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Sullivan Dorr Papers, 1799-1852

Title: Sullivan Dorr Papers Sullivan Dorr Papers 1799-1852

Sullivan Dorr (1778-1858) was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Ebenezer (1739-1809) and Abigail (Cummingham) Dorr (1762-1796).Early in life Sullivan was engaged in the fur trade on the northwest coast of the United States and at the age of twenty, he went to Canton, China to follow mercantile pursuits. Much of his business was for the firm of J.& J. Dorr; based in Boston and owned by his brothers, Jonathan and Joseph. He stayed in Canton for five years (1799-1803) and upon returning to the States he settled in Providence and became a prosperous merchant. He resided in a home he built in 1811 on the northeast corner of Benefit and Bowen Streets.

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Dorr, John, 1770-1855. John Dorr family record, 1796-1855.

Title: John Dorr family record, 1796-1855.

Typescript chronological record of the family of Boston merchant John Dorr, copied from his family Bible. The record includes births, marriages, and deaths of family members and friends, and brief comments on public events, including the execution of pirates in Boston in 1819 and 1835, and the Depression of 1837. Death notices include sketches of the lives of Dorr's father, Ebenezer Dorr, and John Dorr's first two wives, Esther Goldthwait Dorr and Susanna Goldthwait Lanman Dorr.

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