. 1s.(3p.)
  • A.L.s.; Washington, 31 May 1874. 2s.(4p.)
  • A.L.s.; Long Branch, 6 Jul 1874. 1s.(3p.)
  • A.L.s.; Long Branch 30 Jul 1874. 1s.(1p.)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Babcock, Orville E., 1835-1884. Letters to Adam Badeau:
  • A.L.s.; Washington, 20 Dec 1874. 1s.(4p.)
  • A.L.s.; Washington, 11 Jan 1875. 1s.(2p.)
  • A.L.s.; Washington, 9 Apr 1875. 1s.(3p.)
  • A.L.s.; Washington, 25 Apr 1875. 1s.(4p.)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Babcock, Orville E., 1835-1884. Letters to Adam Badeau:
  • A.L.s.; Washington, 31 Oct 1876. 2s(2p)
  • A.L.s.; Washington, 5 Mar 1877. 1s(4p)
  • A.L.s.; Washington, 8 Mar 1877. 1s(2p)
  • A.L.s.; Washington, 10 Nov 1878. 1s(2p)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• [Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel, 1714-1788]. Mein vater. A.MS (unsigned); [n.p., 17--?] 1s.(1p.)
  In German.
  Acquisition Information: *47M-313. Gift of G.B. Weston, in memory of Meriel Dimick Weston, 23 June 1948.

• Bache, Alexander Dallas, 1806-1867. A.L.s. to John Russell Barllett; Washington, 12 Mar 1849. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bachman, John, 1790-1874. A.L.s. to [Mrs Jacob F.] Roh; Schagticoke, 30 Aug 1823. 2s.(6p.)
  About the death of Mr Roh.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bachman, John, 1790-1874. A.L.s. to Jacob Sass; Stillwater, 26 Aug 1823. 1s.(4p.)
  About the death of Jacob F. Roh.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bachman, John, 1790-1874. [Directions to find his residence] A.MS. (3d person); Schagticoke [1823] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bachman, John, 1790-1874. [Epitaph on Jacob F. Roh] A.MS. (unsigned); [Schagticoke, 1823] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bachrach, Louis Fabian, 1881-1963. Letter to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1926 Nov. 11. 1 folder
  Acquisition Information: *98M-54 Removed from *AC9.H7375.Zz640j v.2/3.

• Back, W A.L.s. to [Mrs ] Turner; [n.p.] May 1821. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Backus, Isaac, 1724-1806. A.L.s.to John Rippon; Middleboro, 10 Nov 1798. 1s.(4p.)
  Removed from *41-871.
  Acquisition Information: Purchased with assistance from the Friends of the Library, 1941.

• Backus, James A.D.s.(initials); Norwich, 9 Feb 1793. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bacon, Daniel C. Letters to Ebenezer Bacon:
  • A.L.s.; Boston, 15 Apr 1850. 1s.(4p.)
  • A.L.s.; Boston, 20 Apr 1850. 1s.(4p.)
  • A.L.s.; Boston, 7 May 1850. 1s.(4p.)
  • A.L.s.; Boston, 10 Jul 1850. 1s.(2p.)
  • A.L.s.; Boston, Aug 1850. 1s.(4p.)
    Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs. Gaspar Bacon, 11 Mar 1911.

• Bacon, Daniel C Letters to Thatcher T. Payne:
  • A.L.s.; Boston, 3 Mar 1843. 1s.(3p.)
  • A.L.s.; Boston, 12 Jun 1843. 1s.(3p.)
    Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs. Gaspar Bacon, 11 Mar 1941.

• Bacon, Daniel C Letters to [Mrs. ] Payne:
  • A.L.s.; Boston, 31 Aug 1841. 1s.(3p.)
  • A.L.s.; Boston, 1 May 1843. 1s.(4p.)
  • A.L.s.; Boston, 4 Dec 1843. 1s.(4p.)
    Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs. Gaspar Bacon. 11 Mar 1941.

• Bacon, Daniel C Letters to [Mrs. ] Payne:
  • A.L.s.; Boston, 14 Jan 1844. 1s.(4p.)
  • A.L.s.; Boston, 26 Jun 1844. 1s.(4p.)
  • A.L.s.; Boston, 31 Aug 1844. 1s.(3p.)
    Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs. Gaspar Bacon, 11 Mar 1941.

• Bacon, Daniel C Letters to [Mrs. ] Payne:
  • A.L.s.; Boston, 7 Feb 1846. 1s.(4p.)
  • A.L.s.; Boston, 18 Sep 1849. 1s.(1p.)
  • A.L.s.; Boston, 18 Jan 1854. 1s.(2p.)
  • A.L.s.; Boston, 4 Aug 1856. 1s.(2p.)
    Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs. Gaspar Bacon, 11 Mar 1941.

• Bacon, Daniel C A.L.s. to Eloise [ ]; Boston, 23 May 1835. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs. Gaspar Bacon, 11 Mar 1941.

• Bacon, Francis, viscount St. Albans, 1561-1626. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p.] 13 Jul 1607. 1s.(1p.)
  This is in colotype.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bacon, John, 1737-1820. A.L.s.to [ ] Phillips; Stockbridge, 27 Sep 1785. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1341. Presented by the estate of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, June 1943.

• Bacon, Leonard, 1802-1881. A.L.s. to Augustus Russell Street; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bacon, Leonard, 1802-1881. A.L.s. to Josiah Strong; New Haven, 21 Oct 1879. 2s.(6p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919. T.L. to Alvey Augustus Adee; [n.p.] 1 Aug 190-. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919. T.L.(copy) to David Jayne Hill; [n.p.] 16 Mar 1910. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919. T.L.(copy) to Esme William Howard; [n.p.] 11 Nov 1908. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919. Telegram to [ ] McIntyre; Washington, 5 Aug 1908. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs. Gaspar Bacon, 11 Mar 1941

• Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919. Telegram to [ ] Magoon; Washington, 5 Aug 1908. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs. Gaspar Bacon, 11 Mar 1941.

• Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919. T.L.(corrected copy) to Prince Murat; Paris, 17 Oct 1911. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs. Gaspar Bacon, 11 Mar 1941.

• Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919. Telegram to R H Post; Washington, 4 Aug 1908. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs. Gaspar Bacon, 11 Mar 1941.

• Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919. Letters to Whitelaw Reid:
  • Telegram; Washington, 19 Feb 1909. 1s.(1p.)
  • T.L. (copy); [n.p.] 5 Mar 1909. 2s.(2p.)
    Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919. T.L.s. to Theodore Roosevelt; Washington, 25 Jun 1906. 1s.(1p.)
  Note added in Roosevelt's hand.
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs. Gaspar Bacon, 11 Mar 1941.

• Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919. T.L.(corrected copy) to [ ]; Paris, 17 Oct 1911. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs. Gaspar Bacon. 11 Mar 1941.

• Bacon, T. S. A.L.s. to [Henry Ainsworth] Parker; Buckystone, 2 May 1898. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *61M-87. Purchased with the Keller and Bemis funds from E.R. Smith Book Service, Sept-Oct 1961.

• Baden-Powell, Robert Baden-Powell, baron, 1857-1941. T.L.s.to Sir Frederic Nathan; London, 25 Feb 1914. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *60M-136. Gift of Mr. & Mrs. J. F. Fleming, Dec 1960.

• Baden-Powell, Robert Stephenson Smith Baden-Powell, baron, 1857-1941. A.L.s. to [ ] Paton; Kent, 2 May 1917. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *52M-57. Presented by Miss Helen Cam, 2 Oct 1952.

• Baden-Powell, Robert Stephenson Smith Baden-Powell, baron, 1857-1941. A.L.s. to [ ] Whitehouse; in the train, 13 [Feb?] 1907. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *52M-57. Presented by Miss Helen Cam, 2 Oct 1952.

• Badger, Richard Saltonstall, b.1772. A.L.s. to Nathaniel Saltonstall; New York, 11 Sep 1794. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *48M-325. Kinsman Papers. Presented by Mrs. Gamaliel Bradford, 27 May 1942.

• Badger, George, b.1785. A.L.s. to Nathaniel Saltonstall; [Providence, 9 May 1806] 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *48M-324. Kinsman Papers. Presented by Mrs. Gamaliel Bradford, 27 May 1942.

• Badger, George, b.1785. A.L.s. to Nathaniel Saltonstall; New York, 20 Apr 1808. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *48M-324. Kinsman Papers. Presented by Mrs. Gamaliel Bradford, 27 May 1942.

• Bagot, Richard, 1860-1921. A.L.s. to [Miss ] Cochrane; Rome, 14 May 1901. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bahr, Hermann, 1863-1934. 3 letters to Julius Bab:
  • Vienna, 4 Feb 1906. 1s.(2p.) env.
  • Same, 1 Mar 1906. 1s.(2p.)
  • Same, 30 Dec 1910. 1s.(4p.)
    Acquisition Information: *44M-190-192. Purchased from Theo Feldman, 4 Dec 1944.

• Bailey, Gamaliel, 1807-1859. A.L.s. to Elizur Wright; Cincinnati, 20 Feb 1838. 1s.(2p.)
  Concerns the Quarterly anti-slavery magazine.
  C1 6641F(2)
  Acquisition Information: By exchange. 24 Feb 1939.

• Bailey, Gamaliel, 1807-1859. A.L.s.to Elizur Wright; Washington, 7 Oct 1851. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *60M-216. Purchased from Mr. Harvey S. Teal, Mar 1961.

• Bailey, James Montgomery, 1841-1894. A.L.s. to Benjamin W. Austin; Danbury, 24 Apr 1887. 1s.(1p.)
  Also a portrait and a clipping.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bailey, Philip James, 1816-1902. [Portrait: photograph signed]; Nottingham [1902]
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1050. Presented by Thomas Bailey Aldrich Memorial Trustees, 7 June 1943.

• Bailey, Theodorus, 1752-1828. A.L.s. to [ ]; Poughkeepsie, 10 Nov 1700. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851. A.L.s. to [ ]; Hampstead, 11 Jun [n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(22) Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851. A.L.s. to [ ]; Hampstead [1817?] 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *54M-151. Purchased from Mrs. Rose Carhard Cheeseman, 9 Nov 1954.

• Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851. A.L.s.to Lady [ ] Bunbury; Hampstead, 23 Sep [18--] 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *56M-135. Purchased with the Lowell fund from Hamill & Barker, Dec 1956.

• Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851. A.L.s.to [J D ]; Hampstead, 27 Jun [1848] 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *56M-137. Purchased with the Lowell fund from Hamill & Barker, Dec 1956.

• Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851. A.L.s.to [Mrs ] Greaves; Hampstead [13 Feb 1829] 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *56M-134. Purchased with the Lowell fund from Hamill & Barker, Dec 1956.

• Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851. A.L.s. to [Felicia Dorothea (Browne)] Hemans; Hampstead, 4 Jun 1828. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Norton autographs, 15 Jul 1914.

• Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851. 2 A.L.s. to Sophia Milligan:
  • A.L.s.; Hampstead, 15 Dec 1837. 1s.(4p.)
  • A.L.s.; Hampstead, 9 Aug [1838] 2s.(6p.)
    Acquisition Information: *54M-152. Purchased from Mrs. Rose Carhard Cheeseman, 9 Nov 1954.

• Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851. A.L.s. to [ ] Rogers; [n.p., 1832] 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181 (21). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851. A.L.s. to [ ] Sedgewick; Hampstead, 30 Aug [n.d.] 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181 (20). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851. A.L.s.to [Mrs] Sotheby; Hampstead, 29 Nov [18--] 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *56M-136. Purchased with the Lowell fund from Hamill & Barker, Dec 1956.

• Baillie, Matthew, 1761-1823. A.L.s. to [ ] Adams; [London] 21 Oct [ ] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Norton autographs, 15 Jul 1914.

• Baillie, Mathew, 1761-1823. MS.D.s. (initials); [London] 26 Apr 1813. 1s. (1p.)
  Prescription for Sir Brent Spencer; also initialled by Sir Henry Halford.
  Acquisition Information: Gift of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bailly, Jean Sylvain, 1736-1793. A.L.s. to [ ]; [Paris, n.d] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (18). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Baily, John Walker, 1809-1873. A.L.s. to Charles Roach Smith; London 11 Sep 1865. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bain, Alexander, 1818-1903. A.L.s. to Henry Holt & Co.; Aberdeen, 12 Feb 1874. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *69M-102 Gift of Rev. Donald F. Winslow, Mar 1970.

• Bainbridge, William, 1774-1833. MS.L.s. to Josiah Barker; Charlestown, 7 Nov 1813. 1s. (3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of Justin Winsor, 1899.

• Bainbridge, William,1774-1833. A.L.s. to [John] Jeffries; Charlestown, 25 Jun 1814. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *50M-340. Gift of Dr. James H. Means, 30 Mar 1951.

• Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887. A.L.s. to Dr. William Prescott; Framingham, [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(23). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Baker, Christina (Hopkinson) A.L.s.to Odell Shepard; New Haven, 30 Sep 1937. 1s.(4p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: *61M-50. Gift of Odell Shepard, Oct 1961.

• Baker, George, 1915- A.L.s. to [Mrs.] Elizabeth Pouzzner; Los Angeles, 18 Sep [n.d.] 2s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *52M-147. Presented by Mrs. Benjamin F. Pouzzner, 23 Dec 1952.

• Baker, George Melville, 1832-1875. A.L.s. to Thomas Clifford; Boston, 24 Feb 1873. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Baker, George Pierce, 1866-1935. T.L.s.to [George Lyman] Kittredge; Cambridge, 8 Jan 1923. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: From the Kittredge estate, 1942.

• Baker, George Pierce, 1866-1935. T.L.s. to [ ] Morgan; Cambridge, 7 Jan 1897. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Baker, Lewis A.L.s. to Benjamin Austin; Nicaragua, 26 Jan 1894. 1s.(1p.)
  Also a portrait.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Balch, Thomas Willing, 1866-1927. 2 A.L.s.to Robert Treat Paine; Philadelphia, 20 Apr and 1 May 1903. 2s.(6p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Baldwin, Christopher Columbus, 1800-1835. A.L.s. to Joshua Coffin; [Cambridge] 2 Oct 1832. 1s.(4p.);
  contains copy of letter from Henry Hale, 1730.
  Enclosed is A.L.s. from Wendell Phillips Garrison to [Justin] Winsor.
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Wendell P. Garrison, 2 Jan 1897.

• Baldwin, Henry, 1780-1844. 2 A.L.s.to Stephen Barlow:
  • (1) [N.p.] 6 Feb 1813. 1s.(3p.)
  • (2) [N.p.] 16 Feb 1813. 1s.(2p.)
    Acquisition Information: *57M-147. Manuscripts supplementing the Barlow Collection, n.d.

• Baldwin, Henry, 1780-1844. A.L.s. to Thomas Worthington; [n.p.] 23 Feb 1812. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4.3PF.

• Baldwin, Henry Porter. A. signature; Lansing, 30 Mar 1871. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X 5.3*.

• Baldwin, Loammi, 1780-1838. A.L.s. to Timothy Bigelow; Groton, 7 Mar 1803. 1s. (2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *69M-108. From the Davis Library, Nov 1969.

• Baldwin, Raymond Earl, 1893- T.L.s. to Eliot F. Bartlett; [Washington] 2 Mar 1948. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *50M-596. Presented by Eliot Bartlett, 16 July 1949.

• Baldwin, Raymond Earl, 1893- T.L.s. to Eliot F Bartlett; [Washington] 5 Apr 1948. 1s.(1p.)
  Enclosed is c.c. of T.L. from E.P. Munson. to R.E. Baldwin.
  Acquisition Information: *50M-597. Presented by Eliot Bartlett, 16 July 1949.

• Baldwin, Roger Sherman, 1793-1863. A.L.s. to Benjamin Robbins Curtis; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Balfour, Arthur James Balfour, 1st earl of, 1848-1930. MS.L.s. to William B. Fitts; [London] 18 Jul 1899. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *43M-198. Purchased with the Sheldon fund from Mrs. Russell Law, 27 Oct 1943.

• Balfour, Arthur James Balfour, 1st earl of, 1848-1930. T.L.s. to Oliver Wendell Holmes; Geneva, 11 Sep 1922. 1s.(1p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: *50-790. Gift of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes, Jan 1951.

• Balfour, Arthur James Balfour, 1st earl of, 1848-1930. T.L.s.(photostatic copy) to Abbott Lawrence Lowell; [London] 18 Dec 1918. 1s.(2p.)
  Letter of thanks for service of Harvard medical unit.
  Acquisition Information: Harvard Surgical Unit, 3 Dec 1919.

• Balfour, Arthur James Balfour, 1st earl of, 1848-1930. MS.L.s. to [ ] Paton; Prestonkirk [Scotland] 4 Oct 1889. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *52M-57. Presented by Miss Helen Cam, 2 Oct 1952.

• Balfour, Arthur James Balfour, 1st earl of, 1848-1930. MS.L.s. to William Henry Rideing; [London] 7 Mar 1890. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *43M-199. Purchased with the Sheldon fund from Mrs. Russell Law, 27 Oct 1943.

• Ball, Edward, 1792-1873. Ballad A.MS.s.; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest to E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Ball, Sir Robert Stawell, 1840-1913. A.L.s. to [ ]; Cambridge, 18 Apr 18?3. 1s.(2p.)
  Also a newspaper clipping.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Ball, Thomas, 1819-1911. A.L.s. to Daniel C. French; Florence, 25 Apr 1877. 1s.(4p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell. 1918.

• Ball, Thomas, 1819-1911. A.L.s. to James Atkins Noyes; Montclair N.J., 27 Nov 1908. 2s.(2p.)
  Concerns Ball's equestrian statue of Washington, in Boston.
  Acquisition Information: *54M-198. Presented by Miss Penelope Noyes, Jan 1955.

• Ball, Timothy Horton, 1826-1913. A.L.s. to Ben W. Austin; Crown Point, 3 Jun 1891. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of E. J. Wendell 1918

• Ballam, Thomas A.L.s. to [ ]; Kensington Park, 24 Feb 1884. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Ballanche, Pierre Simon, 1776-1847. A.L.s. to [Messrs. Didot]; [n.p.,n.d] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (19). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Ballantine, Edward, 1886- T.L.s. to Arthur Tillman Merritt; Vineyard Haven, 25 Feb 1971. 1s. (1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Transferred from the Music Library, 1977.

• Ballou, Hosea, 1771-1852. A.L.s. to Ruth Ballou; New York, 30 Oct 1834. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Ballou, Hosea, 1796-1861. A.L.s. to Maturin Murray Ballou; Medford, 27 Sep 1852. 1s.(1p.)
  Also a genealogy.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Balmanno, Robert A.L.s. to Daniel Webster; New York, 1 Mar 1852. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Baltimore, Frederick Calvert, 7th baron, 1731-1771. A.L.s. to [George Onslow, 1st earl of Onslow]; [London] 17 Sep 1767. 2s.(2p.)
  This letter accompanied the gift of a copy of Baltimore's A tour to the east (1767)
  Removed from *51-564.
  Acquisition Information: Purchased with the Howe fund, 3 Dec 1951.

• Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. A.L.s.to [Adolphe, marquis de Custine]; [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-237. Purchased with the Duplicate fund from Prof. George B. Weston, 1950.

• Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. A.L.s. to [ ] Furne; [n.p.] 11 May 1843. 1s. (2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *62M-131. Purchased with the Amy Lowell fund, Jan 1963.

• Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. A.L.s.to [ ]; [n.p.] 3 May [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *57M-93. Deposited by George Benson Weston, 27 Dec 1957. Later bequest.

• Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. A.L.s. to [Ildefonse Rousset]; Paris, 31 Jul 1848. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-499 (4). Presented by Dr. Harris Kennedy, 26 Jan 1943.

• Bancroft, Amos A.L.s. to John Locke; Groton, 8 Nov 1827. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. T.L.s. to [ ]; Springfield, 1 Aug 1826. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. MS.L.s. to [ ]; Newport, 23 Aug 1853. 1s.(1p.); mounted.
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4.3PF.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. A.L.s. to Charles Deane; New York, 21 Oct 1856. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. MS.L.s. to [ ]; New York, 2 May 1859. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. A.L.s. to [ ]; New York, 3 Dec 1864. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. A.L.s. to [ ]; Washington, 17 Oct 1874. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. A.L.s. to [Henry Alexander Scammell] Dearborn; Boston, 21 Sep 1842. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1293F. Gift of W. B. O. Field, Winter 1942.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. A.L.s. to Charles Deane; New York, 9 Mar 1857. 1s.(1p.) env.
  Signature torn away.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. A.L.s. to Charles Deane; New York, 25 Mar 1859. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. A.L.s. to [Mrs. ] Duncan; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of C.S. Sargent, 10 May 1927

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. A.L.s. to [ ] Eliot; Berlin, 25 Oct 1872. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. MS.L.s. to Edward Everett; Washington, 11 Mar 1845. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *50M-182. Presented by Richard L. Freeman, Esq., Nov 1950.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. A.L.s. to T.W. Hammond; [Washington] 20 Mar 1875. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4.3PF.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. MS.L.s. to Harper, firm, publishers; New York, 22 May 1855. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. A.L.s. to Russell Jarvis; Boston, 26 Jul 1823. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. MS.L.s. to Russell Jarvis; Washington, 16 Apr 1845. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. MS.L.s. to Robert Koenig; Berlin, 28 Sep 1872. 1s.(2p.)
  In German.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. A.L.s. to Johann Martin Lappenberg; Northampton, 20 Sep 1825. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. MS.L.s. to [Robert] Lemon; London, 20 Aug 1849. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-499(5). Gift of Dr. Harris Kennedy, 26 Jan 1943.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. A.L.s. to Orsamas Holmes Marshall; Washington, 6 Mar 1883. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. 1 letter to Justin Winsor; 1883.
  Acquisition Information: Removed from US 2002.2, vol. I.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. A.L.s. to [Charles] Nordhoff; [n.p.] 5 Jan 1875. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. MS.L.s. to [ ] Perry; Washington, 26 Apr 1875. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. A.L.s. to Alfred Smith; Berlin, 28 Jan 1873. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. A.L.s. to Douglas Taylor, New York, 28 Nov 1865. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. Mss. translation of poem from Shiller The Ideal. [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  Also imitation from Shiller, The dignity of Woman. [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Norton autographs, 15 Jul 1940.

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. MS.L.s. to [ ] Thornton; Washington, 4 Apr 1875. 1s.(4p.)

• Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *48M-224 (5). Gift of Mrs. Charles L. Slattery, 1 July 1948.

• Banda, H. Kamuzu (Hastings Kamuzu), 1905- . Christmas card, signed; Malawi, 1986. 2s.(3p.)
  Includes a pasted-down photograph of a group of Malawians.
  Acquisition Information: *2002M-38. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Donal A. Brody, 2002.

• Bang, Herman, 1857-1912. A.L.s. to [Hugo ? Heller]; Berlin, 27 Jun 1908. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *44M-42. Gift of Clemens Heller, 29 July 1944.

• Bangs, Edward A.L.s. to John Locke; Boston, 28 May 1831. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bangs, Edward A.L.s. to John Locke; Boston, 2 Sep 1831. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922. A.L.s. to [ ] Adams; [New York] 28 Aug 1902. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922. A.L.s. to Benjamin W. Austin; Yonkers, 20 Jun 1871. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922. 3 A.L.s. to [ ] Baxter:
  • (1) New York, 7 Mar 1919. 1s.(1p.)
  • (2) Same, 17 Mar 1919. 1s.(2p.)
  • (3) Same [1 May 1919]. 1s.(2p.)
    Acquisition Information: *55M-248. Gift of Charles W. Baxter, 18 May 1956.

• Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922. A.L.s. to Evert Jansen Wendell; New York, 13 Mar 1891. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922. A.L.s. to Evert Jansen Wendell; Yonkers, 9 Jul 1892. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bangs, Nathan, 1778-1862. A.L.(3d person) to [ ]; [n.p.] Apr 1856. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bangs, Nathan, 1778-1862. A. receipt for money received from Joseph Smith; 3 Jul 1817. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Banks, Sir Joseph, bart., 1743-1820. A.L. (3d person) to [ ] Bateman; 3 Mar 1820. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(24). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Banks, Sir Joseph, bart., 1743-1820. MS.L. (retained copy) to [ ]; [London] 11 Jul 1793. 1s.(1p.)
  With brief autograph annotation by Banks.
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(25) Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Banks, Sir Joseph, bart., 1743-1820. A.L.s. to [ ]; [London] 7 Aug 1806. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *47M-373 (6). Estate of Samuel Henshaw. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Tozzer, Mrs. Thomas Barbour, and Miss Gertrude A. Thurston, June 1943.

• Banks, Sir Joseph, 1743-1820. A.L.s. to George Chalmers; [London] 7 Aug 1788. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Norton autographs, 15 Jul 1915.

• Banks, Sir Joseph, 1743-1820. A.L.s. to John Lowell; London, 24 Aug 1818. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Banks, Mary P A.L.s. to [ ] Walker; Waltham, 29 Apr [ ] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894. A.L.s. to John A. Lowell; Boston, 1 May 1860. 1s.(2p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(27). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894. MS.L.s.to James Morrison McKaye; Alexandria, La., 28 Mar 1864. 3s.(10p.)
  Concerning ability of emancipated slaves to support and maintain themselves.
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. Ms Am 646.

• Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894. A.L.s. to John Albion Andrew; Waltham, 13 Apr [n.d.] 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181 (26). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894. A.L.s. to Samuel Bulkley Ruggles; Washington, 25 Mar 1876. 1s.(2p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Banks, Nathan Prentiss, 1816-1894. A.L.s. to James Redpath; [Boston] 9 Apr 1874. 2s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Banks, Thomas Christopher, 1765-1854. A.L.s. to Thomas Williams; [n.p.] 31 Dec 1806. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4.3PF.

• Bannister, Henry Marriott, 1854-1919. A.L.s.to [Edward Kennard] Rand; Rome, 4 Dec 1913. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *60M-81. Music Dept. Library, Dec 1960.

• Baños, D. Gabriel Ponce de Leon y Lencastre, duke of, 1667-1745. MS.L.s. to Luiz de Vasconcellos e Sousa, 3. conde de Castello Melhor; Madrid, 4 May 1715. 1s. (2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of John B. Stetson Jr., n.d.

• Banville, Théodore de, 1823-1891. Toast à Madame J. Rousset. A.MS.s.; [n.p.] 14 Aug 1871. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Purchased with the Amy Lowell fund, Dec. 1963.

• Banville, Théodore de, 1823-1891. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  Removed from a copy of Odes funambulesques.
  Acquisition Information: *65M-76. Purchased with the Amy Lowell fund, 22 Nov 1965.

• Baour Lormian, Pierre Marie François Louis, 1770-1854. A.L.s. to [Mme. ] Coquillard; Toulouse, 18 Sep [1814] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (20). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Barante, Amable Guillaume Prosper Brugière, baron de, 1782-1866. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p.] 18 Oct 1857. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (20a). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Barb, Pierre. T.L.s. to André Brule; Paris, 8 Jul 1925. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Barb, Pierre. T.L.s. to James Hazen Hyde; Paris, 10 Jul 1925. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Barbauld, Anna Letitia (Aikin) 1743-1825. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p.] 13 Jan [ ] 1s.(1p.)
  Fragment only.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Barbauld, Anne Letitia (Aiken), 1743-1825. A.L.s. to [ ] Bergnor [?]; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(28) Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Barbé-Marbois, Francois, marquis de, 1745-1837. A.L.s. to [ ]; Paris, 14 Messidor [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *54M-112. Purchased from Gardner C. Turner, 7 July 1954.

• Barbé-Marbois, Francois, marquis de, 1745-1837. A.L.s. to [ ] Deters; Philadelphia, 14 Jun 1786. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Barber, John Vincent, fl. 1830. A.L.s. to [ ]; Birmingham, 3 Apr 1828. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barber, John Vincent, fl. 1830. A.L.s. to A[ ] Cooper; Birmingham, 8 Jan 1820. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barber, John Vincent, fl. 1830. A.L.s. to John Smith; London, 30 Jun 1828. 1s.(1p.)
  Also a postscript from T. Phillips.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barber, Joseph B A.L.s. to R P Ranny; Rome, 19 Jul 1838. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barber, Miles A.L.s. to John Stoughton, London, 25 Feb 1783. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Barber, Thomas A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barbèri, Andrea. Ritratto di Napoli. A.MS.s.; Rome, 21 Feb 1882. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *57M-94. Deposited by George Benson Weston, 27 Dec 1957. Later bequest.

• Barbey d'Aurevilly, Jules, 1808-1889. A.L.s. to [Charles] Giraud; [n.p., n.d.] 1s. (1p.)
  Removed from copy of his "Les miserables de m. Victor Hugo," (1862)
  Acquisition Information: Gratis, 1963.

• Barbier, Auguste, 1805-1882. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p.] 1 Apr 1881. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (21) From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Barbour, James, 1775-1842. A.L.s. to Daniel Bryan; Washington, 20 Feb 1826. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4.3PF.

• Barclay, David A.L.s. to [ ] Holliday; [London] 15 Nov 1787. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Barfoot, J R, fl. 1830-1837. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barham, Richard Harris, 1788-1845. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p.] 12 Jan [n.d.] 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Barham, Richard Harris Dalton, 1815-1886. A.L.s. to [ ]; Bath, 12 Aug [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barham, Richard Harris, 1788-1845. A.L.s. to [ ]; Margate, 22 Aug [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barham, Richard Harris, 1788-1845. A.L.s. to [Mary Ann (Watts) Hughes]; [London ] 6 Mar 1843. 1s.(2p.)
  Annotated at end by Mrs. Hughes.
  Acquisition Information: *51M-145. Purchased with the Greenough fund from Elkin Mathews Ltd., 14 Jan 1952.

• [Barham, Richard Harris Dalton, 1815-1886 ] Drawing: [Portrait of Richard Harris Barham]; [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Annotated by Mary Ann (Watts) Hughes.
  Acquisition Information: *51M-146. Purchased with the Greenough fund from Elkin Mathews Ltd., 14 Jan 1952.

• Barham, Richard Harris, 1788-1845. D.S.; [n.p.] 26 Mar 1833. 1s.(1p.)
  Signature on receipt for money paid to J. Wilson.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barillon, J. J., seigneur de Morangis, d. 1741. A.L.s. to Lamoignon de Basville; Madrid, 10 Aug 1703. 1s. (4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of John B. Stetson Jr., n.d.

• Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945. A.L.s. to [ ]; France, 24 Aut 1918. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Barker, George A.L.s. to [ ]; Stamford, 25 Nov 1845. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barker, George A.L.s. to [ ]; London, 7 Nov 1848. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barker, George, A.L.s. to [ ]; London, 8 Nov 1848. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barker, Joshua A. receipt; Hingham, 16 Jan 1772. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Barker, Robert, 1739-1806. MS.D.s.; [n.p.] 3 Jul 1787. 1s.(1p.)
  Description of patent for producing panorama pictures.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barker, Thomas, 1769-1847. A.L.s. to Edward Mangin; Bath, 17 Apr 1841. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barker, Thomas Jones, 1815-1882. A.L.s. to Charles Lockey; [London?] 26 Jun 1849. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barlow, Francis Channing, 1834-1896. A.L.s. to Charles [ ]; [n.p.] 5 Mar [ ] 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Barlow, Francis Channing, 1834-1896. A. signature; Albany, 1 Apr 1867. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X 5.3*.

• Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812. A.L.s.(photostat) to Elias Boudinot; Hartford, 10 Jan 1783. 5s.(5p.)
  Original in U.S. Archives.
  Acquisition Information: Received 1956.

• Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812. A.L.s. to Elisha Babcock; Hartford, 3 May 1784. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812. A.L.s.(photostat) to James Duane; Hartford, 14 Mar 1788. 2s.(2p.)
  Original in New York Historical Society.
  Acquisition Information: Received 1956.

• Barlow, Samuel Latham Mitchill, 1826-1889. A.L.s. to John B. Morean; [n.p.] 7 Feb 1865. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barlow, Samuel Latham Mitchill, 1826-1889. A.L.s.to [Thomas H.] Morrell; [New York, n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter, 1809-1889. Letters to Samuel Bulkley Ruggles:
  • A.L.s.; New York, 9 Jun 1806. 1s.(3p.)
  • A.L.s.; New York, 4 Apr 1876. 1s.(4p.) env.
  • A.L.s.; same, 25 Apr 1876. 2s.(5p.) env.
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barnes, Albert, 1798-1870. A.L.s. to Joseph B. Boyd; Philadelphia, 29 Nov 1850. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4.3PF.

• Barnes, Albert, 1798-1870. A.L.s. to B. B. Edward; Philadelphia, 22 Jan 1837. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barnes, Demas, 1827-1888. A. signature; Washington, 23 Mar 1867. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X 5.3*.

• Barnes, William, 1801-1886. A.L.s. to Eric G. Robertson; Dorchester, 8 Aug 1885. 1s.(2p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: Purchased with the Kittredge fund, 25 Jan 1938.

• Barnes, William, 1801-1886. Letter to Charles Warne, 1880 January 4. 1 folder.
  Concerning J. F. (John Fitzgerald) Pennie; removed from James Stevens-Cox's copy of Pennie's The royal minstrel, or, The witcheries of Endor : an epic poem, in eleven books (1817).
  Acquisition Information: *2008M-86. Removed from *EC85.B2638.Y817p.

• Barnett, George C A.L.s. to Henry Edwards; New York, 23 Feb 1884. 1s.(3p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barnett, John, 1802-1890. A.L.s. to [ ]; Monson Villa, 20 Jun 1852. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barnett, Samuel Augustus, 1844-1913. A.L.s. to [Dr. ] Paton; [London] 18 Dec 1907. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *52M-57. Presented by Miss Helen Cam, 2 Oct 1952.

• Barnett, Samuel Augustus, 1844-1913. A.L.s. to [ ] Tawreg; [London] 5 Feb 1910. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *52M-57. Presented by Miss Helen Cam, 2 Oct 1952.

• Barnett, William, 1733-1789. A.L.s. to William Pollard; Newport, 29 Jun 1775. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Barnum, Nancy (Fish) Letters to E.W. Walker & Co.
  • A.L.s. (P.H.Prindle); Bridgeport, 3 May 1893 1s.(1p.)
  • A.L.s. (P.H.Prindle); same, 29 May 1893. 1s.(1p.)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barnum, Phineas Taylor, 1810-1891. MS.L.s. to Lloyd [Stephens] Brice [i.e. Bryce]; London, 4 Nov 1889. 1s. (2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *43M-213. Purchased with the Sheldon fund from Mrs. Russell Law, 27 Oct 1943.

• Barnum, Phineas Taylor, 1810-1891. MS.L.(contemporary copy?) to the editor of the [New York] Tribune; [New York, n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barnum, Phineas Taylor, 1810-1891. A.L.s. to S. C. Nickerson; Bridgeport, Conn., 1 Sep 1874. 1s.(1p.)
  With this is a cut signature of Barnum, dated April 1888.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barnum, Phineas Taylor, 1810-1891. A.L.s. to [James] Redpath; Bridgeport, Conn., 30 Dec 1879. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barnum, Phineas Taylor, 1810-1891. A. signature; New York, 15 Feb 1867. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X 5.3*.

• Barnwell, Charles Frederick A.L.s. to [ ] Pettigrew; Wobun Place, 4 Jul [ ]. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston, 1831-1919 A.L.s. to [ ] Stoddart; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barrès, Maurice, 1862-1923. A.L.s. to Jules Bois; Paris, 31 Jan 1894. 1s.(1p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: *64D-242. Purchased with the Friedman fund, Sept 1964.

• Barrès, Maurice, 1862-1923. A.L.s. to [ ]; Nancy, 21 Jun [188-?] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (22). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Barrès, Maurice, 1862-1923. A.L.s. to [Paul Fort]; [n.p.] 29 Apr 1914. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (23). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Barrett, George, 1767-1842. A.L.s. to Alaric Alexander Watts; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barrett, George, 1767-1842. Receipt A.MS.s. to George Morant; [n.p.] 21 Mar 1827. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell 1918.

• Barrett, James, 1814-1900. A.L.s. to C.F. Houghton; Woodstock, Vt. 15 Jun 1863. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barrett, John, 1866-1938. A.L.s. to Benjamin W. Austin; Bangkok, Siam, 11 Sep 1895. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Barrett, John, 1866-1938. Letters to Erastus Brainerd:
  • T.L.s.; Washinton, 24 Feb 1908. 1s.(1p.)
  • T.L.s.; same, 7 May 1908. 1s.(1p.)
  • T.L.s.; same, 11 Oct 1908. 1s.(1p.)
  • T.L.s.; same, 18 Oct 1908. 1s.(1p.)
    Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Barrett, John, 1866-1938. 3 letters to Erastus Brainerd;
  • T.L.s.; Washington, 29 Mar 1909. 1s.(2p.)
  • T.L.s.; same, 2 Jun 1913. 1s.(1p.)
  • T.L.s.; same, 2 Jun 1913. 1s.(1p.)
    Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Barrett, L H A.L.s. to Stephen Hoyt; New Orleans, 3 Sep 1864. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Barrett, William Sale of land to his brother, Daniel April 16, 1733
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Barrie, Sir James Matthew, bart., 1860-1937. [What every woman knows]. End of 3rd act. A.MS.(unsigned); [n.p., 1918] 3s.(3p.)
  Revised ending for play.
  Acquisition Information: *55M-164. Presented by Mrs. H. M. Booth, 24 Jan 1956.

• Barrie, Sir James Matthew, bart., 1860-1937. A.L.s. to John Lane; London, 18 May 1904. 1s. (3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *69M-104. Deposit from Hilles Library, Feb 1970.

• Barrie, Sir James Matthew, bart., 1860-1937. A.L.s. to [ ] Gray; [London] 12 May 1931. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *44BM-4. Gift of Albert F. Bigelow, June 1945.

• Barrie, Sir James Matthew, bart., 1860-1937. A.L.s. to [ ] Gray; [London] 7 May 1930. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *44BM-4. Gift of Albert F. Bigelow, June 1945.

• Barrie, Sir James Matthew, bart., 1860-1937. A.L.s. to Charles Frohman; [London] 29 Oct 1901. 1s.(3p.)
  About changes in Act 3 of Quality street; enclosing 2 f. of typescript with autograph revisions embodying the changes (4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *55M-50. Gift of Miss Phyllis Robbins, 19 Oct 1955.

• Barrie, Sir James Matthew, bart., 1860-1937. A.L.s. to James Dowell [?]; [London] 26 Apr 1913. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *44BM-3. Gift of Albert F. Bigelow, June 1945.

• Barrie, Sir James Matthew, bart., 1860-1937. A.L.s. to Oliver Brett, 3d viscount Esher; [London] 25 Mar 1931. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *47M-354. Gratis, 1948.

• Barrie, Sir James Matthew, bart., 1860-1937. A.L.s. to [ ]; London, 15 May 1888. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Removed from *50-772.

• Barrie, Sir James Matthew, bart., 1860-1937. A.L.s. to [Dame Ellen] Terry; [London] 8 Oct 1904. 1s.(3p.)
  About casting Alice sit-by-the-fire; with printed program of first performance 5 Apr 1905.
  Acquisition Information: *49M-101. Purchased with the F. E. Chase fund from Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, 19 Jan 1950.

• Barrington, Daines, 1727-1800. A.L.s. to [Hugh Percy, 1st duke of Northumberland?]; [London?] 4 May 1773. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *47M-373 (7). Estate of Samuel Henshaw. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Tozzer, Mrs. Thomas Barbour, and Miss Gertrude A. Thurston, June 1943.

• Barrington, Daines, 1727-1800. A.L.s. to Thomas Percy, bp. of Dromore; [London] 14 Jun 1776. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of C. N. Greenough, 5 Dec 1927.

• Barrington, Shute, bp. of Durham, 1734-1826. A.L.s. to [ ]; [London] 19 Oct 1768. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-443. Gift of Harry L. Bailey, 20 Dec 1945.

• Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, 2d viscount, 1717-1793. A.L.s. to William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3d duke of Portland; Beckett, 13 Aug 1778. 1s. (3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barron, Elwyn Alfred, 1855- A.L.s. to Erastus Brainerd; Chicago, 21 Dec 1885. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Barron, Samuel, 1809-1888. A.L.s. to John Earle; Norfolk, 14 Sep 1839. 1s.(3p.)
  Includes A.D.s. (John L. Leary); Boston, 26 Sep 1839.
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181 (29). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Barrow, John S A.L.s. to Francis Parkman; New York, 29 Dec 1879. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Removed from Soc 5055.1.5*.

• Barrow, Pope A.L.s. to Evan Parke Howell; Washington 21 Dec 1882. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Barrows, Samuel June, 1845-1909. T.L.s. to Arthur Wentworth [Hamilton] Eaton; Washington, 22 Feb 1899. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Removed from MS Am 873.2.

• Barry, Adrienne. TS. of letter to the Editor of The new republic; New York, 23 Jun 1930. 1s.(1p.)
  Discusses Herbert David Croly.
  Acquisition Information: *52M-157. Presented by Mr. David Sidney Jensen, 18 Sept 1952.

• Barry, Sir Charles, 1795-1860. A.L.s. to Madam [ ]; Westminister; 2 Apr 1849. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Norton autographs, 15 Jul 1914.

• Barry, Henry, 1750-1822. A.L.s. to Robert Barry; Bath, 9 Oct 1822. 1s.(3p.)
  With A.MS. annotations on a separate sheet; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. *74-842.

• Barry, John, 1745-1803. Printed D.s.; [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Blank certificate for share in a privateer's prizes.
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Charles H. Taylor, 11 Sept 1929.

• Barry, John Daniel, 1866- Letters to Edmund Clarence Stedman:
  • A.L.s.; New York, 23 Mar 1897. 1s.(3p.)
  • A.L.s.; Boston, 30 Jun 1898. 1s.(3p.)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barry, John O'Brien Milner, 1815-1881. A.L.s. to Mrs. [ ] White; [n.p.] 24 Sep 1866. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Barry, John Stetson, 1819-1872. Letters to J.J.French:
  • A.L.s.; Scituate, 30 Apr 1855. 1s.(1p.)
  • A.L.s.; Scituate, 7 May 1855. 1s.(1p.)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barry, Sir John Wolfe Wolfe, 1836-1918. A.L.s.to Sir Matthew Nathan; [London ] 14 Jan 1911. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *60M-136. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Fleming, Dec 1960.

• Barry, Joseph, 1828?- A.L.s. to William H.Kinsley; Harpers Ferry, 24 Feb 1883. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barstow, Wilson A.L.s. to W.Stuart; 5 Jan 1867, New York, 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bartha, Stephen C T.L.s. to Thomas Wolfe; Astoria, 8 Apr 1930. 1s.(1p.) torn.
  Acquisition Information: *82M-39. Gift of Mrs. George Kates, Feb 1983.

• Barthélemy, Jean Jacques, 1716-1795. A.L.s. to Fagart Merlin; Paris, 15 Sep [1785] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (24). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Barthelemy Saint-Hilaire, Jules A.L.s. to [ ] Lee-Childe; Versailles, 27 Apr 1872. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bartholomew, Charles Lewis, 1869- A.L.s. to Erastus Brainerd; Seattle, [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bartholomew, Valentine, 1799-1879. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p.] 23 Sep 1857. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bartlett, Israel MS.L. (copy) to Moses Grant; Haverhills, 16 Sep 1803. 1s. (3p.)
  With MS. copy of a report from the first parish church of Haverhills concerning the dismissal of the Rev. Abiel Abbot, 1s. (1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bartlett, John, 1820-1905. Letters to [Francis Henry] Underwood:
  • A.L.s.; Cambridge, 12 Sep 1892. 1s.(1p.)
  • A.L.s.; Cambridge, 5 Dec 1892. 1s.(1p.)
    Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bartlett, John Russell, 1805-1886. A.L.s. to Mrs.[ ] Allen; New York, 29 Mar 1847. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bartlett, John Russell, 1805-1886. A.L.s. to George F. Geer; Providence, 23 Nov 1869. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bartlett, Samuel Colcord, 1817-1898. A.L.s. to [ ] Hanover, N.H., 21 Oct 1879. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bartlett, Sidney, 1799-1899. A.L.s. to [Lemuel?] Shaw; [n.p.] 9 Jul [ ]. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bartol, Cyrus Augustus, 1813-1900. A.L.s. to William Buell Sprague; Boston, 16 Feb 1859. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Simes collection, n.d.

• Bartol, Cyrus Augustus, 1813-1900. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bartol, Cyrus Augustus, 1813-1900. A.MS.s.; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barton, Bernard, 1784-1849. A.L.s. to [ ]; Woodbridge, 11 Apr 1846. 1s.(3p.)
  With an engraving of Barton in his study as letterhead, and including a 20-line poem entitled Stanzas.
  r.f. X5.2F
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs. James T. Fields, 4 Dec 1915.

• Barton, Bernard, 1784-1849. A.L.s.(initials) to [ ]; [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  Fragment only of a longer letter.
  Acquisition Information: Norton autographs, 15 Jul 1914.

• Barton, [Mrs ] A.L. (3d person) to [David] Garrick; [London] 10 Feb 1767. 1s. (3p.)
  Mostly in verse.
  Acquisition Information: *54M-249. Purchased from the estate of David M. Little, 1954.

• Barton, William Paul Crillon, 1786-1856. A.L.s. to Dr. Washington; [n.p.] 14 Jan 1836. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Barzaghi, Francesco A.L.s. to Honorable Société; Milan, 27 Jul 1886. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bascom, Ezekiel Lysander A.L.s. to John Locke; Augusta, Ga., 23 Feb 1833. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Basing, George Sclater-Booth, 1st baron, 1826-1894. A.L.s.to [ ]; [London] 2 Aug 1872. 2s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• [Librarian's Office] Basire, James, 1769-1835, engraver. View of part of Urless Farm in Corscombe, Dorsetshire : engraving, 1815. 1s.
  After a 1747 painting by P. A. Rysbrach. Urles Farm in Corscombe, Dorset (England), belonged to Thomas Hollis, 1720-1774.
  Acquisition Information: *2003M-64 Gift of George Truett Hollis, 2004 Apr. 21.

• Baskervill, William Malone, 1850- A.L.s.to [Edwin] Ginn; Nashville, 20 Dec 1887. 2s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Kittredge estate, n.d.

• Baskett, John, d. 1742. Printed D.s.; [London] 16 Jul 1706. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *61M-11(1). Purchased with the Wells fund, 17 Aug 1961.

• Baskett, John, d. 1742. MS.D.s.; [London] 24 Feb 1738. 1s.(4p.)
  Treasury order for payment to Baskett as King's Printer. Also signed by Robert Walpole, Giles Earle, and Thomas Winnington, and others.
  Acquisition Information: *61M-11(2). Purchased with the Wells fund, 17 Aug 1961.

• Bassett, George A.L.s. to [ ]; [London] 8 Apr 1828. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bassett, Henry, b. 1803. A.L.s. to [ ]; [London] 8 Apr [1828] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bassett, J.S. 1920.

• Batacchi, Domenico, 1748-1802. A.L.s. to Luigi Migliavesi; [n.p.] 15 Feb 1798. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *71M-79. Purchased with the Amy Lowell fund, 10 May 1972.

• Bateman, James, 1814-1849. A.L.s. to [ ]; Highbury Vale, 26 Jul 1841. 1s.(1p.)
  Also a clipping.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bates, Albert Carlos, 1865- A.L.s. to Ernest Lewis Gay; Hartford, 5 Apr 1911. 5s.(5p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bates, Arlo, 1850-1918. A.L.s. to Mrs. [ ] Wendell; [n.p.] Oct 1, 1887. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bates, Arlo, 1850-1918. When the dead return [first line of poem A.MS.s.; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bates, John Lewis, 1859-. Typed L.s. to Col. William D. Sohier; Boston, 5 Nov 1903. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(31). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Bates, John Lewis, 1859-. Typed L.s. to Col. William D. Sohier; Boston, 16 Nov 1904. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(32). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Bates, Joshua, 1776-1854. Letters to Solomon Lincoln:
  • A.L.s.; Washington, 21 Dec 1840. 1s.(3p.)
  • A.L.s.; Dudley, 9 Nov 1853. 1s.(3p.)
    Acquisition Information: Simes Collection, n.d.

• Bates, Joshua, 1776-1854. A.L.s. to William Buell Sprague; Middlebury, Vt., 21 Aug 1830. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bates, Joshua, 1776-1854. A.L.s. to William B. Swett; Charlestown, 24 Jun 1807. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(30). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Bates, Joshua, 1788-1864. A.L.s. to Elliot Woodberry; London, 25 Jul 1823. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bates, Katerine Lee, 1859-1929. Letters to Florence Milner:
  • T.L.s.; Wellesley, 17 Dec 1923. 1s.(2p.)
  • A.L.s.; Wellesley, 15 Apr 1924. 1s.(1p.)
    Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bates, Walter, 1760-1842. Copyright assignment to Thomas Green Woodward : document signed; New Haven (Conn.), 1816 Nov. 18. 1 folder
  Copyright for Bates's A mysterious stranger, or Memoirs of Henry More Smith. With a signed receipt for 1,000 copies of the book, 1817 Jan. 1, on verso.
  Acquisition Information: *95M-47. Gift of Roger E. Stoddard, 1996 Feb. 6.

• Bathurst, Henry, bp. of Norwich, d. 1837. A.L.s. to [ ]; Norwich, Eng. 2 Sep 1823. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4.3PF.

• Bathurst, Henry, bp. of Norwich, 1744-1837. A. signature on cover to [John] Yelloly; London, 20 Dec 1833. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Presented by E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867. A.D.s.; Paris, 27 Dec 1861. 1s.(1p.)
  Note for 100 fr. received from the Société des gens de lettres.
  Removed from *57-1000.
  Acquisition Information: Purchased with the Amy Lowell fund, 7 Apr 1958.

• Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867. A.L.s. to [ ] Berardi; Paris, 19 Aug 1863. 1s.(3p.)
  Offering for publication his translations of "The mystery of Marie Roget" and another piece by Poe.
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Lucien Wulsin, Dec 1963.

• Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867. A.L.s.(initials) to [Auguste] Poulet-Malassis; [Paris, 19 Oct 1859] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *55M-139. Purchased with the Amy Lowell Fund. Presented by Scribner Book Store, 1 Feb 1956.

• Bausset, Louis François de, cardinal, 1748-1824. A.L.s. to [ ] Hardy; [n.p.] Sep 1816. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (25). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Baxter, Charles, 1809-1879. A.L.s. to [ ] Duncan; [London] [n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Baxter, Charles, 1809-1879. Letters to [ ] Howard:
  • A.L.s.; [London] [1834]. 1s.(1p.)
  • A.L.s.; [London] 5 Apr 1836. 1s.(1p.)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Baxter, Charles, 1809-1879. A.L.s. to John Watkins; [London] 19 Feb 1867. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Baxter, George, 1804-1867. A.L.s. to [ ]; [London] 25 Sep 1841. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Baxter, George, 1804-1867. A.L.s. to [ ] Limpol?; [London, 7 Aug 1842.] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. A.L.s. to Richard Sargeant; [n.p.] 14 May [16--] 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *53M-135F. Purchased from Goodspeed's Book Store, 27 Apr 1954.

• Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. A.L.s.(photostat) to [ ]; [n.p.] 14 Jan 1653/1654. 1s.(1p.)
  The original is owned by Alexander William Armour, Princeton, N.J.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bayard, James Asheton, 1799-1880. A.L.s. to William Young; Wilmington, 14 Apr 1835. 1s. (2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *43M-893. Gift of Mrs. Bailey Aldrich, 1943.

• Bayard, Richard Henry, 1796-1868. A.L.s. to C.A. Davison; Washington, 6 Feb 1842. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bayard, Robert. Printed D.s.; New York, 21 Feb 1826. 1s.(1p.)
  Medical certificate of William Walsh.
  Acquisition Information: Purchased with the Fine fund, n.d.

• Bayard, Samuel, 1765-1840. A.L.s. to [ ]; Princeton, 16 Apr 1827. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4.3PF.

• Bayard, Thomas Francis, 1828-1898. Letters to Adam Badeau, 1831-1895.
  • A.L.s.; Washington, 14 Jan 1884. 1s.(2p.)
  • A.L.s.; Washington, 6 Dec 1887. 1s.(3p.)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bayard, Thomas Francis, 1828-1898. Printed D.s.; Washington, 16 Jun 1888. 1s.(1p.)
  Passport for Cornelia Warren.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bayle, Pierre, 1647-1706. A.L.s.to [ ]; Rotterdam, 27 Oct 1704. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *57M-95. Deposited by George Benson Weston, 27 Dec 1957. Later bequest.

• Bayle, Pierre, 1647-1706. A.L.s.to [Mme ] de Bayle; Geneva, 21 Sep 1671. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *58M-54. Presented by William H. Schab, Oct 1958.

• Bayley, Sir John, 1763-1841. A.L.s. to Sir Charles Wetherell; Ramsgate, 10 Oct 1831. 1s.(1p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Baylies, Francis, 1783-1852. A.L.s. to Theophilus Parsons; Washington, 14 Feb 1823. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Baylor, Frances Courtenay, 1848-1920. A.L.s. to Lippincott, firm, publishers: Philadelphia, 7 Sep 1892. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bayly, Thomas Henry, 1810-1856. A.L.s. to C. A. Davison; Washington, 17 Jun 1844. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bayne, Howard Randolph, 1851- A.L.s. to William Winter; Staten Island 2 Oct 1903. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bazin, René, 1853-1932. A.L.s. to [ ]; Paris, 20 Feb 1909. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (26). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Bazire, Claude, 1764-1794. A.D.s.; Paris, 9 Oct 1792. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181 (33). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Beach, Amy Marcy (Cheney) 1867- A.L.s. to Miss [ ] Jewett: [n.p.] 9 Feb [ ]. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Removed from x5.1F.

• Beach, Edward Latimer, 1918- A.L.s. to Frederick Wagner; Mystic, Conn., 15 Jul 1961. 1s.(2p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: *79M-37(64). Gift of Frederick Wagner, 25 June 1979.

• Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli, 1st earl of, 1804-1881. A.L.s. (initial) to J. C. Adderly; [London] 22 Jul 1862. 1s. (3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *46M-151. Presented by Dr. William Inglis Morse; 4 Jan 1947.

• Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli, 1st earl of, 1804-1881. A.L.s. to Henry Colburn; [Bradenham, Buckinghamshire] 14 Feb 1830. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *52M-255. Presented by Mr. Curt H. Reisinger. Purchased from Maggs Brothers, 4 June 1953.

• Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli, 1st earl of, 1804-1881. A.L.s. to Henry Colburn; Bradenham [Buckinghamshire, 10 Feb 1836] 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *52M-256. Presented by Mr. Curt H. Reisinger. Purchased from Maggs Brothers, 4 June 1953.

• Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli, 1st earl of, 1804-1881 A.L.s. to the Committee of the Fremantle testimonial; Shrewsbury, 13 Jan 1842. 1s.(3p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: Simes collection, n.d.

• Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli, 1st earl of, 1804-1881. A.L.s.to [ ]; [London, n.d.] 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *57JM-34(1). Bequest of Lee M. Friedman, 1957.

• Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli, 1st earl of, 1804-1881. A.L.s. (B D) to [ ]; [London, 1832?] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-499(6). Gift of Dr. Harris Kennedy, 26 Jan 1943.

• Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli, 1st earl of, 1804-1881. MS.D.s.; [London?] 18 Jul 1861. 4f.(8p.) f∘.
  Agreement between Disraeli and Routledge, Warne & Routledge concerning books by Disraeli and his father.
  Acquisition Information: *50M-129. Purchased with the Bemis fund from Maggs Brothers Ltd., Sept 1950.

• Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli, 1st earl of,1804-1881. [Pass to gallery, House of Commons] MS.s.; 15 May 1867.
  Acquisition Information: *46M-327. Gift of Miss Lilian Page, 16 Nov 1946.

• Beadle, John Hanson, 1840-1897. A.L.s. to Ben W. Austin; New York, 11 Sep 1891. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beaman, Charles Cotesworth, 1840-1900. A.L.s. to Edwin M. Bidwell; Washington, 22 Feb 1867. 1s.(1p.);
  attached is check signed by Charles Sumner and env.
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X 5.3*.

• Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872-1898. A.L.s. to [Ada] Leverson; [London, n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *51M-231. Presented by Carleton R. Richmond Esq. Purchased from Percy J. Dobell, 31 Jan 1952.

• Beatrice, princess of Battenberg. A.L.(3d person) to Sir Moses Montefiore; Osborne, 21 Jul 1885. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *60M-136. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Fleming, Dec 1960.

• Beatty, Adam, 1777-1858. Letters to Benson John Lossing:
  • A.L.s.; Kentucky, 22 Sep 1853. 2s.(8p).
  • A.L.s.; New York, 8 Oct 1853. 1s.(1p.)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beatty, Adam, 1777-1858. A.L.s. to Benson John Lossing; [n.p.] 27 Dec 1853. 2s.(7p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beaufort, Henry Charles Fitz-Roy Somerset, 8th duke of, 1824-1899. A.L.s. to Madam [ ]; Beaufort House, 24 Jul 1847. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. A.L.s.to [ ] Gomel; Paris, 4 Dec 1788. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *59M-18. Purchased with the C.E. Norton fund from Martin Breslauer, 15 July 1959.

• Beaumont, Sir George Howland, 1753-1827. Letters to John Jackson:
  • A.L.s.; Colebiton Wall; 1 Dec 1822. 1s.(2p.)
  • A.L.s.; [London] 8 Jul 1826. 1s.(1p.)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893. A. signature; New Orleans, 24 Feb 1867. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X 5.3*.

• Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant,1818-1893. A.L.s.(facsimile) to General J. H. Gilman; New Orleans, 10 Jun 1872. 2s.(4p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893. MS.L.s. to John Pope; Corinth, 27 May 1862. 1s. (4p.)
  Concerns an exchange of surgeons.
  Acquisition Information: Estate of Frederick Dearborn, 1960.

• Beauvau, Charles Juste, prince de, 1720-1793. A.L.s. to [ ]; Paris, 26 Mar 1783. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (27). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Beauvillier, François Honorat de, duc de Saint-Aignan, 1610-1687. MS.D.s.; [n.p.] 7 Apr 1661. 1s.(2p.)
  Legal paper involving Beauvillier and Angélique Faure, widow of Claude de Bullion.
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (28). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Beaux, Cecilia, 1863-1942. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p., n.d.] 1s. (2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *70M-109. Gift of Miss Aimée Lamb and Miss Rosamund Lamb, Mar 1971.

• Beaux, Cecilia, 1863-1942. T.L.s. to C. W. Krausmar; [n.p. n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Simes Collection, n.d.

• Beaver, James Addams, 1837- A.L.s. to Erastus Brainerd; Harrisburg, 12 Apr 1887. 1s.(1p.).
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Beck, Charles, 1798-1866. A.L.s. to Charles Folsom; [n.p.] 1 Sep 1841. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Beck, Charles, 1798-1866. A.receipt; Cambridge, 12 Mar 1857. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Beckford, William, 1760-1844. A.L.s. to Sir Roberts; [n.p.] 13 Oct 1807. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of Miss Sarah Norton, 19 Jan 1923.

• Beckford, William, 1760-1844. A.L.s. to Messrs. Duckett, Morland & Co.; Bath, 11 Jun 1831. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(34). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Beckley, John. MS.D.(s.John Beckley); Washington, 21 Mar 1792. 1s.(1p.)
  Original order from the House of Representatives to the Governor of Georgia declaring the seat of Anthony Wayne vacant.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beckwith, Arthur. 2 A.L.s. to Adam Badeau; 1831-1895.
  • (1) [New York] 7 Mar 1887. 1s.(1p.)
  • (2) [Same?] [n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beckwith, John Watrus. A.L.S. to [ ] Locke; Chicago, 12 Jul 1879. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bedel, John, 1822-1875. A.L.s. to Benson John Lossing; Bath, N.H., 21 Aug 1871. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bedel, John, 1822-1875. A.L.s. to Benson John Lossing; Bath, N.H., 29 Jul 1868. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bedell,Gregory Thurston,bp.,1817-1892. A.L.s. to Josiah Strong; Cleveland, 24 Oct 1879. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918

• Bedford, John Russell, 6th duke of, 1766-1839. A.L.s. to [ ] Cooper; Woburn Abbey, 5 Aug 1827. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(35). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Bedford, John Russell, 6th duke of, 1766-1839. A.L.(3d person) to [ ] Swathfield; Wobourn Abbey, 10 Sep 1828. 1s. (1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bedford, 7th duke of, A.L.s. to Joseph Lancaster 1778-1838. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bedingfield, James. A.L.s. to [ ]; Slough, 21 Apr 1809. 1s.(2p.)
  Saved His Majesty's life when he was attacked going to the House of Lords by the mob.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beebe, Charles William, 1877- 3 T.L.s. to Frederick Wagner:
  • New York, 17 Jul 1961. 1s.(1p.)
  • New York, 30 Jul 1961. 1s.(1p.)
  • New York, 23 Aug 1961. 1s. (1p.)
    Acquisition Information: *79M-37(65). Gift of Frederick Wagner, 25 Jun 1979.

• Beecher, Eunice White (Bullard). Autograph and photograph; Brooklyn, 16 Jan 1894. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beecher, Catherine Esther, 1800-1878. A.L.s. to Editor of the Independent; Hartford, 29 Sep 1871. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Beecher, Catherine Esther, 1800-1878. A.L.s. to Job Williams; Hartford, 16 Oct 1828. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beecher, Charles, 1815-1900. A.L.s. to R. Nason; Georgetown, 10 Sep 1862. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4. 3PF.

• Beecher, Eunice White (Bullard). A.L.s. to [Benjamin] W. Austen; Stamford, 22 Aug 1887. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beecher, Eunice White (Bullard). A.L.s. to James Cephas Derby; Peekskill, 12 Aug 1884. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beecher, Eunice White (Bullard). A.L.s. to [C] Dickinson; Brooklyn, 23 Jan 1855. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beecher, Eunice White (Bullard). A.L.s. to Henry Gilling; Brooklyn, 26 Dec 1887. 2s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beecher, Eunice White (Bullard). A.L.s. to James Redpath; Brooklyn, 18 Dec 1869. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beecher, Eunice White (Bullard). A.L.s. to E. W. Walker; Brooklyn, 28 Dec 1892. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beecher, Eunice White (Bullard). A.L.s. to E. W. Walker; Brooklyn, 1 May 1893. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beecher, Eunice White (Bullard). A.L.s. to E. W. Walker; Brooklyn, 3 May 1893. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beecher, Eunice White (Bullard). A.L.s. to E. W. Walker; Brooklyn, 16 May 1893. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beecher, Eunice White (Bullard). A.L.s. to E. W. Walker; Brooklyn, 5 Jun 1896. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beecher, Eunice White (Bullard). A.L.s. to E. W. Walker company; Brooklyn, 31 Dec 1892. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887. A.L.s. to [Horace] Bumstead; Amsterdam, N.Y., 4 Mar 1878. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *54M-219 (1). Presented by Edward C. Holden, Sept 1954.

• Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887. A.L.s. to [ ] Curtiss; [n.p.] 1 Jan 1878. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of F. H. Curtiss, n.d.

• Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887. A.L.s. to Albert Dagget; Brooklyn, 24 Oct 1880. 1s.(2p.)
  Photograph attached.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887. A.L.s. to James Redpath; Brooklyn, 13 Feb 1874. (postcard).
  Also signature on card admitting bearer to Tilton -Beecher trial.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887. A.L.s. to James Redpath; Brooklyn, 20 May 1875. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beecher, Henry Ward,1813-1887. A.L.s. to [Mrs ] White; [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  P.1 is in the hand of an unidentified correspondent.
  Acquisition Information: *46M-324. Gift of Miss Lilian Page, 16 Nov 1946.

• Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887. A.L.s. to [ ]; Lenox [Mass.] 5 Sep 1855. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *48M-224 (6). Gift of Mrs. Charles L. Slattery, 1 July 1948.

• Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887. A.L.s. to [ ]; Brooklyn, 21 May 1857. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887. A.L.s. to [ ]; Brooklyn, 11 Jan 1871. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887. A.L.s. to [ ]; [Brooklyn?] 9 Apr 1874. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887. A.sermon brief s.; [Brooklyn?] 2 Sep 1879. 5s.(5p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887. Autograph signature. Boston, Apr 1871. 1s.(1p.)
  "Autograph. Presented to the French Fair."
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1941 (20). From the estate of Samuel Henshaw. Gift of Thomas Barbour and others, June 1942.

• Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887. Autograph.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beechey, Sir William. A.L.s. to William Davies; [n.p.] 5 Oct 1808. 1s.(1p.)
  Also portrait (engraving) of Sir William Beechey.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beechey, Sir William. Printed D.s.; [n.p., 1837] 1s.(1p.)
  Ticket of admission.
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(36). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Beekman, John K. A.L.s. to Stephen Van Rensselaer; New York, 7 Jul 1812. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Beerbohm, Max, 1872- A.L.s. to Leslie Mahin Oliver; Rapallo, Italy, 31 Aug 1952. 1s.(2p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: *52M-46. Presented by Dr. Leslie M. Oliver, Sept 1952.

• Beerbohm, Sir Max, 1872- Beccerius. A.MS.(unsigned; Photograph);[Charterhouse School, Jul 1890] 4s.(4p.)
  From the original in Charterhouse library.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Beer-Hofmann, Richard, 1866-1945. A.L.s. to Hedwig Heller; [Vienna, 26 Feb 1928 ] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *44M-43. Gift of Clemens Heller, 29 July 1944.

• Beer-Hofmann, Richard, 1866-1945. 7 A.L.s. to Erich Kahler; 1915-1940 & [n.d.].
  Acquisition Information: *73M-32. Purchased with the Duplicate fund, 15 Jan 1974.

• Beer-Hofmann, Richard, 1866-1945. T.L.s to the editors of Neues 8 Uhr-Blatt; Vienna; 26 Nov 1925. 1s. (1p.)
  Declining to write an article for Rilke's birthday.
  Acquisition Information: *71M-55. Gift of Mr.& Mrs. Rodney Dennis, 28 Mar 1972.

• Beer-Hofmann, Richard, 1866-1945. 2 letters (photocopies) to Antoinette von Kahler; 1939-1943.
  Originals in the Leo Beck Institute.
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs. Erich von Kahler, Apr 1973.

• Beer-Hofmann, Richard, 1866-1945. A.L.s. (photocopy) to Alice (Pick) Loewy von Kahler; New York, 8 May 1941. 2s. (2p.).
  Original in the Leo Beck Institute.
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs. Erick von Kahler, Apr 1973.

• Beer-Hofmann, Richard, 1866-1945. 8 A.L.s. to Hermann John Weigand; 1943-1944.
  Acquisition Information: *72M-50. Gift of Prof. Hermann J. Weigand, 25 Apr 1973.

• Beer-Hofmann, Richard, 1866-1945. A.L.s. to [ ]; New York, 1 Apr 1941. 1s.(1p.)
  Letter of character reference for Clemens Heller.
  Acquisition Information: *44M-44. Gift of Clemens Heller, 29 July 1944.

• Beesly, Edward Spencer, 1831-1915. 2 A.L.s. to [ ] Robin; 1884 & [n.d.]
  • Elm Lawn, 18 Jun 1884. 1s.(2p.)
  • same, 26 Jun [n.d.] 1s.(3p.)
    Acquisition Information: *67M-72. Gift of F. A. Countway Library of Medicine, Dec 1967.

• Beesly, Edward Spencer, 1831-1915. 3 A.L.s. to unidentified correspondents; 1870-1871.
  • [n.p.] 4 Nov 1870. 1s.(2p.)
  • [n.p.] 29 Nov 1870 1s.(3p.)
  • [n.p.] 15 Jul 1871 1s.(1p.)
    Acquisition Information: *67M-72. Gift of F. A. Countway Library of Medicine, Dec 1967.

• Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. A.L.s.(facsimile) to the Ofenheimer brothers; [ ], 1809. 1s.(1p.)
  From a German catalogue.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bégon, Michel, 1638-1710. MS.s.; Paris, 24 Jan 1705. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *48M-14. From the Harmsworth Collection. Presented by Dr. William Inglis Morse, 7 Oct 1948.

• Behrman, Samuel Nathaniel, 1893- T.L.s.to [William Alexander] Jackson; London, 10 May 1957. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *57M-47. Presented by Frank C. Cosby, Oct 1957.

• Beith, John Hay, 1876-1952. A.L.s. to Arlo Bates: New York, 20 Oct 1916. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *69M-102. Gift of Rev. Donald F. Winslow, Mar 1970.

• Belcher, Andrew. A.L.s. to Samuel Mann; Boston, 27 Dec 1711. 1s.(1p.)
  Enclosure: Ms. poem "Castle in the Air". 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Belcher, Jonathan, 1710-1776. A.L.s. to Thomas Hancock; Halifax, 31 Jan 1761. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757. A.L.s.to [ ] Malbone; Milton, 6 Dec 1743. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Norton autographs, 15 Jul 1914.

• Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757. A.L.s.to [ ] Waldron; Milton, 31 May 1749. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Removed from *AC85.H7375.Zz812b.

• Belcher, Jonathan, 1681-1757. Commission of Joshua Barker as lieutenant in Winslow 's company of foot. MS. doc. on vellum s.; Boston, 8 Sep 1740. 1s. (2p.)
  Recat. fr. MS Am 809.
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs. Mary Cushing n.d.

• Belcher, R. Andrew. A. memo s.; on board Province Galley, 21 Jul 1703. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798. A.L.s. to [Dr. ] Brackett; Dover, 24 Dec 1778. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181 (37). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798. A.L.s.to Jacob Bailey; Boston, 10 Apr 1796. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Removed from *AC85-H7375.Zz812b.

• Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798. 4 A.L.s. to Samuel Eliot:
  • Dover, 18 Jun 1783. 1s.(3p.)
  • Same, 22 Aug 1783. 1s.(2p.)
  • Boston, 10 Nov 1783. 1s.(3p.)
  • Dover, 22 Nov 1783. 1s.(2p.)
    Acquisition Information: Norton autographs, 15 Jul 1914.

• Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798. A.L. (signature wanting) to Joseph Whipple; Dover, 9 Jul 1782. 1s. (3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181 (38). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Belknap, William Worth, 1829-1890. Printed D.s.; Washington, 13 Jan 1870. 1s.(2p.)
  Deed for land in Harper's Ferry for school purposes.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Belknap, William Worth, 1829-1890. Ms.L.s. to John Scott; Washington, 21 Feb 1874. 1s.(1p.)
  Also autograph from envelope.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922. A.L.s. to Roland Burrage Dixon; Cape Breton, 15 Nov 1902. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of Roland Burrage Dixon, 19 May 1936.

• Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922. T.L.s. to [Mrs George R.] Parker; Washington, 1 Apr 1913. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-221F. Presented by Dr. William Inglis Morse, 29 Mar 1946.

• Bell, Clive, 1881- A.L.s.(Clive) to Oliver Brett, 3d viscount Esher; [London] 21 Feb 1936. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-190. Purchased with Duplicate money from E. P. Goldschmidt & Co., Ltd., 8 Apr 1950.

• Bell, George Joseph, 1770-1843. A.L.s. to Knowles and Locke; Haverhill? 15 Apr 1839. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bell, J Warren. A.L.s. to [ ] Gemison; Darlington, 26 Aug 1891. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Mass. Historical Society. 17 Nov 1939.

• Bell, John R. A.L.s. to W. G. D. Worthington; Washington, 29 Jan 1822. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bell, Orelia Key. A.L.s. to Editor of Atlanta News; Atlanta, 14 Sep 1886. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bell, Orelia Key. A.poem s. beginning "And yet we need thee so"...; Atlanta [n.d.]. A.L.s.[attached] to Editor of Seattle Post-Intelligencer; University of Washington, 31 Oct 1905. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bell, Orelia Key. Ms.poem "To youth", published in The Century Magazine.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bell, Samuel. A.L.s. to Joseph Blunt; Washington, 27 Feb 1834. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Simes Collection, n.d.

• Bell, T. S. A.L.s. to Mary Louise Booth; Louisville 30 Dec 1862. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bell, Thomas, 1792-1880. A.L.s. to [James Scott?] Bowerbank; [n.p.] 1 Jun [ ] 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *47M-373(136). Estate of Samuel Henshaw. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Tozzer, Mrs. Thomas Barbour, and Miss Gertrude A. Thurston, June 1943.

• Bell, Thomas, 1792-1880. A.L.s. to Stephen Willoughby Lawley; Selborne, 23 Oct 1878. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *47M-373(137). Estate of Samuel Henshaw. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Tozzer, Mrs. Thomas Barbour, and Miss Gertrude A. Thurston, June 1943.

• Bell, Thomas, 1792-1880. A.L.s. to John Van Voorst; [n.p.] 27 Jul 1876. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *47M-373 (8). Estate of Samuel Henshaw. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Tozzer, Mrs. Thomas Barbour, and Miss Gertrude A. Thurston, June 1943.

• Bell, Thomas, 1792-1880. A.L.s. to John Van Voorst; Selborne, 21 Feb [ ] 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *47M-373 (8) Estate of Samuel Henshaw. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Tozzer, Mrs. Thomas Barbour, and Miss Gertrude A. Thurston, June 1943.

• Bell, Thomas, 1792-1880. A.L.s. to [ ] Wickham; Selborne, 10 Oct [ ] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *47M-373 (9) Estate of Samuel Henshaw. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Tozzer, Mrs. Thomas Barbour, and Miss Gertrude A. Thurston, June 1943.

• Bellamy, Edward, 1850-1898. A.L.s. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Chicopee Falls, 12 Aug 1884. 1s.(4p.)
  Thanks Higginson for his criticism of Miss Ludington's sister.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bellew, Frank H. Temple. A.L.s. to [Nebe]; [New York], 5 Nov 1883. 1s.(1p.)
  Also newspaper picture and obituary dated 30 Jun 1888.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bellew, Frank, 1828-1888. Drawing in pen and ink; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. FA 6286.6*, 12 Dec 1924.

• Bellew, John Chippendall Montesquieu, 1823-1874. A.L.s. to Mrs. George Rouse; London, 20 Feb. 1864. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *98M-37. Removed from 12452.13.

• Bellew, Kyrle, 1857-1911. 2 letters to [ ] Gillender:
  • A.L.s.; [New York], [1904]. 1s.(2p.) env.
  • A.L.s.; [Same?], [1904]. 1s.(1p.)
    Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bellingham, Lelgarde. A.L.s. to [ ] Castle Bellingham, Ireland, 23 Feb 1900. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Belloc, Elizabeth. A.L.s.to [Miss ] Batchelder; [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *56M-151. Gift of Mrs. Mary E. Batchelder, 15 Feb 1957.

• Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953. T.L.s. to Medora (Robbins) Crosby; Horsham [Sussex] 2 Dec 1930. 1s.(1p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: *43M-834. Item received gratis, 1943.

• Bellows, George, 1882-1925. A.L.s. to Fogg Art Museum; Woodstock, 28 Jul 1924. 3s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *66M-55. Transferred from Fogg Art Museum, 8 Nov 1966.

• Bellows, Henry Whitney, 1814-1882. A.L.s. to [ ]; New York, 10 Nov 1851. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bellows, Henry Whitney, 1814-1882. A.L.s. to [Ray?] Boynton and [Sophia?] Brookes; Interlachen, 5 Sep 1867. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *44M-60. Presented by Walter Stone Poor, Esq., 12 July 1944.

• Bellows, Henry Whitney, 1814-1882. A.L.s. to Adam Badeau; New York, 27 Nov 1862. 1s.(4p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bellows, Henry Whitney, 1814-1882. 2 letters to [ ] Dwight:
  • A.L.s.; New York, 26 Feb 1852. 1s.(1p.)
  • A.L.s.; Same, 13 Dec 1852. 1s.(1p.)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bellows, Henry Whitney, 1814-1882. A.L.s. to [Sophia Brookes and Waller family? ]; Dresden, 3-[4] Nov 1867. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *44M-62 Presented by Walter Stone Poor, Esq., 12 July 1944.

• Bellows, Henry Whitney, 1814-1882. A.L.s. to Charles Gould; [New York] 10 Feb 1852. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *48M-224 (7). Gift of Mrs. Charles L. Slattery, 1 July 1948.

• Bellows, Henry Whitney, 1814-1882. A.L.s. to Anna [Waller], Sophia [Brookes], Elwyn [Waller] and Ella [Waller]; Geneva, 26 Sep 1867. 2s.(6p.)
  Acquisition Information: *44M-61. Presented by Walter Stone Poor, Esq., 12 July 1944.

• Bellows, Henry Whitney, 1814-1882. A.L.s. to [ ] Whipple; Walpole, 22 Aug 1877. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bellows, Henry Whitney, 1814-1882. A. signature; New York, 28 Mar 1867. 1s.(1p.)
  r.f. X 5.3*

• Bellows, Mary A. A.L.s. to [ ]; West Newton, 4 Jun [ ]. 2s.(5p.)
  Acquisition Information: From the estate of Lawrence Bond, 2 Aug 1935.

• Belloy, Pierre Laurent Buirette de, 1727-1775. A.L.s. to [ ] Antoine; [n.p.] 24 Apr [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (30). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Belmont, Perry, 1850- A.L.s. to Charles Nordhoff; Newport, 17 Jul 1878. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Benecke, Marie (Mandelssohn) 1839-1897. A.L.s. to [Sophia] Brookes; Denmark Hill, 22 May [1863] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *44M-63. Presented by Walter Stone Poor, Esq., 12 July 1944.

• Benedict, Erastus Cornelius, 1800-1880. A.L.s. to Edwin M. Bidwell; [n.p.] 28 Mar 1867. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X 5.3*.

• Benedict, E C A.L.s. to [Laurence?] Hutton; New York 28 Jan 1896. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Benedict, Erastus Cornelius, 1800-1880. [Portrait: photograph]
  With autograph inscription and signature.
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1680. Gift of Talbot Aldrich, 7 June 1943.

• Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1827-1895. A.L.s. to Messrs. F. and J. Rives; Philadelphia, Jan 2 1866. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Benet, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943. T.L.s. to [Mary (Williams)]Winslow; New York, [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *41-7668. Gift of Frederick Winslow, 18 May 1942.

• Benet, William Rose, 1886-1950. T.L.s.to [Henry] James; New York, 20 Apr 1943. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Benham, Henry Washington, 1813-1884. MS.L.s. to Montgomery Blair; Rappahannock Station, 5 Oct 1863. 1s.(4p.)
  Proposes a plan for an attack on Charleston, S.C.
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. MS Am 668.

• Benham, M L A.D.s.; Columbia, 7 Dec 1803. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Benjamin, Judah Philip, 1811-1884. A.L.s. to the Governor of the State of South Carolina; Richmond, 9 Mar 1864. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Benjamin, Park, 1809-1864. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4.3PF.

• Benjamin, Samuel Green Wheeler, 1837-1914. A.L.s. to Edwin Abbott; New York 18 Dec 1886. 1s.(1p.)
  The recipient is the American Rev. Edwin Abbott, editor of Literary world .
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Benjamin, Samuel Green Wheeler, 1837-1914. A.L.s. to [Edmund Clarence?] Stedman; New York, 27 Jul 1885. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bennett, Anna Maria. Signature on document (fragment); [n.p.] 26 Dec 1789. 1s.(1p.).
  Acquisition Information: Bequest on E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931. A.L.s. to [George] Harvey; Cannes, 15 Jul 1912. 1s.(4p.)
  A eulogy of William Dean Howells.
  Acquisition Information: *43M-218. Purchased with the Sheldon fund from Mrs. Russell Law, 27 Oct 1943.

• Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931. A.L.s. to Doubleday, firm, publishers, New York; [London] 30 Sep 1930. 1s.(1p.)
  Draft of cablegram.
  Acquisition Information: *43M-106F. Purchased with the Nichols fund from Elkin Mathews Ltd., Sept 1943.

• [Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931 ] T.L.(unsigned;carbon copy) to [Sir Arthur Thomas] Q[uiller-Couch]; [n.p.] 18 Sep 1925. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-368. Gift of Augustin H. Parker, 8 May 1946.

• Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931. Books & persons [concerning St. John Ervine] A.MS.s.; [n.p.,n.d.] 2s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *59M-157. Purchased from Robert K. Black, Feb 1960.

• Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931. W.H.R. Rivers: some recollections. A.MS.s.; Clacton-on-Sea. [n.d.] 6s. (6p.)
  Acquisition Information: *62M-124. Gift of the Boston Athenaeum, Dec 1962.

• Bennett, Emerson, 1820-1905. A.L.s. to Ben W. Austin; Philadelphia, 25 May 1882. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bennett, Paul A., 1897-1966. Correspondence concerning Matthew Carter, 1960. 12s.(17p.) env.
  Paul A. Bennett worked with Mergenthaler Linotype Company in NewYork (N.Y.). Correspondence concerns Harry Carter's son, Matthew Carter, visiting New York and speaking at the Type Directors Club of New York and the Typophiles (New York, N.Y.). Includes:

  • Bennett, Paul A., 1897-1966. TLs (carbon) with Ms notes (2 copies) to Harry Carter, [Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)], 1960 11 Mar.
  • Bennett, Paul A., 1897-1966. Ts (carbon) letter to Harry Carter, [Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)], 1960 8 June.
  • Tear sheet from Printing news mentioning Matthew Carter's talk at the Type Directors Club of New York, 1960 11 June.
  • Carter, Harry. TLs to Paul A. Bennett, Oxford (England), 1960 7 Mar.
  • Carter, Harry. TLs to Paul A. Bennett, Oxford (England), 1960 12 Apr.
  • Carter, Harry. TLs to Paul A. Bennett, Oxford (England), 1960 19 June.
  • Carter, Matthew. TLs to Paul A. Bennett, London (England), 1960 3 Apr.
  • Type Directors Club of New York. Mimeographed invitation to Paul A. Bennett, New York (N.Y.), 1960 2 June.
  Acquisition Information: *86M-116. Gift of Charles A. Rheault, 1986. Feb. 10.

• Bennett, William Cox, 1820-1895. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; [Boston] 29 Dec 1860. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bensel, James Berry, 1856-1886. To T. B. A. A.MS.s.; [n.p.] 1880-1885. 2s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1411, 1412. Gift of Talbot Aldrich, 7 June 1943.

• Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925. A.L.s. to Mrs. William James; [Cambridge, England], 14 Apr 1920. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Henry James, 26 Jun 1928.

• Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833. A.L.s. to Samuel Jones; [n.p.] 12 Jan 1791. 1s(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832. A.L.(draft, unsigned) to Albany Fonblanque; [London] 2 Feb 1830. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-90. Gift of Mrs. Norman Himes, 17 Dec 1949.

• Bentham, Jeremy.
  Note (facsimile) to Mr Kee; 28 Oct 1713, asking Kee to introduce Horatio Nelson, "a young lad" to Mr Surridge.
  Also coat of arms.
  Acquisition Information: Simes Collection, n.d.

• Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832. A.L.s.to Sir Robert Peel, 2d bart.; [London] 14 Apr 1827. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Removed from TP 1865.49.

• Bentley, Edmund Clerihew, 1875- Rough ideas for new clerihews. TS. with autograph revisions; [n.p.,n.d.] 11s.(11p.)
  Removed from *56-797.
  Acquisition Information: Purchased with the Amy Lowell fund, 12 Dec 1956.

• Bentley, Nicolas, 1907-. T.L.s. to Sir Max Beerbohm; London, 19 May 1934. 1s.(1p.).
  Removed from *63-1056F.
  Acquisition Information: Purchased with the Amy Lowell fund, Mar 1964.

• Bentley, William, 1759-1819. A.L.s. to [Christoph Daniel Ebeling]; Salem, Mass., Mar 1817. 1s.(3p.)
  C1 10082
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Benton, Joel, 1832-1911. Letters to S. E. Clow:
  • A.L.s.; New York, 15 Feb 1907. 1s.(1p.)
  • A.L.s.; Poughkeepsie, 17 Feb 1907, 1s.(3p.)
  • A.L.s.; Same, 21 Feb 1907. 1s.(1p.)
  • A.L.s.; Same, 22 Feb 1907. 1s.(1p.)
  • A.L.s.; Same, 31 Mar 1907. 1s.(1p.)
  • A.L.s.; Same, 17 Dec 1909?. 1s.(2p.)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Benton, Joel, 1832-1911. Letters to [Charles P.?] Everitt:
  • A.L.s.; Poughkeepsie, 16 Oct 1910. 1s.(1p.)
  • A.L.s.; Same, 18 Oct 1910. 1s.(1p.)
  • A.L.s.; Same, 20 Oct 1910. 1s.(1p.)
  • A.L.s.; New York, 9 Nov 1910. 1s.(1p.)
  • A.L.s.; Poughkeepsie, 11 Nov 1910. (postcard)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Benton, Joel, 1832-1911. A.L.s. to Henry Paret; Poughkeepsie, 20 Apr 1894. 1s.(2p.)
  With advertisement to sell the House of Seven Fireplaces.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Benton, Joel, 1832-1911. A.L.s.(postcard) to F. Dana Reed; New York, 8 Feb 1907.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858. A.L.s. to [ ]; Washington City, 24 Aug 1847. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858. A.L.s. to [ ]; Washington, 14 Mar 1853. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *53M-115. Purchased from Maggs Brothers, Catalog 819, No. 853, 5 Feb 1954.

• Benton, Thomas Hart, 1816-1879. A.L.s. to Edward Cooper; Marshalltown; 7 Jul 1866. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858. A.L.s. to [Duff ] Green and [ ] Jarvis; St. Louis, 16 Aug 1828. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Béranger, Pierre Jean de, 1780-1857. A.L.s. to Edmond Anthoine; [n.p.] 8 Jan 1831. 1s.(3p.)
  In French.
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181 (40). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Béranger, Pierre Jean de, 1780-1857. A.L.s. to [ ] Olivier; [Versailles] 12 Aug 1849. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-499(7). Gift of Dr. Harris Kennedy, 26 Jan 1943.

• Béranger, Pierre Jean de, 1780-1857. A.L.s. to [Guillaume?] Saulnier; Maisour [?], 22 Jul 1826. 1s.(3p.)
  In French.
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181 (39). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Berbrugger, Louis Adrien, 1801-1869. A.L.s. to Francisque Michel; Algiers, 4 Oct 1852. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Palka autographs, 4591, n.d.

• Berenson, Bernhard, 1865-1959. 5 letters to Philip Hofer; 1938-1941.
  Item 1 with extract of letter to Berenson from Hugo Breitner.
  Acquisition Information: *83M-13. Gift of Philip Hofer, Dec 1983.

• Berenson, Bernhard, 1865-1959. A.L.s. to Agnes Mongan; I Tatti, 9 Dec 1940. 3s. (6p.)
  Acquisition Information: *70M-91. Gift of Agnes Mongan, 7 June 1971.

• Beresford, William Carr Beresford, 1768-1854. A.L.s. to José Pereira Palha de Faria Guião; London [n.d.] 1s. (2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of John B. Stetson Jr., n.d.

• pf [Berger, Anthony, photographer]. Abraham Lincoln with his son, Thomas Lincoln : portrait photograph, [n.p., 1864 9 Feb.] 1 item
  Berger worked in the studio of Mathew B. Brady.
  Acquisition Information: *44M-98F. Gift of Walter Stone Poor, 1944 12 July.

• Bergh, Henry, 1811-1888. A.L.s. to Charles Nordhoff; New York, 7 Aug 1866. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bergh, Henry, 1811-1888. A.L.s. to A. M. Palmer; [New York?] 7 Dec 1881. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941. A.L.s. to Henry James, 3rd; Paris, [Mar 1939]. 1s.(3p.)
  With T.L. (carbon copy) from Henry James, 3rd to Henri Bergson; [New York] 11 Apr 1939. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *48M-90. Gift of Ralph B. Perry, 29 Oct 1948.

• Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941. A.L.s. to Raimundo Lida; Paris, 30 Oct 1933. 1s.(2p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: *80M-30. Gift of Mrs. Denah Lida, in memory of Raimundo Lida, 20 May 1981.

• Berkeley, Francis Henry Fitzharding. A.L.s. to [ ]; [London] 25 Mar 1858. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Berlin, Irving. Alexander's ragtime band. A.MS.s.; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *61M-160. Gift of Raymond S. Wilkins, Apr 1962.

• Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. A.L.s.to [ ] Schaeffer; Paris, 28 Apr 1867. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs. William M. Barber, 15 Nov 1965.

• Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. A.L.s. to [ ] Schlösser; [n.p., 1853?] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *56M-99. Gift of George Benson Weston, 31 Dec 1956.

• Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. A.L.s.to [ ] Jarret; [n.p.] 31 Mar [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *57M-96. Deposited by George Benson Weston, 27 Dec 1957. Later bequest.

• Bern (Canton) Copy of proceedings before the great council of Bern concerning Rudolf von Baldegg and the Hapsburg wars in Switzerland. MS. on paper; [Bern?] [1444.] 1s. (2p.)
  With 19th c. transcript.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bernard, Claude, 1813-1878. A.L.s. to [Paul Antoine Gratacap, called] Cap; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (31). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Bernard, Sir Francis, bart., 1712?-1779. D.s.; Boston, 10 May 1762. 1s.(1p.)
  Appointing John Gould as Captain of Militia in Suffolk County; and signed also by John Cotton, Josiah Quincy and others.
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs Murray A. Potter, 1 July 1930.

• Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p.,n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  In French.
  Acquisition Information: Simes collection, n.d.

• Bernis, François Joachim de Pierre de, comte de Lyon, cardinal, 1715-1794. A.L.s. to [Guillaume de Lamoignon]; [n.p.] 18 Jan 1769. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (32). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Bernouilli, Daniel, 1700-1782. A.L.s. with MS. annotation to Louis Jallabert; Basel 16 Feb 1752. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *86M-64. Gift of David P. Wheatland '22, 23 June 1986.

• Bernstein, Felix, 1878- 2 telegrams (photocopies to Albert Einstein:
  • New York, 29 Apr 1933. 1s. (1p.)
  • Same, 30 Apr 1933. 1s. (1p.)
    Acquisition Information: *69M-14. Gift of Mrs. Robert Wiener, Dec 1969.

• Bernstorff, Augusta Louise Elisabeth von, countess. A.L.s. to Adam Badeau; London, 24 [ ]; 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bernstorff, Augusta Louise Elisabeth von, countess. A.L.s. to [ ] Motley; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Berr, Michel, 1780-1843. A.L.s.to Baron [ ]; Paris, 4 Dec 1830. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *57JM-34(2). Bequest of Lee M. Friedman, 1957.

• Berrien, John MacPherson, 1781-1856. MS.L.s. to Edmund Burke; Savannah, 6 June 1845. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-499(8). Gift of Dr. Harris Kennedy, 26 Jan 1943.

• Berry, Charles Ferdinand, d'Artois, duc de, 1778-1820. A.L.s. (Charles Ferdinand) to [ ]; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  In French.
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(41). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Berry, Marie Caroline Ferdinande Louise de Naples, duchesse de, 1798-1870. A.L.s. (M.C.) to [ ] Podenas; Gratz, 8 Oct 1838. 1s.(2p.)
  In French.
  Acquisition Information: *42M-499(9). Gift of Dr. Harris Kennedy, 26 Jan 1943.

• Berryer, Pierre Antoine, 1790-1868. A.L.s. to [ ]; Paris, 2 Apr 1849. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (33). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Berthelot, Marcelin, 1827-1907. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p.] 16 Dec 1876. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (34). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Bertie, Norton (?) A.L.s. to: Robert Bacon [1911 ?] Paris 2 pp.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bertrand, Henri Gratien, comte, 1773-1884. A. signature (Bertrand); [n.p., n.d.] Fragment.
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(42). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Bertrand, Joseph Louis François, 1822-1900. A.L.s. to [ ]; Paris, 3 Sep 1864. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (35). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Berwick, William Noel Hill, 3d baron, 1773-1842. A.L.s. to Lloyd L. Winter; Worthing, 25 Sep 1810. 1s. (2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Berzelius, Jöns Jakob, friherre, 1779-1848. A.L.s.to [ ]; Stockholm, 7 Jan 1840. 1s.(1p.)
  in Swedish.
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4.3PF.

• Besant, Sir Walter, 1836-1901. A.L.s. to [Dr. ] Paton; [London] 16 [Nov?] 1886. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *52M-57. Presented by Miss Helen Cam, 2 Oct 1952.

• Besant, Sir Walter, 1836-1901. A.L.s. to Ernest Alfred Vizetelly; London, 12 Sep 1873. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Besseler, Heinrich, 1900- T.L.s. to Arthur Tillman Merritt; Leipzig, 7 Aug 1961. 1 letter (1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Transferred from the Music Library, Aug 1977.

• Best, Samuel, 1802-1873 A.L. (3rd person) to [ ] Varty; Andover, 16 Jul [1855] 1s. (4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. x5.16F, 25 Sept 1928.

• Beston, Elizabeth (Coatsworth). 5 letters to Constance M. Maxon; 1957-1960.
  Acquisition Information: *70M-107. Gift of Miss Constance M. Maxon, 26 May 1971.

• Beston, Henry, 1888-1968. 4 A.L.s. to Richard Warren Hatch:
  • Nobleboro, 10 Dec 1948. 1s.(2p.).
  • same, 30 Aug 1949. 2s.(3p.).
  • same, 16 Jan 1956. 1s.(2p.).
  • same, 27 Jan 1956. 2s.(4p.).
    Acquisition Information: *71M-17. Gift of Mr. Richard W. Hatch, 10 Sept 1971.

• Bethan, Sir William, 1779-1853. A.L.s. to Charles Sumner; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bethisy, marquise de. A.L.s. to [ ]; Chateau de Bressoy, 11 Oct 1871. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181 (43). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Bethune, George Washington, 1805-1862. A.L.s. to Henry Brown; Brooklyn, 18 Sep 1849. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bethune, George Washington, 1805-1862. A.L.s. to [ ] Clark; Brooklyn, 10 Oct 1854. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bethune, George Washington, 1805-1862. A.L.s. to B H Rhinder; Newburgh, 22 Jun 1853. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Betjeman, John, 1906-. In Westminister Abbey. TS.s.; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Purchased with the Duplicate fund, 20 Oct 1965.

• Betten, Bartlet. A.L.s. to [ ]; Columbia, Cal., 1 Nov 185[0?] 1s.(3p.)
  About the gold-rush days. On p.4, printed poem: Good news from home.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah, 1862-1927. A.L.s. to Oliver Wendell Holmes; Beverly Farms, 19 Nov 1916. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *50-815. Gift of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes, Jan 1951.

• Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah, 1862-1927. T.L.s. to Oliver Wendell Holmes; Indianapolis, 29 Dec 1919. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *50-815 Gift of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes, Jan 1951.

• Beveridge, Kuhne. A.L.s. to [ ] Van Schaick; [New York?], [n.d.]. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828. A. signature (photographic facsimile); [n.p., n.d.] 1s. (1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Miss E. Guerrier, 18 Feb 1944.

• Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828. Smew or white nun. Drawing by unknown hand, enlarged from Bewick.
  Acquisition Information: Transferred from Fogg Art Museum, 1955

• Bibb, George Mortimer, 1776-1859. MS.L.s.to Green Waldon; [Washington] 21 Feb 1845. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4.3PF.

• Bickersteth, Edward, 1786-1850. A.L.s. to Messrs. Ogle Duncan and Cochrane; Norwich, 30 Nov 1814. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Biddle, Charles, 1745-1821. A.L.s. to J Smith; Lancaster, 14 Dec 1810. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Biddle, Charles, 1745-1821. A.L.s. to T Ward; Andalusia, [n.d.]. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Biddle, Craig, 1823-1910. A.L.(3d person) to [ ] Mann; 9 May 1892. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844. A.L.s. to Henry Eckford; Bank of the United States, 6 Mar 1826. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844. A.L.s. to Samuel Landon; [Philadelphia] 26 Feb 1829. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4.3PF.

• Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844. A.L.s. to Elijah Paine; Bank of the United States, 13 May 1834. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Simes Collection, n.d.

• Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844. A.L.s. to Joel Roberts Poinsett; Philadelphia, 17 Apr 1839. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bidwell, John, 1819-1900. A. signature; Chico, Cal., [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X 5.3*.

• Bidwell, Marshall Spring, 1799-1872. A.L.s. to [ ]; New York, 27 Nov 1860. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4.3PF.

• Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? A.L.s. to Messrs. Stone & Kimball; Berkeley, Cal., 4 Dec 1893. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-770. Presented by W. B. O. Field, 23 May 1943.

• Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? A.L.s. to [Robert] Mackay; Washington, 25 Apr 1904. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-769. Presented by W. B. O. Field, 23 May 1943.

• Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? A.L.s. to [Robert] Mackay; Lyme, Ct., 6 Aug 1905. 2s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-768. Presented by W. B. O. Field, 23 May 1943.

• Bierstadt, Albert. Autograph.
  German painter in America.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bierstadt, Edward. New York, April 20, 1898
  To Mr. E. Van Schaick.
  Engraver.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bierstadt, Albert Bierstadt, Albert Note to: Messrs, Hurd and Houghton.
  German Painter in America 1830-1902
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bigelow, Abijah, 1775-1860. A.L.s. to John Locke; Leominster, 10 Mar 1817. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bigelow, Francis Hill. A.L.s.to [ ] Lane; Cambridge, 4 May 1911. 1s.(2p.)
  enclosing a. poem "Advertisement" by John Brown and supposedly in the autograph of William Biglow.
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Francis H. Bigelow, 14 Jan 1910.

• Bigelow, George Newton. A.L.s. to Charles Brooks; Framingham, 1 Jun 1864. 1s.(2p.)
  Written on printed invitation to Quarter-Centennial Normal School Celebration held at Framingham, 1 Jul 1864.
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. Educ MS 1375.

• Bigelow, Jacob, 1787-1879. A.L.s. to Charles Folsom [Boston?] [n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bigelow, Jacob, 1787-1879. A.L.s. to [Augustus Addison] Gould; [n.p.] 4 May 1850. 1s.(2p.)
  MS.(unidentified hand) on inside 2 pages.
  Acquisition Information: *47M-373 (10). Estate of Samuel Henshaw. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Tozzer, Mrs. Thomas Barbour, and Miss Gertrude A. Thurston, June 1943.

• Bigelow, John 1861 Minneapolis, May 12, 1912
  To Mr. T. S. Ross, Sec'y Harvard Memorial Society. One of the first to enlist after Lincoln's call.
  Acquisition Information: Nodate or source.

• Bigelow, John New York, November 15, 1876
  To Mr. Lester
  Author and editor.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bigelow, John Letter to: John R. Lowen 1 Nov. 1889
  Author and Editor
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bigelow, John Letter to: W. Stuart 22 Dec. 1882
  Author and Editor
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bigelow, John Letter to: E.W.Walker Co. Narragansett Pier, R.I. 15 July 1896
  Author and Editor.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bigelow, John P. State House, August 11, 1838
  To Messers Knowles and Locke.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bigelow, John P. Boston, January 2, 1827
  To John Locke.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bigelow, Melville M. Bigelow, Melville M. Author
  Autograph
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bigelow, Melville M. Boston, July 26, 1887
  To Ben. W. Austin.
  Also photograph
  Author.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bigelow, Pauline ALS to: Maurice Barrés Malden-on-Hudson, N. Y. March 29, 1916
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bigelow, Poultney Chelsea, October 6, 1891
  To Allen. Author.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bigelow, Timothy, 1767-1821. 2 letters to Timothy Bigelow Sr.:
  • (1) Cambridge, 21 May 1786. 1s.(2p.)
  • (2) Springfield, 28 Jan 1787. 1s.(2p.)
    The second recounts personal experiences in action against Shay's Rebellion.
    Acquisition Information: *58M-191. Presented by Mrs. R. D. Fay, 2 Mar 1959.

• Bigelow, Timothy, 1767-1821. A.L.s.to Joseph Dennie; Lexington, 30 Sep 1790. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *58M-192. Presented by Mrs. R. D. Fay, 2 Mar 1959.

• Bigler, John. A.L.s.to [ ]; Pittsburgh, 2 Aug [ ]. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Biglow, A. A.L.s.to [ ]; Cambridge, 26 Jan 1828. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Biglow, William, 1773-1844. MS.poem "The Lament of the Weathercock" from the Church in Harvard Square, 1833. 2s.(2p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Francis H. Bigelow, 14 Jan 1910.

• Bignon, Armand Jérome, 1711-1772. A.L.s. to [ ]; Paris, 19 Jan 1740. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (36). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Bigot de Préamaneu, Félix Julien Jean, comte, 1747-1825. A.L.s. to [ ] de la Saudraye; Paris, 14 Nov 1785. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (37). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Bikle, Lucy Leffingwell (Cable) 1875- A.L.s. to [Edward Laroque] Tinker; Strafford, Pa., 25, Aug 1944. 4s.(8p.)
  Concerns George Washington Cable.
  Acquisition Information: *52M-86. Presented by Mr. and Mrs. Larocque Tinker, 4 Dec 1952.

• Bille, Carl Steen Andersen, 1797-1883. MS.L.(unsigned) to Benjamin W. Austin; Copenhagen, 4 Nov 1884. 1s.(1p.)
  With Bille's autograph.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Billings, Frederick, 1823-1890. A.L.s.to [Sigourney] Butler; Woodstock, Vt., 25 Oct 1888. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Billings, John Shaw, 1838-1913. T.L.s.to James Westfall Thompson; New York, 23 Nov 1896. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Billington, Thomas, d. 1832. A.L.s.to Editor, Literary Gazette; [Sunbury, 23 Dec 1827] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bindley, James, 1737-1818. A.L.(3d person) to [ ] Philipps; [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bing, Julius. Letters to [W ] Stuart:
  • (1) [N.p.] 31 May 1855. 1s.(1p.)
  • (2) [N.p.] 7 Jun 1855. 4s.(9p.)
  • (3) [N.p.] 2 Jan 1856. 1s.(1p.)
  • (4) Newburyport, Sep 1856. 2s.(4p.)
  • (5) Newburyport, 11 Oct 1856. 1s.(4p.)
  • (6) [Boston] 11 Apr 1857. 1s.(1p.)
  • (7) [Same] 6 Mar 1857. 1s.(3p.)
  • (8) London, 4 Jun 1857. 1s.(4p.)
  • (9) Chicago, 19 Aug 1865. 1s.(4p.)
  • (10) Washington, 9 Jan 1866. 1s.(2p.)
  • (11) Same [n.d.] [1866?] 1s.(1p.)
  • (12) Chicago, 9 Feb 1866. 1s.(4p.)
  • (13) [N.p.] 3 Feb 1866. 1s.(2p.)
  • (14) Washington, 25 Jul 1866. 1s.(4p.)
  • (15) [Same] 15 Aug [1866] 1s.(2p.)
  • (16) Washington, 1 Dec 1866. 1s.(1p.)
  • (17) Same,25 Dec 1866. 1s.(4p.)
  • (18) Same, 2 Jan 1867. 1s.( 3p.)
  • (19) Same, 12 Jul 1867. 1s.(2p.)
  • (20) Boston, 18 Aug 1868. 1s.(4p.)
  • (21) Washington, 11 Oct 1868. 1s.(2p.)
  • (22) Same, 25 Oct 1868. 1s.(1p.)
  • (23) [New York] 13 Jun 1871. 1s.(2p.)
  • (24) Boston, 5 [ ] 1887. 1s.(1p.)
  • (25) Same, 5 Jan 1887. 1s.(1p.)
  • (26) [N.p.,n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  • (27) [N.p.,n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  • (28) [N.p.,n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  • (29) [N.p.,n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  • (30) [N.p.,n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  • (31) [N.p.,n.d.] 7s.(7p.)
  • (32) [N.p.,n.d.] 12s.(21p.)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bing, Julius. A.L.s.to [ ]; [n.p.] 9 Feb 1856. 17s.(18p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bing, Julius. A.MS.(unsigned); [n.p.,n.d.] 5s.(10p.)
  On "that fearful and terrible iniquity gambling".
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bing, Julius. A.MS.(unsigned); [n.p.,n.d.] 2s.(2p.)
  On "Jesuitism"
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bing, Julius. John Brougham. A.MS.(unsigned); [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bing, Julius. Rothschild (continued) A.MS.(unsigned); [Yew York? n.d.] pp.21-32 only.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bing, Julius. A.MS.(unsigned) beginning "New York presents once in a while remarkable opportunities for testing the qualities of the prevailing schools of histrionic art..."; [n.p.,n.d.] 7s.(12p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bingham, Henry H. A.L.s.to Erastus Brainerd; Washington, Dec 1885. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bingham, Henry H. MS.s. to [William McKinley Washington, 2 Feb 1898. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bingham, William, 1751-1804. A.L.s. to [ ] Jackson; Philadelphia, 18 Jul 1793. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4.3PF.

• Bingham, William, 1751-1804. A.L.s.to Le Roy Bayard & McEvans; Philadelphia, 8 Mar 1799. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Binney, Horace, 1780-1875. A.L.s.to A. Dickens; Philadelphia, 5 Dec 1853. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Purchased with the Peabody fund, 22 Apr 1938.

• Binney, Horace, 1780-1875. MS.L.s. to John Kern; [n.p.] 15 Apr 1826. 1s.(1p.)
  Also signed by Ch. Chauncey.
  Also photograph.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Binney, Horace, 1780-1875. A.L.s. to Theophilus Parsons; Philadelphia, 4 Jun 1859. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *54M-221 (2). Presented by Mrs. Parsons Plummer, 6 May 1955.

• Binney, Horace, 1780-1875. A.L.s.to William Cummings Wilde; Philadelphia, 11 Jun 1852. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Binney, Thomas, 1798-1874. A.L.s.to Thomas Raffles; London, 24 Nov [ ]. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Binyon, Cicely Margaret (Powell). A.L.s.to [Mary (Williams)] Winslow; Streatley, 9 Jul [1943] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *43M-361. Presented by Mrs. Frederick Winslow, Nov 1943.

• Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943. A.L.s. to Florence [Haskell (Corliss) Lamont]; Streatley, Berks., 10 Nov 1935. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Removed from *52-1862.

• Binyon, Lawrence, 1869-1943. A.L.s.to [John Livingston] Lowes; Streatley, 13 Dec 1934. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-568. Gift of J. N. Lowes, 26 Dec 1945.

• Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943. A.L.s. to [Mary (Williams] Winslow; Cambridge, 23 Nov [1933] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-707. Presented by Mrs. Frederick Winslow, 24 Apr 1943.

• Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943. A.L.s. to [Mary (Williams] Winslow; Streatley, Berks., 23 Aug 1934. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-708. Presented by Mrs. Frederick Winslow, 24 Apr 1943.

• Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943. A.L.s. to [Mary (Williams)] Winslow; Canterbury, 13 Jun 1934. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-709. Presented by Mrs. Frederick Winslow, 24 Apr 1943.

• Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943. A.L.s. to [Mary (Williams)] Winslow; Streatley, Berks., 16 Apr 1934. 2s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-710. Presented by Mrs. Frederick Winslow, 24 Apr 1943.

• Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943. A.L.s. to [Mary (Williams)] Winslow; Streatley, Berks., 13 Apr 1938. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-711. Presented by Mrs. Frederick Winslow, 24 Apr 1943.

• Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943. A.L.s. to [Mary (Williams)] Winslow; Streatley, Berks., 21 Sep 1939. 2s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-712. Presented by Mrs. Frederick Winslow, 24 Apr 1943.

• Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943. A.L.s. to [Mary (Williams)] Winslow; Athens, 10 Mar 1940. 1s.(4p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: *42M-713. Presented by Mrs. Frederick Winslow, 24 Apr 1943.

• Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943. A.L.s. to [Mary (Williams)] Winslow; Streatley, Berks., 9 Oct 1940. 2s.(4p.) env.
  Appended are transcripts of English earth by Binyon and 12 lines from his translation of Dante's Paradiso.
  Acquisition Information: *42M-714. Presented by Mrs. Frederick Winslow, 24 Apr 1943.

• Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943. A.L.s. to [Mary (Williams)] Winslow; Streatley, Berks., 28 Jan 1942. 1s.(4p.)
  Enclosed with this is a MS. poem of 2pp. beginning Over all this homeland of our fathers...
  Acquisition Information: *42M-715 (1 and 2). Presented by Mrs. Frederick Winslow, 24 Apr 1943.

• Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943. A.L.s. to [Mary (Williams)] Winslow; Streatley, Berks., 14 Apr 1942. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-716. Presented by Mrs. Frederick Winslow, 24 Apr 1943.

• Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943. Now is the time for the burning of the leaves [first line] A.MS.s.; [n.p., ca. 1940] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-718. Presented by Mrs. Frederick Winslow, 24 Apr 1943.

• Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943. O when will life taste clean again? [first line] A.MS.s.; [n.p., 1940?] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-719. Presented by Mrs. Frederick Winslow, 24 Apr 1943.

• Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943. Taliesin sings to Merlin. A.MS.(unsigned); [n.p., 193-?] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-717. Presented by Mrs. Frederick Winslow, 24 Apr 1943.

• Biot, Jean Baptiste, 1774-1862. A.L.s. to [ ]; Paris, 25 Jan 1852. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (38). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Biot, Jean Baptiste, 1774-1862. A.L.s.to Sir Charles Blagden; Paris, 24 Jun 1816. 1s.(4p.)
  A long discussion of the advantages of adopting the metric system in England.
  Acquisition Information: *56M-35. Purchased with the Degrand fund from E. Weil, Oct 1956.

• Birch, Lionel. A.L.s.to [ ] Oliver; Cambridge, 25 Dec 1931. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No source, 1941.

• Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885. A.L.s.to [ ]; London, 14 Dec 1867. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851. Drawing: [The battle of New Orleans] Wash drawing, s.; [n.p., 1815] 1s.(1p.)
  Accompanied by engraving made from drawing.
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1606, 1607. Gift of W. B. O. Field, winter 1942.

• Bird, Francis William, 1809-1894. A.L.s.to [ ]; East Walpole, 6 Feb 1860. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bird, Frederic Mayer, 1838-1908. Letters to Edwin Francis Hatfield:
  • A.L.s.; Baltimore, ??? Feb 1864. 1s.(4p)
  • A.L.s.; Baltimore, 12 Feb 1864. 2s.(8p)
  • A.L.s.; Baltimore, 22 Feb 1864. 1s.(4p)
  • A.L.s.; Baltimore, 1 Mar 1864. 1s.(4p)
  • A.L.s.; Philadelphia, 19 Jan 1865. 1s.(2p)
  • A.L.s.; same, 7 Feb 1865. 1s.(1p.)
  • A.L.s.; same, 24 Apr 1865. 1s.(2p.)
  • A.L.s.; same, 29 Apr 1865. 1s.(2p.)
  • A.L.s.; Valatie, 15 Sep 1868. 1s.(3p)
  • A.L.s.; Spotswood, 2 Feb 1871. 1s.(4p)
  • A.L.s.; Spotswood, 7 Feb 1871. 1s.(2p)
  • A.L.s.; Spotswood, 11 Mar 1871. 1s.(2p)
  • A.L.s.; Spotswood, 18 Mar 1871. 1s.(3p)
  • A.L.s.; Spotswood, 27 Mar 1871. 1s.(1p)
  • A.L.s.; Spotswood, 7 Jun 1871. 1s.(2p)
  • A.L.s.; Spotswood, 8 Jul 1871. 1s.(3p)
  • A.L.s.; Spotswood, 25 Aug 1871. 1s.(4p)
  • A.L.s.; Spotswood, 5 Sep 1871. 1s.(2p)
  • A.L.s.; Spotswood, 10 Jan 1871. 1s.(1p.)
  • A.L.s.; Spotswood, 29 Jan 1972. 1s.(1p.)
  • A.L.s.; Spotswood, 2 Feb 1872. 1s.(1p.)
  • A.L.s.; Spotswood, 16 Feb 1872. 1s.(4p.)
  • A.L.s.; Spotswood, 13 Mar 1872. 1s.(3p.)
  • A.L.s.; Waterloo, 28 Oct 1879. 1s.(4p.)
  • A.L.s.; Waterloo, 5 Nov 1879. 1s.(4p.)
  • A.L.s.; Waterloo, 8 Jan 1880. 1s.(4p.)
  • A.L.s.; Waterloo, 5 Feb 1880. 1s.(4p.)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bird, Samuel. A.L.s. to Thomas Joseph Pettigrew; [n.p.] 21 Sep 1842. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Birdseye, George W., 1844- A.L.s. to Thomas Bailey Aldrich; New York, 4 Apr 1863. 1s.(1p.)
  Partly in verse.
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1413. Gift of Talbot Aldrich, Feb 1943.

• Bishop, Sir Henry Rowley, 1786-1855. A.L.s.to [ ] Lonsdale; Hyde Park, 13 Apr [ ]. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Birrell, Augustine, 1850-1933. A.L.s. (initials only) to Lady Cunard; Chelsea, [25 Oct 1918] 1s.(1p.) postcard.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bishop, William Henry, 1847-1928. A.L.s.to Ben. W. Austin; New York, 20 Dec 1885. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bishop, William Henry, 1847-1928. A.L.s.to Lynds Eugene Jones; New Haven, 21 Oct 1893. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bismarck, Otto, fürst von, 1815-1898. A.L.s.to [ ]; Friedrichsruh, 28 Mar 1898. 1s.(1p.)
  In German. With English translation.
  Also a photograph.
  Acquisition Information: Simes collection, n.d.

• Bismarck, Otto, fürst von, 1815-1898. 2 A.MS.(unsigned); [n.p.,n.d.] 2s.(2p.)
  A.envelope to [ ] Bunker; Friedrichsruh, 31 May 1890.
  A.L.s. (facsimile) to [ ]; Friedrichsruh, 12 Apr 1890. 1s.(1p.)
  Photograph, facsimile signature.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bissell, Clark. A.L.s. to S. J. Hitchcock; Norwalk, 27 May 1827. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bissell, William Henry, 1811-1860. Printed document, s.; Springfield, Ill., 15 Apr 1858. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bissell, William Henry, 1811-1860. Printed document, s.; Springfield, Ill., 4 Nov 1859. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bissy, Claude de Thiard, comte de, 1721-1810. A.L.s. to [ ]; Paris, 5 Oct 1750. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (39). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Bjornson, Bjornstjerne, 1832-1910. A.L.s.to [ ]; Rome, 18 Dec 1874. 1s.(1p.)
  In German.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Black, Adam, 1784-1874. A.L.s.to Captain Francis Frome; Aberdeen, 29 Jul 1837. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs B.O. Peirce, 1936.

• Black, Frank Swett, 1853-1913. Printed document, s., Albany, 4 Nov 1898. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Black, John Charles, 1839-1915. 2 letters to Adam Badeau:
  • A.L.s.; Washington, 19 Dec 1887. 1s.(1p.)
  • MS.L.s.; Same, 28 Feb 1888. 1s.(1p.)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Black, William, 1841-1898. A.L.s.to Annie (Adams) Fields; Brighton, 16 Mar [ ]. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. *5.1F.

• Black, William, 1841-1898. A.L.s.to [Miss ] Cochran; [London?] [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No source, 4 June 1936.

• Black, William, 1841-1898. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; New York, 18 Oct 1876. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *50M-409. Transferred from the Boston Medical Library, 11 Apr 1951.

• Black, William, 1841-1898. A.L.s.to Laurence Hutton; Brighton, 24 Nov [ ]. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Blackburn, Henry, 1830-1897. A.L.s. to Jacob Klein; [London] 4 Jul 1888. 1s.(1p.)
  Concerning Randolph Caldecott.
  Acquisition Information: Gift of A. H. Parker, 1930.

• Blackburne, Francis, 1705-1787. 2 A.L.s.to Andrew Eliot:
  • (1) Richmond, 23 Jan 1767. 1s.(2p.)
  • (2) Same, 18 Aug 1767. 1s.(4p.)
    Concerning English political affairs.
    Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Blackfield, Edwin Howland. A.L.s.to Robert Keith Mackeye; [New York] 13 Jan 1903. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Blackfield, Edwin Howland. A.L.s.to Allan Marquand; New York, 22 Nov 1898. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Blackford, Daniel C. A.L.s.to Timley Brothers; [London] [n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Blackford, Hattie. A.L.s.to [ ] Timley; Paris, 25 Apr 1845. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895. A.L.s. to [ Mills?]; Edinburgh, 25 Mar 1888. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *52M-57. Presented by Miss Helen Cam, 2 Oct 1952.

• Blackled, John C. A.promissory note s.; to John Knight; Marblehead, 6 Feb 1816. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of R.T. Jackson, 9 Apr 1907.

• Blackmore, Richard Doddridge, 1825-1900. A.L.s. to [Abby Langdon] Alger; Teddington, 17 May 1888. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of G.L. Kittredge, n.d.

• [Blackmore, Richard Doddridge, 1825-1900] 8 Envelopes, addressed in Blackmore's autograph to Elbridge Henry Goss; [various places] 1894-1897.
  The present location of the letters contained in these envelopes is unknown.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Blackmore, Richard Doddridge, 1825-1900. A.L.s. to Mr., Mrs. or Miss Woggs Stevenson [i.e., Robert Louis Stevenson's dog]; [n.p., 1881?] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-155. Purchased with the Morris Gray fund from Austin Strong, 15 Oct 1942.

• Blackwell, Antoinette (Brown) 1825-1921. A.L.s.to Ben. W. Austin; Elizabeth, N.J., 19 Dec 1883. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Blackwell, Antoinette (Brown) 1825-1921. A.L.s.to Editors, Putnams Monthly; [New York] 27 Oct 1856. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Blackwell, Elizabeth, 1821-1910. A.L.s.(facsimile) to [ ]; New York, 1856. 1s.(2p.)
  Circular letter, announcing that Elizabeth Blackwell is beginning practice in New York.
  Acquisition Information: *44M-64. Presented by Walter Stone Poor, Esq., 12 July 1944.

• Blackwell, Henry Brown, 1825-1909. 4 A.L.s.to [Erastus Brainerd]:
  • Philadelphia, 29 Oct 1887. 1s.(1p.)
  • Boston, 21 Mar 1905. 1s.(1p.)
  • Same, 20 May 1905. 1s.(1p.)
  • Seattle, 11 Jul 1909. 1s.(1p.)
    Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Blackwood, William, 1836-1912. A.L.s.to [ ]; Edinburg, 15 Mar 1869. 1s.(4p.).
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Blagden, George Washington, 1802-1884. Letters to William Buell Sprague:
  • (1) Saratoga, 24 Aug 1848. 1s.(3p.)
  • (2) Boston, 22 Sep 1848. 1s.(1p.)
  • (3) Same, 19 May 1849. 1s.(1p.)
  • (4) Same, 6 Aug 1849. 1s.(3p.)
  • (5) Nahant, 21 Aug 1849. 1s.(2p.)
  • (6) Saratoga, 24 Aug 1849. 1s.(3p.)
  • (7) Same, 28 Aug 1849. 1s.(2p.)
  • (8) Boston, 2 Sep 1850. 1s.(1p.)
  • (9) Same, 20 Sep 1850. 1s.(2p.)
  • (10) Same, 2 Apr 1851. 1s.(4p.)
  • (11) Boston, 2 May 1851. 1s.(2p.)
  • (12) Same, 12 Jul 1851. 1s.(3p.)
  • (13) Troy, 9 Sep 1852. 1s.(1p.)
  • (14) Boston, 15 Jun 1853. 1s.(3p.)
  • (15) Boston, 7 Aug 1854. 1s.(2p.)
  • (16) Washington, 4 Sep 1854. 1s.(2p.)
  • (17) Boston, 7 Dec 1854. 1s.(2p.)
  • (18) Boston, 22 Jun 1857. 1s.(2p.)
  • (19) Same, 29 Jun 1857. 1s.(1p.)
  • (20) Same, 13 Sep 1857. 1s.(3p.)
  • (21) Boston, 6 Sep 1864. 1s.(3p.)
  • (22) Catskill, 11 Jul 1865. 1s.(3p.)
    Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Blaine, Harriet Bailey (Stanwood), 1828-1903. A.L.s.to [ ] Thatcher; Washington, 10 Feb 1893. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893. Engraved passport, filled out in MS. and s. for William Croswell Doane; Washington, 3 Jan 1891. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893. 3 autographs.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893. 2 A.L.s.to Adam Badeau:
  • Washington, 10 Jul 1870. 1s.(2p.)
  • Augusta, Me., 5 Aug 1871. 1s.(3p.)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893. A.L.s.to Constance [ ]; Bar Harbor, 12 [Jun 1892] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs. C.C. Williams, 12 Sept 1940.

• Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893. A.L.s.to Jacob Hart Ela; Washington, 22 Oct 1881. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893. A.L.s. to Warren O. Fisher; Washington 16 Apr 1876. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181 (44). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893. MS. telegram (recipient's copy) to Warren O. Fisher; Washington, 16 Apr 1876. 1s.(1p.)
  With this is a draft of Fisher's reply to Blaine, and 2 newspaper cuttings regarding the exchange.
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181 (45) Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893. A.L.s. to [William Wetmore] Story; Paris, 9 May 1888. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *41-2586. Purchased with the Friends fund from F.G. Sweet, 18 Oct 1941.

• Blair, Austin, 1818-1894. A. signature; Washington, [1867] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X 5.3*.

• Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883. Autograph. See Van Loan Album, p.75.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Blake, Harrison Gray Otis. A.L.s.to James Thomas Fields; Worcester, 28 Feb 1881. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Blake, Sir Henry Arthur, 1840-1918. A.L.s.to [Sir Matthew?] Nathan; [London] 30 Jun 1911. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *60M-136. Gift of Mr. & Mrs. J. F. Fleming, Dec 1960.

• Blake, Lillie (Devereux) 1835-1913. A.L.s. to [Edmund Clarence] Stedman; Washington, 28 Mar 1862. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Blakeney, Edward Henry, 1869- A.L.s. to [Alfred Claghorn Potter]; Winchester, 21 Jun 1929. 1s. (2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-646. Presented by Edward H. Blakeney, Esq., 8 July 1929.

• Blakeney, Edward Henry, 1869- A.L.s.(initials) to [William Francis] Prideaux; Ely [2 Jun 1914] 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882. A.L.s. to [ ]; [Paris?] 28 Sep 1874. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (41). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882. A.L.s. to [Auguste Paul Charles] Anastasi; Paris, 7 Mar 1849. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (40). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Blanc, Louis, 1811-1882. A.L.s. to [ ]; Loudres, 19 Jan 1857. 1s.(1p.)
  in French.
  Acquisition Information: *42M-8. Purchased from H. P. Kraus, 13 July 1942.

• Blanc, Louis, 1811-1882. A.L.s. to Dr. [ ] Ashburne; London, 16 July 1849. 1s.(2p.)
  In French.
  Acquisition Information: *42M-499(10). Gift of Dr. Harris Kennedy, 26 Jan 1943.

• Blanc, Louis, 1811-1882. A.L.s. to [ ] Barney; [n.p.] 12 Jul 1853. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *48M-273. Presented by Mrs. Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mrs. Margaret Higginson Barney, 1941.

• Blanc, Louis, 1811-1882. A.L.s. to [ ] Barrère; [London] 21 May 1862. 1s.(2p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: *55M-257 (9). Gift of Dr. E.B. Krumbhaar, 17 Nov 1955.

• Blanc, Louis, 1811-1882. A.L.s.to [ ] Trübner; Paris, 17 Apr 1895. 1s.(1p.)
  In French, with English translation.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Blanchard, Jonathan, 1738-1788. A. receipt s.; Dunstable, 25 Mar 1782. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4.3PF.

• Blanchard, Joshua Pollard, 1782-1868. A.L.s.to Josiah Quincy; Boston, 23 Feb 1842. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Removed from Int 6201.8.

• Blaney, Aaron Roxbury, May 29, 1775
  Note for supplies signed by Griffin Greene Invoice of mollasses. Roxbury, December 15, 1775
  Supply order. Marblehead, May 27, 1775
  Note to Blaney signed by William Bowers.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Blaney, Aaron Roxbury, May 6, 1776
  Note to Blaney from Robert Pope Undated account sheet. (several signatures of Thos. Clarke) Roxbury, June 19, 1775
  Note to Blaney from Moses Robbins Concord, May 29, 1775
  Note to Blaney from Jonos Heywood.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Blaney, Aaron Roxbury, May 1775
  Military receipt for supplies. Roxbury, December 25, 1775
  Note to Mr. Walker signed by James Gardner. Account sheet for December 1776.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Blaney, Aaron Camp near New York, September 22, 1776
  To A. Blaney from ? For another letter to Mr. Blaney see John Adams.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Blatchford, Samuel, 1820-1893. 2 letters to Adam Badeau:
  • New York, 14 Mar 1884. 1s.(1p.) env.
  • Washington, 31 Dec 1887. 1s.(1p.)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bleecker, Harmanus, 1779-1849. Printed document, filled out in autograph and s.; Albany, 21 Oct 1800. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Blenner, Carle Joan. A.L.s.to [ ] Freiberger; New York, 23 Nov 1898. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Blessington, Marguerite (Power) Farmer Gardiner, countess of, 1789-1849. A.L. (in third person) to Skelton & Mackenzie; Kensington, 30 Apr 1838. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(46) Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Blessington, Marguerite (Power) Farmer Gardiner, countess of, 1789-1849. A.L.s. to [Lydia Howard (Huntley)] Sigourney; [London] 30 May 1845. 3s.(12p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-451 Gift of Prof. T.O. Mabbott, 24 Feb 1946.

• Blessington, Marguerite (Power) Farmer Gardiner, countess of, 1789-1849. A.L.s. to [ ]; [London] 20 Sep 1845. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-499 (11). Gift of Dr. Harris Kennedy, 26 Jan 1943.

• Blessington, Charles John Gardiner, earl of, 1782-1829. A.L.s. to [ ]; [London] 5 Aug 1825. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-499 (13). Gift of Dr. Harris Kennedy, 26 Jan 1943.

• Blessington, Marguerite (Power) Farmer Gardiner, countess of, 1789-1849. A.L. (3rd person) to Messrs. Ackerman; Anglesey, 6 Sep 1835. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4.3PF.

• Bliss, Richard, 1842-1920. 2 A.L.s.to E. W. Walker:
  • Newport, 9 Feb 1893. 1s.(1p.)
  • Same, 6 May 1893. 1s.(1p.)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bloch, Jean Richard, 1884-1947. A.L.s.to Harvard College Library; Poitiers (Vienne-France), 31 Dec 1914. 1s.(2p.)
  Interruption of L'Effort libre, during the war.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Blodgett, William T. A.L.s.to Edmund Clarence Stedman; [New York] 8 Dec [ ]. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Blomefield, Leonard, originally Leonard Jenyns, 1800-1893. A.L.s. to Epes Sargent Dixwell; Newmarket, 28 Apr 1840. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *47M-373 (11). Estate of Samuel Henshaw. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Tozzer, Mrs. Thomas Barbour, and Miss Gertrude A. Thurston, June 1943.

• Blomfield, Charles James, bp. of London, 1786-1857. A.L.s. ( C. J. London ) to [ ] bp. of Vermont; London, 8 Mar 1839. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918

• Blondin, Jean François Gravelet, called, 1824-1897. A.L.s. to [ ]; London, 14 Feb. 1862. 1s.(1p.)
  In French.
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(47). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Blood, Thomas H. A.L.s. to John Locke; Sterling, 24 Jan 1825. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bloomfield, Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st baron, 1768-1846. A.L.s.to [ ]; Carlter House, 30 Aug 1809. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bloomfield, Joseph, 1753-1823. A.L.s. to Major Barker; Burlington, 3 Nov 1814. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4.3PF.

• Bloomfield, Robert, 1766-1823. A.L.s. to George [Bloomfield]; London, 21 Sep 1809. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Purchased with the Amy Lowell fund, 31 Aug 1964.

• Bloomfield, Robert, 1766-1823. A.L.s. to [Mrs ] Palmer; [n.p.] 7 Dec [n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  Mostly in verse.
  Acquisition Information: *50M-237. Purchased with the Bemis Fund, 17 Jan 1951.

• Blount, William, 1749-1800. 2 MS.D.s.; Knoxville, 1 and 10 Jul 1795. each 1s.(2p.)
  Army pay orders. Blount was expelled from the U.S. Senate as a British agent in 1797.
  Acquisition Information: *54M-93. Presented by James N. B. Hill, Esq., 22 Oct 1954.

• Bludowsky, Ernest, baron. A.L.s. to Sir John Bowring; Tripolis, 15 Jun 1844. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Widener Library, Aug 1965.

• Blücher, Gebhard, Leberecht von, fürst von Wahlstadt, 1742-1819. A.L.s. to Gouvion Saint-Cyr; Rambouillet, 7 Aug 1815. 1s.(1p.)
  In German.
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(48). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Blücher, Gebhard, Leberecht von, fürst von Wahlstadt, 1742-1819. MS.D.s.; [ ], 16 Jun 1808. 1s.(1p.)
  In German.
  Acquisition Information: Norton autographs, 15 Jul 1914.

• Blumenthal-Weiss, Ilse. Interview mit Ilse Blumenthal-Weiss anlaesslich des 25, Todestages des Dichters Rainer Maria Rilke. TS.(copy, unsigned); New York, 30 Dec 1951. 3s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: No source, 1954.

• Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen, 1840-1922. A.L.s.to Lady Georgiana Burne-Jones; [London ] 10 Mar 1909. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen, 1840-1922. A.MS. (unsigned); [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Note written on f. 4v of To the marquess of Salisbury, k.g., [London, 1902]
  Acquisition Information: *66-1372. Gift of Amy Lowell, Jan 1967.

• Blussdorn, E. A.L.s.to Ben. W. Austin; Washington, [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Blyth, Sir Herbert William Blyth, 2d baron, 1868- T.L.s.to Sir Matthew Nathan; [London] 22 Feb 1911. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *60M-136. Gift of Mr. & Mrs. J. F. Fleming, Dec 1960.

• Blythe, Samuel George, 1868- Letters to Erastus Brainerd:
  • (1) Washington, 15 Oct 1908. 1s.(1p.)
  • (2) Same, 1 Feb 1909. 1s.(1p.)
  • (3) Same, 24 Nov 1909. 1s.(1p.)
  • (4) Same, 11 Mar 1910. 1s.(1p.)
  • (5) Ventnor, N.J., 20 Aug 1910. 1s.(1p.)
  • (6) Seattle, 2 Nov 1910. 2s.(2p.)
  • (7) Washington, 23 Feb 1914. 1s.(1p.)
    Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Boaden, James, 1762-1839. A.L.s. to James Northcote; [London] 28 Aug 1827. 1s.(2p.)
  Contains Boaden's transcript of a poem ascribed to Alexander Pope, Verses on the Late Dean of Carlisle.
  Acquisition Information: *43M-107F & 108F. Purchased with the Nichols fund from Elkin Mathews Ltd., 24 Aug-Sep 1943.

• Boardman, David Sherman, 1768-1864. Letters to Benson John Lossing:
  • A.L.s.; New Milford, 16 Sep 1850. 1s.(4p)
  • A.L.s.; New Milford, 7 Jan 1851. 1s.(4p)
  • A.L.s.; New Milford, 15 Jan 1851. 1s.(4p)
  • A.L.s.; New Milford, 3 May 1851. 1s.(3p)
  • A.L.s.; New Milford, 3 Jul 1851. 1s.(4p)
  • A.L.s.; New Milford, 4 Feb 1852. 1s.(3p)
  • A.L.s.; New Milford, 26 Apr 1852. 1s.(3p)
  • A.L.s.; New Milford, 21 Jun 1852. 1s.(3p)
  • A.L.s.; New Milford, 12 Jul 1852. 1s.(2p)
  • A.L.s.; New Milford, 3 Sep 1852. 1s.(2p)
  • A.L.s.; New Milford, 3 Feb 1853. 1s.(4p)
    Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Boardman, Mabel Thorp. A.L.s.to [Dr ] Smith; Washington, 23 Apr 1913. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bocock, John Paul. A.L.s.to Erastus Brainerd; Hampden, 29 Sep 1888. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bodenstedt, Friedrich von, 1819-1892. A.L.s. to [ ]; Wiesbaden, 5 Jul 1878. 1s. (2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *70M-27. Gift of Carl F. Strauch, 21 Aug 1970.

• Bodini, Giovanni Battista, 1740-1813. A.L.s. to Michele Vincenzo Maria Malacarne; [n.p., n.d.] 1s. (2p.)
  Speaks of projected work on 100 roman and 100 exotic Fonts.
  Acquisition Information: *63M-13. Purchased with the Keller fund from Otto Haas, July 1963.

• Bogslau, B MS.L.s.to Trinity Historical Society of Dallas, Texas; Salsbourg, 8 Sep 1887. 1s.(1p.)
  Grand Duke of Toscane 's acceptance of honorary membership in the Society.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Boileau, Sir John Peter, 1st bart., 1794-1869. A.L.s.to [ ]; [n.p.] 3 Jun 1848. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas, 1636-1711. A.L.s. (photostat) to Jean Racine; Auteuil, 6 Oct [1692]; 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of J.H. Bertram, 28 June 1964.

• Boileau Despréaux, Nicolas, 1636-1711. ALs to [ ]; Auteuil (Paris, France), [ca. 1666] Oct. 6. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *96M-54. Gift of Joseph H. Bertram, 1997 June 13.

• Boisserée, Sulpiz, 1783-1854. A.L.s.to [ ]; Bonn, 21 Aug 1850. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Norton autographs, 1914.

• Boissier, Gaston, 1823-1908. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (42). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Boissy d'Anglas, Francois Antoine, baron, fl. 1905. A.L.s. to Robert Bacon; Paris, 21 Mar 1911. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930. ALs to Doris Houghton; Philadelphia (Pa.), 1923 Mar. 1s.(1p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: *85M-45. Gift of Carl Seaburg, 1986 Apr. 23.

• Boker, George Henry, 1823-1890. A.L.s. to Adam Badeau; Philadelphia, 4 May 1887. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bolingbroke, Henry St.John, 1st viscount, 1678-1751. [Additions and revisions to his Letters to a young nobleman on the study and use of history] A.MS.(unsigned); [n.p., 1745?] 2s.(5p.)
  Removed from *EC7.B6385.738L, which also contains autograph notes on end leaves.
  Acquisition Information: Purchased with the Child fund, 14 May 1946.

• Bolingbroke, Henry Saint-John, 1st viscount, 1678-1751. MS.D.s.; Windsor Castle, 24 Oct 1713. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181 (49). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Bolles, James Aaron, 1810-1894. A.L.s.to Alfred Locke; [Boston] 10 Jul 1836. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bolles, Ralph. MS.petition s. to Andrew Perkins; Norwich, Conn., 12 Dec 1798. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bolton, Charles Powlett, 2d duke of, 1661-1722. A.L.s. to [James Craggs]; Chapel Lizard, 21 May 1719. 1s.(2p.)
  Concerns Joseph Addison.
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. MS Eng 4.

• Bonald, Louis Gabriel Ambroise, vicomte de, 1754-1840. A.L.s. to [ ]; Paris, 1 Mar [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (43). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Bonaparte, Charles Joseph, 1851-1921. Endorsed check; Boston, 31 Oct 1881. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bonaparte, Charles Lucien, prince de Canino, 1803-1857. A.L.s. to [ ]; London, 21 Oct 1849. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *55M-257 (10). Gift of Dr. E.B. Krumbhaar, 17 Nov 1955.

• Bonaparte, Charles Lucien, Prince of Canino, 1803-1857. A.L.s. to [ ]; Philadelphia, 26 Dec 1824. 1s.(2p.),
  in French.
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4.3PF.

• Bonaparte, Charles Lucien, prince de Canino, 1803-1857. MS.L.s. to [John] Cassin; Paris, 13 Jul 1857. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Transfer from MCZ.

• Bonaparte, Charlotte Napoléon (Bonaparte) 1802-1839. A.L.s. to [ ]; Marsden [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1374. Gift of W. B. O. Field, Winter 1942.

• Bonaparte, François Charles Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, called Napoleon II, 1811-1832. A.MS. (unsigned); [Vienna, 1827] 1s.(2p.)
  Sheet from exercise book of compositions.
  In French.
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(50). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Bonaparte, Jérôme Napoléon, 1832-1893. A.L.s. to [ ]; Paris, 6 May 1862. 1s.(1p.)
  In French.
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1408. Gift of W. B. O. Field, winter 1942.

• Bonaparte, Jérôme Napoléon, 1805-1870. A.L.s. to Colonel [ ]; [ ] 11 Sep [ ] 1s.(1p.)
  In French.
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1403. Gift of W. B. O. Field, winter 1942.

• Bonaparte, Jérome Napoléon, 1805-1870. MS.L.s. to [ ] Maiors; Paris, 29 Dec 1849. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *55M-257 (11). Gift of Dr. E.B. Krumbhaar, 17 Nov 1955.

• Bonaparte, Napoléon Louis, prince, 1804-1831. MS.L.s. to [ ] General-Commandant La Lombardi; Milan [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bonaparte, Napoléon Louis, prince, 1804-1831. A.L.s.(facsimile) to [ ]; Paris [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bonaparte, Joseph Lucien Charles Napoléon, prince of Canino, 1824-1865. A.L.s. to Madame [ ] Mailland; Rome, 13 Nov 1850. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1719. Gift of W. B. O. Field, winter 1942.

• Bonaparte, Jérôme Napoléon, 1805-1870. A.L.s.to William Patterson; Cambridge, 29 Mar 1826. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of C. F. Gunther, 18 Mar 1890.

• Bonaparte, Lapagerie. MS.L.s.to [ ]; [n.p.] 25 Jul 1798. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Simes collection, n.d.

• Bonaparte, Lucien, prince of Canino, 1775-1840. A.D.s.; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1365. Gift of W. B. O. Field, winter 1942.

• Bonaparte, Louis Lucien, prince, 1813-1891. 3 A.L.s. to Francisque Michel:
  • London, 3 May 1859. 1s. (3p.)
  • [N.p.] 7 Oct 1859. 1s. (1p.)
  • [N.p., n.d.] 1s. (1p.)
    Acquisition Information: Gift of John B. Stetson Jr., n.d.

• Bonaparte, Napoléon Louis, prince, 1804-1831. A.L.s. to [Giuseppe Diazzi]; Rome, 20 Jul 1830. 1s.(1p.) cover.
  In French.
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1716. Gift of W. B. O. Field, winter 1942.

• Bonaparte, Napoléon Louis, prince, 1804-1831. A.L.s. to Marco Borini; Florence, 20 [ ] 1829. 1s.(3p.)
  In French.
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1715. Gift of W. B. O. Field, winter 1942.

• Bonaparte, Zenaide Charlotte Julie, 1801-1854. A.L.s. to Comte Graberg de Hemsoe; Rome, 17 May 1845. 1s.(2p.)
  In French.
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1372. Gift of W. B. O. Field, winter 1942.

• [ Bonaparte family ] 6 letters. Attributed to members of the Bonaparte family.
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1725. Gift of W. B. O. Field, winter 1942.

• Bond, Elizabeth L. 2 A.L.s. to Helen E. Marshall:
  • Cambridge, 20 Jul [ca. 1932] 3s. (5p.)
  • same, 25 Jul [ca. 1932] 1s. (3p.)
    Acquisition Information: *69M-109. Gift of Helen E. Marshall, 23 Jan 1970.

• Bond, George, 1788-1842. [Account of the illness and death of his daughter Ann] A.MS.(unsigned); [n.p.] 1828. 11f. (20p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bond, Louisa (Greenwood) 1810- A.L.s. to [Abigail (May)] Alcott; Middlebury, 1 Feb 1843. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: *81M-64. Purchased with the P.D. Howe fund, June 1982.

• Bond, William Cranch, 1789-1859. A.L.s.to William Bond and Son; New York, 19 Apr 1833. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Harvard Archives, 8 Feb 1939.

• Bonet-Maury, Gaston, 1842-1919. A.L.s.to [ ]; Paris, 18 Jan 1895. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bonner, Paul Hyde, 1893- A.L.s.to Mary V. Elzemeyer; Summerville, 9 Sep [1959] 1s.(2p.) postcard.
  Acquisition Information: *60M-67. Gift of Miss Rena C. Harrell, Oct 1960.

• Bonner, Paul Hyde, 1893- A.L.s. to Mary V. Elzemeyer; Summerville, 30 Apr 1962. 1s.(1p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: *62M-300. Gift of Miss Rena C. Harrell, 1 June 1963.

• Bonner, Paul Hyde, 1893- A.L.s. to Rena C. Harrell; Summerville, 6 May, 1962.
  Acquisition Information: *62M-301 Gift of Miss Rena C. Harrell, 1 June 1963.

• Bonner, Robert, 1824-1899. A.L.s. to Fitz-Greene Halleck; New York 7 Nov 1862. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *54M-156. Presented by Miss Eleanor M. Tilton, 11 Aug 1954.

• Bonner, Robert, 1824-1899. 2 A.L.s.to Charles Nordhoff:
  • New York, Aug 1869. 1s.(1p.)
  • Same, 15 Oct 1869. 1s.(1p.)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923. A.L.s.to [ ]; [London] 2 Oct 1903. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gratis, 1956.

• "Boojum's adventure." Ms; [n.p.], 1879 Feb. 20. 3s.(10p.)
  Autobiographical tale of a dog. Attributed to Henry Adams, 1838-1918 in repository file note.
  Acquisition Information: *93M-99. Gift of Ephraim Whitman Gurney, 1892 May 22.

• [Booksellers' inventory] MS. (unidentified hand); [London, ca. 1640] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *76M-62. Gift of Theodore Hofmann, Nov 1976.

• Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820. A.L.s. to Judge Caleren; [n.p.] 5 Oct 1809. 1s.(1p.)
  Facsimile.
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(53). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820. A.L.s. to [G] [C]; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(52,54). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893. A.L.s. to Miss [ ] Blatchford; Boston, 10 May 1877. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1942. Estate of Samuel Henshaw. Gift of Thomas Barbour and others, June 1942.

• Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893. A.L.s. to Miss [ ] Blatchford; [Boston] 22 Nov [1880?] 1s.(2p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1941 (23). Estate of Samuel Henshaw. Gift of Thomas Barbour and others, June 1942.

• Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893. Autograph signature. Boston, Apr 1871. 1s.(1p.)
  "Autograph. Presented to the French Fair."
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1941 (22). Estate of Samuel Henshaw. Gift of Thomas Barbour and others, June 1942.

• Booth, Evangeline, 1865- A.L.s.to George Becks; Poughkeepsie, 10 Mar 1886. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Booth, Franklin, 1874- Letters to E. W. Walker & Company:
  • (1) A.L.s.; Cambridge, 3 May 1893. 1s.(1p.) postcard.
  • (2) A.L.s.; same, 5 May 1893. 1s.(1p.) postcard
  • (3) A.L.s.;same,13 May [1893?] 1s.(1p.)
  • (4) A.L.s.;same,20 Dec [1893?] 1s.(2p.)
    Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Booth, William, 1829-1912. T.L.(facsimile signature) to [ ]; London, Feb 1912. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *60M-136. Presented by Mr. & Mrs. J. F. Fleming, Dec 1960.

• Booth, William, 1829-1912. A.signature; Montreal, Canada, 18 Oct 1902.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Borchardt, Rudolf, 1877-1945. T.L.s. to Werner Jaeger; [n.p., n.d.] 4s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Booth, Junius Brutus, 1796-1852. A.theatre pass, s.; [Boston, n.d.]
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs. Murray A.Potter, 1 July 1930.

• Booth, Junius Brutus, 1796-1852. A.L.s. to John Pritt Harley; [London] 7 Feb 1837. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1121. Gift of Talbot Aldrich, 7 June 1943.

• Booth, Junius Brutus, 1796-1852. A.L.s. to [ ]; [Louisville] 4 Jan. 1834. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(56). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Booth, Junius Brutus, 1796-1852. A.L.s. to [ ]; Louisville, 13 Jan 1834. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(55). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Borcke, Heros von, 1835-1895. A.L.s.to [ ]; Giesenbrügge, 21 Mar 1882. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Boré, Jean Etienne, 1741-1820. A.L.s.(translation) to [ ]; New Orleans, 25 Feb 1799. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Simes Collection, n.d.

• Borghese, Pauline (Bonaparte), princess, 1780-1825. A.L.s. (Pauline) to Lucien [Bonaparte?] La Fovorita, 22 Sep 1814. 1s.(2p.)
  In French.
  Acquisition Information: *42M-499(14). Gift of Dr. Harris Kennedy, 26 Jan 1943.

• Borghese, Pauline (Bonaparte) princess, 1780-1825. A.D.s.; Paris, 6 Aug 1813. 1s.(1p.)
  Receipt.
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1371. Gift of W. B. O. Field, winter 1942.

• Borghi Mamo, Adelaide, b. 1829. A.L.s. to [Fernando Palka]; Lisbon, 30 Mar 1866. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Palka autographs, 4655, n.d.

• Borne, Ludwig, 1786-1837. A.L.(facsimile, unsigned) to Auguste Wohl; Frankfurt, 17 Sep 1818. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bornet, M. A.L.s.to D. Croker; [n.p.] 27 Nov [18-?] 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bornier, Henri, vicomte de, 1825-1901. A.L.s. to [ ]; Paris, 6 Apr 1898. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (44). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Borrow, George, 1803-1881. A.L.s.to J. Sparham; Dutton Lowestoft, 29 Jan 1843. 1s.(4p.)
  Also engraved photograph with signature.
  Acquisition Information: Norton autographs, 15 Jul 1914.

• Borrow, George, 1803-1881. A.L.s. to Roger Kerrison; Norwich, 20 Jan 1824. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *56M-44. Purchased with the Bemis fund from Myers & Co., Ltd., Oct 1956.

• Borrow, George, 1803-1881. Conrad Wallinrod. A.MS.(unsigned); [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(3p.)
  Poem translated from the Polish of Adam Mickiewicz.
  Acquisition Information: *59M-58. Purchased with the Bemis fund from Goodspeed's Book Shop, Oct 1959.

• Borrow, George, 1803-1881. [Fragment concerning Man, Mona, and other islands] A.MS.(unsigned); [n.p., 187-?] 1s.(2p.)
  In Borrow's later hand.
  Acquisition Information: *44M-318. Purchased from Elkin Mathews, Sotheby Sale, 3 Feb 1945.

• Bosanquet, Charles Bertie Pulleine, 1834-1905. A.L.s. to [Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson)] Gaskell; Scarborough, 14 Jun [186-?] 1s.(4p.)
  Recat. fr. bMS Am 1088.
  Acquisition Information: Norton family, n.d.

• Boscawen, Edward, 1711-1761. MS.D.s.; aboard H.M.S. Namur, Louisbourg Harbor, 29 Aug 1758. 1s. (1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Elijah Clark, 28 July 1844.

• Boscawen, Edward, 1711-1761. MS.D. (contemporary copy); H. M. S. Alamur, in Gabreuse Bay, 25 Jul 1758. 1s. (1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs. M. A. Potter, 1 July 1930.

• Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne, bp. of Meaux, 1627-1704. A.L. (unsigned) to his uncle [ ]; Rome, 23 Sep 1698. 5s.(20p.)
  In French.
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(57) Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne, bp. of Meaux, 1627-1704. A.MS.(unsigned); [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  Excerpts from the fathers of the church.
  In Latin.
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(58). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne, bp. of Meaux, 1627-1704.
  Facsimiles.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Boston. MS.L.s. (James Bowdoin, Saml. Pemberton, Joseph Warren) to Sir George Saville [i.e., Savile]; Boston, 23 Mar 1770. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1240F. Gift of W. B. O. Field, winter 1942.

• Boston. City council. MS.D.s. (W.S.McCleary, city clerk); Boston, 4 Jul 1836. 1s.(1p.)
  Copy of a resolution thanking Henry Willis Kinsman for his oration delivered 4 Jul 1836.
  Acquisition Information: *48M-326. Kinsman Papers. Presented by Mrs. Gamaliel Bradford, 27 May 1942.

• Boston journal of natural history. D.s. (Ch. K. Dillaway); Boston, Dec 1839. 1s.(1p.)
  Receipt to Thaddeus William Harris for subscription.
  Acquisition Information: *47M-373 (132). Estate of Samuel Henshaw. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Tozzer, Mrs. Thomas Barbour, and Miss Gertrude A. Thurston, June 1943.

• Boston. Public library. D.s.( John P. Bigelow ); Boston, 20 Apr 1858. 1s.(1p.)
  Acknowledgement of a gift of books from Mrs. J. Putnam Bradlee.
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1941 (21). Presented by the Estate of Samuel Henshaw. Gift of Thomas Barbour and others, June 1942.

• Boston. Selectmen. MS.D.s.(6 signatures); Boston, 14 Sep 1757. 1s.(2p.)
  Order to pay widow of James Hamilton the wages not paid him before his death.
  Acquisition Information: *47M-373 (12). From the estate of Samuel Henshaw. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Tozzer, Mrs. Thomas Barbour, and Miss Gertrude A. Thurston, June 1943.

• Boswell, Sir Alexander, bart., 1775-1822. A.L.s.to Robert Lang; Grafton Street, 7 Jul 1817. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Boswell, James, 1740-1795. A.L.s. to [Thomas Percy]; [London] 13 Apr [1776] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Harold Murdock collection, n.d.

• Boswell, James, 1740-1795. A.L.s. to Henry Thrale; Edinburgh, 13 May 1774. 2s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Harold Murdock collection, n.d.

• Botta, Anne Charlotte (Lynch), 1815-1891. A.L.s. to Fitz-Greene Halleck; New York, 23 Nov 1864. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4.3PF.

• Böttiger, Carl August, 1760-1835. 2 A.L.s.to Anna Brownell (Murphy) Jameson:
  • [Weimar] 13 Nov [18–] 1s.(1p.)
  • [Same] 14 Nov [18–] 1s.(1p.)
    Acquisition Information: Norton autographs, 15 Jul 1914.

• Bottomley, Gordon, 1874- A.L.s. to [ ]; Carnforth, 15 Apr 1933. 1s. (4p.)
  About the composition of The acts of St. Peter.
  Acquisition Information: *63M-138. Purchased with the Duplicate fund, Jan 1964.

• Botts, John Minor, 1802-1869. A.L.s.to C. A. Davison; Washington, 25 Jan 1842. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bouchet, Alfred-Leon. 3 letters to Paul Pelliot; 1943.
  Acquisition Information: Gift of J. Buttinger, 1973.

• Bouck, William C, 1786-1859. Document s.; Albany, 27 Mar 1846. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821. A.L.s. to Jonathan Dayton; Rosehill, 25 Oct 1804. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4.3PF.

• Boufflers, Stanislas, marquis de, 1738-1815. [Ode au retour de Louis XVIII] A.MS.(unsigned); [n.p., 1814] 1s.(2p)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (45). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905. A.L.s. to Thomas Bailey Aldrich; [London, 2- Jan 1879] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1133. Presented by Talbot Aldrich, Esq., 7 June 1943.

• Boughton, George Henry, 1833-1905. Letters to [ ] Andrews:
  • A.L.s.; Whitchurch, 28 Jul 1895. 1s.(4p.)
  • A.L.s.; Felixstowe, 2 Oct 1895. 1s.(4p.)
    Acquisition Information: *53M-133. Received gratis, May 1954.

• Boughton, George Henry, 1833-1905. A.L.s.to John Durand; Kensington, 23 Mar 1876. 1s.(2p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Kensington, 7 Jul 1875. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(59). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Boulez, Pierre, 1925- 2 letters to John Milton Ward; 1962-1963.
  Acquisition Information: *79M-27. Gift of Prof. John M. Ward, 19 May 1980.

• Bourget, Paul, 1852-1935. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  In French.
  With photographic portrait of Bourget.
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1278F . Gift of W. B. O. Field, winter 1942.

• Bourget, Paul, 1852-1935. A.L.s. to [ ]; [Oxford, n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (46). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Bourget, Paul, 1852-1935. A.L.s. to [Robert Louis Stevenson]; Londres [i.e. London] 3 Aug 1893. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-156. Purchased with the Morris Gray fund from Austin Strong, 15 Oct 1942.

• Boulliau, Ismaël, 1605-1694. A.L.s. to Stanislaw Lubieniecki; Paris, 5 Dec 1664. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *77M-15 (2). Purchased with the Degrand fund, 27 July 1977.

• Bouquet, Henry, 1719-1765. A.L.s.to Richard Peters; Fort Pitt, 22 Oct 1761. 1s.( 3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Norton autographs, 15 Jul 1914.

• Bourdillon, Francis William, 1852-1921. To Matthew Arnold, in America. A.MS.s.; [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1414. Gift of Talbot Aldrich, 7 June 1943.

• Bourn, Melatiah. A.L.s.to Col. John Stevens; Boston, 29 Nov 1762. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bourne, Benjamin, 1755-1808. A.L.s.to Mrs Bourne; Philadelphia, 2 Mar 1796. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E.J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bourne, William Sturges, 1769-1845. A.L.s.to Thomas Joseph Pettigrew; [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bourneville, Désiré Magloire, 1840-1909. A.L.s.to [ ]; Paris, 11 Aug 1873. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Boutroux, Émile, 1845-1921. 7 A.L.s. (photocopies) to Marcel Jay; 1917-1918 and [n.d.].
  Concerning Jay's translations of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
  With 2 A.L.s. by Marcel Jay to [K] [I] Jamieson; 1961.
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Miss K.I. Jamieson, 3 Mar 1972.

• Boutroux, Emile, 1845-1921. A.L.s. to J. Perreau; Paris, 26 Jul 1901. 1s.(1p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: *49M-187 (47). From the Collection of French Academicians formed by M. Victor Deseglise, ca. 1920.

• Boutwell, George Sewall, 1818-1905. A.L.s.to F. S. Brooks; Boston, 27 Dec 1863. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Boutwell, George Sewall, 1818-1905. A.L.s.to Albert Bushnell Hart; Boston, 22 Dec 1899. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Simes collection, n.d.

• Boutwell, George Sewall, 1818-1905. A.L.s.to [ ] Pollock; Washington, 29 Apr 1873. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Boutwell, George Sewall, 1818-1905. Document, s.; Washington, 17 Apr 1872. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Boutwell, George Sewall, 1818-1905. A. signature; [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X 5.3*.

• Boutwell, George Sewall, 1818-1905. A.L.s. to William Stevens Robinson; Washington, 24 Jul 1866. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1943. Presented by the Estate of Samuel Henshaw. Gift of Thomas Barbour and others, June 1942.

• Boutwell, George Sewall, 1818-1905. A.L.s. to [Edward Forbes] Waters; [Washington] 25 Mar 1871. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Simes collection, n.d.

• Boutwell, George Sewall, 1818-1905. A.L.s. to William D. Sohier; Groton, 23 Apr 1896. 6s.(6p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181 (96) Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Bouvé, Pauline Carrington (Rust). A.L.s.to Florence (Cushman) Milner; Boston, 6 Feb 1924. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Mrs. Florence Milner, 29 Apr 1924.

• Bowditch, Henry Ingersoll, 1808-1892. A.L.s.to Charles Frances Adams; [Boston?] 8 May 1869. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bowditch, Henry Ingersoll, 1808-1892. A.L.s.to [Miss ] Channing; Milton Hill, 27 Feb 1870. 1s. (4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bowditch, Henry Ingersoll, 1808-1892. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p.] 2 May 1879. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *47M-373 (13) From the estate of Samuel Henshaw. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Tozzer, Mrs. Thomas Barbour, and Miss Gertrude A. Thurston, June 1943.

• Bowditch, Nathaniel Ingersoll, 1805-1861. A.L.s.to James Thomas Fields; Boston, 2 Aug 1858. 1s.(1p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838. A.L.s.to Theodore Lyman; Salem, 21 Mar 1820. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838. A.L.s. to Ichabod Nichols; Salem, 12 Oct 1807. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4.3PF.

• Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838. Document, s.; [n.p.] 8 Oct 1828. 1s.(1.p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bowditch, Vincent Yardley. A.L.s.to Francis Weld Peabody; Boston, 5 Jun 1909. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Removed from US 13568.3(IIC).

• Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790. A.L.s. to [ ] Darby; Watertown, 24 Oct 1776. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-499(15) Gift of Dr. Harris Kennedy, 26 Jan 1943.

• Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790. A.L.s. to Jasper Mauduit; Boston, 2 Nov 1762. 1s.(3p.)
  in duplicate.
  Enc. is an attested copy, s. by Andrew Eliot, of a vote of thanks passed for friendship to the college.
  Acquisition Information: *52M-39. Presented by Henry S. Grew, purchased with the Ellis fund from Maggs Brothers, 11 July 1952.

• Bowen, Clarence Winthrop, 1852- A.L.s.to Richard Salter Storrs; [New York] 24 Dec 1892. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bowen, Francis, 1811-1890. A.L.s.to Houghton & company; [n.p.] [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bowen, Francis, 1811-1890. A.L.s.to Edwin Percy Whipple; Cambridge, 23 Jan 1844. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bowen, Francis, 1811-1890. A.L.s.to [ ]; [Cambridge] 1 Dec 1859. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *59M-205. Gift of Jerry E. Patterson, Jan 1960.

• Bowers, T. S. A.L.s.to Adam Badeau; Nashville, 5 Nov 1863. 1s.(1p.) env.
  Bowers was Gen.U.S.Grant 's aide.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bowles, Samuel, 1826-1878. A.L.s. (Initials) to Charles [Allen]; Edinburgh, 15 Aug [1871] 1s.(4p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(63) Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Bowles, Samuel, 1826-1878. A.L.s. (initials) to Charles [Allen]; Springfield, 13 Sep 1876. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(64) Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Bowles, Samuel, 1826-1878. A.L.s.to William Leonard Gage; New York, 20 Jan 1862. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of C. H. Taylor, 1924.

• Bowles, William Lisle, 1762-1850. A.L. to [ ] Hunt; Bath, 1 Dec 1823. 1s.(2p.)
  Cut fragment.
  Acquisition Information: Removed from *83-331.

• Bowles, William Lisle, 1762-1850. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Removed from F55.44.

• Bowles, William Lisle, 1762-1850. Lines written at Weston Super Mare August 5th [1832.] A.L.s.; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Removed from *83-338-40.

• Bowles, William Lisle, 1762-1850. On the marriage of Miss Parker. A.MS.s.; Clifton, 20-25 Jul 1836. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bowring, Deborah (Castle) Lady. A.L.s.to [ ]; Somerset, 3 Oct 1873. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Simes Collection, n.d.

• Bowring, Sir John, 1792-1872. A.L.s.to Maria (Weston) Chapman; London, 8 Sep 1842. 1s.(3p.)
  Includes A.MS. poem: The Liberty Bell.
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bowring, Sir John, 1792-1872. A.L.s.to [Athanase Laurent Charles] Coquerel; [n.p.] 18 Feb 1833. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: Simes collection, n.d.

• Bowring, Sir John, 1792-1872. A.L.s.to Daniel O'Connell; London, 22 Oct 1860. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bowring, Sir John, 1792-1872. A.L.s.to Professor [ ] Phillips; [n.p.] 28 Feb 1826. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bowring, Sir John, 1792-1872. A.L.s.to Henry Crabb Robinson; [n.p.] 11 May 1867. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Simes collection, n.d.

• Bowring, Sir John, 1792-1872. A.L.s.to [ ]; [London] 25 Mar 1828. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Norton autographs, 15 Jul 1914.

• Bowring, Sir John, 1792-1872. A.L.s. to [ ]; Exeter, 10 Oct 1870. 1s.(3p.)
  Includes: A. Poem s. in 8 stanzas; Liverpool, Sept 1870. (2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(65) Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Bowring, Sir John, 1792-1872. A.L.s. to [ ]; Exeter, 20 Oct 1871. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(66). Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Boycott, Charles Cunningham, 1832-1897. A.signature; Battinrobe, Co. Mayo, 14 Jan 1882.
  His name is the origin of the word "boycott".
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Boyd, Andrew. A.L.s.to C. S. Taft; New York, 25 Mar 1867. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison, 1825-1899. A.L.s. to [ ]; Edinburgh, 31 May 1861. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-181(67) Gift of James Freeman Clarke, Feb 1946.

• Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison, 1825-1899. 3 A.L.s.to James T. Fields:
  • Edinburgh, 1 May 1863. 1s.(1p.)
  • Same, 14 Oct [n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  • St. Andrews, [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
    Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison, 1825-1899. A.L.s.to Ticknor & Fields; Edinburgh, 14 Dec 1860. 2s.(5p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Boyd, Madeleine (Reynier) T.L.s. to [Henry Seidel] Canby; New York, 8 Jan 1936. 1s.(1p.)
  Enclosed is transcription of the inscription by Thomas Wolfe in Mrs. Boyd's copy of Look homeward, angel!
  Acquisition Information: *42M-496. Purchased with the Bemis fund from Richard S. Wormser, 17 Mar 1943.

• Boyd, Thomas, 1867- 2 letters to David James O'Donoghue:
  • (1) T.L.s.; London, 23 Nov 1905. 1s.(1p.)
  • (2) A.L.s.; same, 27 Jan 1906. 1s. (1p.)
    Acquisition Information: *42M-732 and 733. Purchased with the Gray fund from Richard G. Wormer, 19 Apr 1943.

• Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth, 1848-1895. A.L.s. to Frank W. Hoyt; Paris, 25 Mar 1879. 1s.(1p.)
  Recat. fr. X 5.11 F*.
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Norton Perkins, 11 Nov 1925.

• Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth, 1848-1895. A.L.s.to J. B. Lippincott Co.; New York, 16 May 1892. 2s.(3p.)
  Including corrected proof of biographical note with additions.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Boyle, Mary Louisa, 1819-1890. T.L.s.to [Mrs James Thomas] Fields; Killarney, 22 Jan [n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Boyle, Kay, 1903- 2 A.L.s. to Polly Papkee; [n.p.]. 29 Nov 1964. 2s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. *AC9. B6975.944a.

• Boyle, Kay, 1903- A.L.s. to Edward Douglas Papkee; [n.p.] 6 Dec 1964. 1s.(2p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. *77-960.

• Boynton, Henry Van Ness, 1835-1905. A.L.s.to Ben. W. Austin; Washington, 7 Apr 1887. 2s.(2p.)
  Includes signed photograph and clipping.
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Brackett, Anna Callender, 1836-1911. A.L.s.to Ben. W. Austin; New York, 3 Dec 1892. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Brackett, John Quincy Adams, 1842-1918. A.L.s. to William Barrett; Boston, 7 Apr 1894. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1945. Presented by the estate of Samuel Henshaw. Gift of Thomas Barbour and others, June 1942.

• Bradford, Alden, 1765-1843. A.L.s.to [ ]; Boston, 25 Oct [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bradford, Alden, 1765-1843. A.L.s.to Dwight Foster; [Boston] 19 Jun 1818. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of E. J. Wendell, 1918.

• Bradford, Alden, 1765-1843. MS.L.s.to Ezra Starkwether; [Boston] 5 Dec 1820. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bradford, Edward Hickling, 1848-1926. A.L.s. to [Annie (Adams)] Fields; [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *50M-410. Transferred from the Boston Medical Library, 11 Apr 1951.

• Bradford, Ephraim Putnam, 1776-1845. A.L.s.to Lemuel Shaw; West Springfield, 16 Feb 1804. 1s.(3p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. T.L.s. to [Miss ] Milner; Wellesley Hills, 31 Mar 1924. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. T.L.s.to A. C. Potter; Wellesley Hills, 28 Jun 1931. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bradford, Charles Frederic. MS.L.s.to James Russell Lowell; Roxbury, 11 Nov [1883?] 1s. (4p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: Estate of Mrs. A. Kingsley Porter, 1963.

• Bradford, Gamaliel, 1862-1932. 25 letters to Marvin Sprague; 1923-1931.
  No. 24 is incomplete.
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Priscilla C. Sprague, 22 Oct 1974.

• Bradford, Samuel, 1759-1818. A.L.s.to Ezra Starkweather; Boston, 20 Sep 1800. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bradish, Isaac. [Itemized bill for costs of running the Cambridge jail from Aug 1761 to Aug 1762]. A.MS.s.; Cambridge, 8 Sep 1762. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-338F. Purchased with the Sheldon fund from F. G. Sweet, 12 Apr 1946.

• Bradish, P.P. A.L.s. to [ ] Griswold; Batavia, 19 May 1909. 3s. (3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *45M-655. Anonymous donor, 1944?

• Bradlee, Caleb Davis, 1831-1897. A.L.s. to [ ]; Boston, 19 Jun 1884. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Recat. fr. X4.3PF.

• Bradley, Arthur Granville, 1850- A.L.s. to Charles Gordonsmith; Rye, 21 Feb 1926. 2s. (4p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: *46M-157. Gift of Dr. W. I. Morse, 4 Jan 1947.

• Bradley, Edward, 1827-1889. A.L.s. to [ ]; Peterborough, 14 Oct 1869. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bradley, Edward, 1827-1889. A.L.s. (Cuthbert Bede, pseud.) to Richard Bentley & Son; Grantham, 27 Sep 1888. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: Gift of D. B. Fearing, 30 June 1915.

• Bradley, Edward, 1827-1889. The lady and the spaniels... A.MS.s. (Cuthbert Bede); Stilton, Peterboro [n.d.] 3s.(3p.)
  With pencil drawing.
  Accompanied by A.L.s. to [ ]; Stilton, Peterboro, 9 Dec [ ] 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1253F - 1255F. Gift of W. B. O. Field, winter 1942.

• [Bradley, Edward, 1827-1889] Autograph signature (Cuthbert Bede [pseud.]); [n.p.] 1863.
  With photograph of Bradley.
  Acquisition Information: *42M-1256F. Gift of W. B. O. Field, winter 1942.

• [Bradley, Edward, 1827-1889] Autograph signature (Cuthbert Bede [pseud.]) On envelope addressed to A. Vogue; [postmark: Peterborough, 8 Dec 1863]
  Acquisition Information: With *42M-1253F-1255F. Gift of W. B. O. Field, winter 1942.

• [Bradley, Edward, 1827-1889] A.s. (Cuthbert Bede) on env. addressed to Charles Welsh; [Oakham, Rutland, 29 Apr 1880]
  Acquisition Information: *42M-784. Presented by W. B. O. Field, 23 May 1943.

• Bradley, George P. A.L.s.to W. B. Clarke; Portland, 11 Jul 1891. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bradley, Will, 1868- T.L.s. to Albert Eugene Gallatin; South Pasadena, Cal., 2 Dec 1948. 1s.(1p.) env.
  Concerns Bradley's printing of The happy hypocrite, by Sir Max Beerbohm.
  Acquisition Information: *48M-149. Gift of A.E.Gallatin, Esq., 17 Jan 1949.

• Bradley, Will, 1868- T.L.s. to Herbert Kleist; Short Hills, 11 Jan 1956. 1s. (1p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: *62M-251. Gift of H. Kleist, 14 May 1963.

• Bradley, William Aspenwall, 1878-1939. A.L.s.to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; New York, 13 Jun 1904. 1s.(4p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bradshaw, Henry, 1831-1886. A.L.s.to Benjamin Perley Poore; Cambridge, England, 7 Oct 1871. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: No date or source.

• Bradstreet, John, 1711-1774. A.signature on fragment of letter to John Tabor Kempe; [n.p.,n.d.]
  Acquisition Information: Norton autographs, 1914.

• Bradstreet, Simon, 1603-1697. A.signature; [n.p.] 1667.