Bacon, Peter Child, 1804-1886

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Peter Child Bacon (1804-1886) was born in Dudley, Mass., the son of Jepthah and Joanna Child Bacon. He graduated from Brown University in 1827, read law at the Yale College Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1830. He practiced law in Dudley and in Oxford, Mass., and transferred his practice to Worcester in 1844. Bacon was a partner from 1844 to 1849 with Ira Moore Barton (1796-1867), a partner from 1854 to 1873 with Peleg Emory Aldrich (1813-1895), and later a partner with his son Henry Bacon (1835-1896) and with William S. B. Hopkins (1836-1900). Bacon served a term (1848-1849) in the Massachusetts legislature and was mayor of Worcester for two terms (1851-1852). He was elected to the American Antiquarian Society in 1860.

From the description of Papers, 1833-1884. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207111127

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referencedIn Bacon, Jepthah, 1770-1851. Account book, 1812-1831. Gadsden Public Library
creatorOf Washburn family. Papers, 1811-1881. American Antiquarian Society
creatorOf Wetherell, John Walcott, 1820-1897. Papers, 1848-1895. American Antiquarian Society
referencedIn Barton, Ira Moore, 1796-1867. Papers, 1820-1866. American Antiquarian Society
referencedIn Slater family. Papers, 1824-1911. Gadsden Public Library
referencedIn Allen, Charles, 1797-1869. Papers, 1828-1877. Gadsden Public Library
creatorOf Bacon, Peter Child, 1804-1886. Papers, 1833-1884. American Antiquarian Society
referencedIn Cheever-Wheeler Family, Papers, 1773-1979 American Antiquarian Society
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associatedWith Allen, Charles, 1797-1869. person
associatedWith Bacon, Henry, 1835-1896. person
associatedWith Bacon, Jepthah, 1770-1851. person
associatedWith Barton, Ira Moore, 1796-1867. person
associatedWith Cheever-Wheeler family. person
associatedWith Olney, Richard, 1770-1841. person
associatedWith Oxford Woolen Manufacturing Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Samuel Slater & Sons Corp. corporateBody
associatedWith Slater family. family
associatedWith Washburn family. family
associatedWith Wetherell, John Walcott, 1820-1897. person
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Birth 1804-11-11

Death 1886-02-07

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