Colored map included in the geological survey completed by Edward Hitchcock showing the mineral deposits in the state of…

Tax record book showing property owned and its value. …

Amherst College Tuesday eve Feb 1843
Dear sister Lucy,
Here I am (8 o’clock) with my table before
the fire, seated in an armchair, an “old arm chair” that has
been in college long enough…

16-page catalog listing trustees, teachers and pupils at the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary for the year that Emily Dickinson attended. Describes course of study, entrance requirements, books used, vacations, Sabbath requirements,…

Panama April 21th 1849

Br Ira C. Goodell

According to my engagement
to you I take the first opportunity to fulfill it.
We left N York the 26 of March at ?----- four o clock P.M.
Anchored som three miles West of Chagres on the 12…

Reproduction of a lithograph of the original Phoenix Row building looking east down Main Street. Building signs include Phoenix Hall Straw Works and D. Mack Jr. and Son. Horse and carts cluster near the buildings, while people stroll the street. On…

The catalog includes lists of trustees, teachers, and students. Also includes lists of textbooks and general information about the…

Amherst College, July 4th 1843

Dear Lucy,

I suppose that it is as still and quiet as ever where you
are today & now (ten minutes to twelve) a.m. you are making your preparations for dinner, without out cannons or crackers, orators or noisy…