Thorndike, Israel, 1755-1832
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Thorndike, Israel, 1755-1832
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Thorndike, Israel, 1755-1832
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Shipping merchant of Beverly, Mass. For many years Thorndike was a partner with his brother-in-law Moses Brown and George Dodge in the shipping firm of Brown and Thorndike, engaged in trade with the West Indies, the East Indies, and Calcutta, as well as with England and the Mediterranean ports. Business was moved to Boston in 1810. Thorndike served in the state legislature and was an early investor in manufacturing enterprises in New England. In 1818 he secured the important library of Americana collected by Professor Ebeling of Hamburg and donated it to Harvard College. See sketch in Dictionary of American Biography.
Shipper and public official, of Boston, Mass.
Financier, of Boston and Beverly, Mass.; owned property in Maine.
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Banks and banking
Export marketing
Farms
French spoliation claims
Marketing
Real property
Shipping
Sugar
Sugar trade
Wool industry
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Massachusetts
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Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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Boston (Mass.)
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Beverly (Mass.)
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Boston (Mass.)
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Mediterranean Region
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Philadelphia (Pa.)
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Calcutta (India)
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England
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West Indies
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Indo-Australian Region
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Maine--Freeport
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Massachusetts--Boston
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Beverly (Mass.)
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Massachusetts
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