Benjamin Bussey collection 1767-1872 1800-1847 Bussey, Benjamin collection

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Benjamin Bussey collection 1767-1872 1800-1847 Bussey, Benjamin collection

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The Benjamin Bussey collection contains letters and financial records related to Bussey's shipping endeavors, loans and philanthropy, land holdings in Massachusetts and Maine, and his estate in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Though the collection reveals little about Bussey's personal life, it is a great source of information on his diverse business interests and his far-reaching network of friends and colleagues such as Henry A. S. Dearborn, Josiah Quincy, William H. Sumner, and Samuel Thatcher.

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William L. Clements Library

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Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794

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Thatcher, Samuel, 1776-1872

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Sumner, William H. (William Hyslop), 1780-1861

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Bates, Joshua, 1776-1854

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Bainbridge, William, 1774-1833

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Dearborn, H.A.S. (Henry Alexander Scammell), 1783-1851

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Prison Discipline Society (Boston, Mass.)

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Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association

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Rawle, William, 1759-1836

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Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864

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