Personal and family papers, 1800-1845.

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Personal and family papers, 1800-1845.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11833048

Papers of Joseph Hurd, prominent Charlestown merchant, and his son William, a founder of Charlestown's Harvard Church. Includes letters from family members and from Nathan Appleton, Gorham Parks and William Ritchie. Letters discuss local and national politics, trade with England and sheep farming. Also includes letter, 1859, to James Dana, Mayor of Charlestown, regarding costs for construction of the Middlesex Horse Railroad.

23 items, in folder.

Boston Athenaeum

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SNAC Resource ID: 6676564

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Middlesex Horse Railroad.

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Ritchie, William.

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Parks, Gorham, 1794-1877

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Hurd, William, 1780-1872.

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Hurd, Issac, 1785-1856.

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Appleton, Nathan, 1779-1861

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Appleton, a manufacturer, banker, and Massachusetts congressman, was a founder of the city of Lowell, Mass., and helped build up Lawrence, Mass. and Manchester, N.H. He wrote a memoir of Abbott Lawrence, fellow textile manufacturer, founder of Lawrence, Mass., Massachusetts congressman, and diplomat. From the description of Letters by and about Abbott Lawrence, 1831-1856. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122412065 From the guide to the Letters by and about Abbott La...

Hurd, Joseph, 1788-1857.

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Hurd, Joseph, 1752-1842

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