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Bill : 1840 Mar 9

Bill : 1840 Mar 9

Brown University

Receipt of payment acknowledged. Receipt of payment acknowledged.

Bill : 1840 Feb 10

Bill : 1840 Feb 10

Brown University

Receipt of payment acknowledged; countersigned by J.S. Harris. Receipt of payment acknowledged; countersigned by J.S. Harris.

Bill : 1840 Apr 14

Bill : 1840 Apr 14

Brown University

Receipt of payment acknowledged. Receipt of payment acknowledged.

Bigelow, John To Botta, Anne Charlotte (Lynch)

Explains why he cannot accept her invitation to luncheon that day [to meet Baron de Coubertin]. Comments on growing old. Has just finished a life of Bryant. [See Botta to Bigelow [1889] October 6 in Her Correspondence, 1851-1895.]Includes envelope. Explains why he cannot accept her invitation to luncheon that day [to meet Baron de Coubertin]. Comments on growing old. Has just finished a life of Bryant. [See Botta to Bigelow [1889] October 6 in Her Correspondence, 1851-1895.]Includes envelope.

Bentley, William to Stillman, Samuel : 1783 Jan 19

Reporting the cost of tuition at Harvard. On verso a form for the pledge made by a Fellow of the University on taking office. Reporting the cost of tuition at Harvard. On verso a form for the pledge made by a Fellow of the University on taking office.

Benson, George to Manning, Margaret: 1775 Sep 13

Lists "names of the persons who have been added to the Baptist Church in Providence under the pastoral care of the Revd. James Manning." Includes 106 names from December 1774 to September 1775. Lists "names of the persons who have been added to the Baptist Church in Providence under the pastoral care of the Revd. James Manning." Includes 106 names from December 1774 to September 1775.

Beatty, P. to Linton, William James : Sep 7

Literary-political matters: "We of the Republican faith have the poets of the world on our side." Literary-political matters: "We of the Republican faith have the poets of the world on our side."

Baseball, World Series, 1948: (signed by the Cleveland Indians world champion team and their manager, Lou Boudreau)

1948 World Series baseball signed by the Cleveland Indians world champion team and their manager, Lou Boudreau, at the request of their teammate, catcher, Rollie Hemsley. An early member of Alcoholics Anonymous, Hemsley became one of the first A.A. members to sacrifice the shield of anonymity when he gave news interviews in 1940 publicizing the movement that had enabled him to stop drinking and become known as "the star who hitched himself to a wagon." 1948 World Series baseball signed by the Cleveland Indians world champion team and their manager, Lou Boudreau, at the request of their teammate, catcher, Rollie Hemsley. An early member of Alcoholics Anonymous, Hemsley became one of the first A.A. members to sacrifice the shield of anonymity when he gave news interviews in 1940 publicizing the movement that had enabled him to stop drinking and become known as "the star who hitched himself to a wagon."

Barton, Fred to Bob Smith: January 30, 1950

Barton, Fred to Bob Smith, January 30, 1950 concerning "This was Anne Smith" for the AA Grapevine. (Copy for Dr. Bob's files.) Barton, Fred to Bob Smith, January 30, 1950 concerning "This was Anne Smith" for the AA Grapevine. (Copy for Dr. Bob's files.)