Bromfield family papers 1682-1914

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Bromfield family papers 1682-1914

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0599

Correspondence, legal documents, business and other papers relating to the Bromfield family of Boston and collateral families. The papers relate primarily to Henry Bromfield (1727-1820), his descendants and their families. There is also material relating to Richard Clarke (1711-1795), a Boston merchant who was involved in the pre-Revolutionary difficulties about the tax on tea.

2 linear feet (5 boxes)

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6350648

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Rogers, Daniel Denison, 1751-1825

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Bromfield, Henry, 1727-1820

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The Bromfield family was a distinguished clan of Boston merchants who had first arrived in America in the 17th century. Edward Bromfield was born in 1695 and died in 1756. The beginning of this collection almost certainly reflects his activities in the trade of rum, sugar and molasses. His son Henry was born in 1727 and also became a merchant though his later dealings focused on the English trade in cloth, ribbons and sundries. The bulk of records reflect his activity which continued until aroun...

Bromfield family.

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Pelham family.

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Pearson family.

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Bromfield, Edward 1695-1756

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Gilman, Whittingham.

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Pearson, Eliphalet, 1752-1826

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Principal of Phillips Academy, Andover, professor at Harvard College and Andover Theological Seminary. From the description of Papers, 1765-1815. (Andover Newton Theological School). WorldCat record id: 11853236 On March 1, 1805, a group of prominent Massachusetts citizens presented a plan for an endowment of a Professorship of Botany and Entomology to the Harvard Corporation. The goal of this group was to promote commerce, agriculture, medicine and the arts through the stud...

Blanchard, Margaret Bromfield, 1787-

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Clark family

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Gilman, Thomas.

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Clarke, Richard, 1711-1795

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Rogers family.

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Startin family.

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Abbott family.

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Bromfield, Abigail Coney, d. 1779.

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Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815

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This is a preparatory drawing for the painting "Julia, Third Viscountess Dudley and Ward" that was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1800. From the description of [Study for Julia, third Viscountess Dudley and Ward] [graphic]. [1800] (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 246658012 Painter, noted for portraits and historical subjects. Born in Boston, moved to England in 1775 because of Loyalist sympathies. From the description of ALS : London, to John Boydell, 1...

Copley family.

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Abbott, Ephraim.

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