Certificate, 1821 June 21, Boston.

ArchivalResource

Certificate, 1821 June 21, Boston.

Signed on behalf of Ellis Gray Loring.

1 item, tipped-in.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6856232

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Loring, Ellis Gray, 1803-1858

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60s04r8 (person)

A Boston lawyer and abolitionist who used his legal training to aid runaway slaves, Loring was an organizer of the New England Anti-Slavery Society. He married Louisa Gilman (1797-1868) in 1827. Their daughter, Anna Loring Dresel (1830-1896), was vice president of the Boston Sanitary Commission during the Civil War and president of Vincent Hospital. She married Otto Dresel (1826-1890), a German pianist and composer in 1863; they had two children: Louisa Loring Dresel (1864-195?) and Ellis Loring...

Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824-1896

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pv6hp3 (person)

American astronomer. Graduated Harvard, 1844; University of Göttingen (Germany), 1848. He returned to the United States with the hope of establishing an era for astronomy. In 1849 he founded and became the first editor of the "Astronomical Journal." In 1855, he became director of the Dudley Observatory. A public controversy arose when he disagreed with the Scientific Council and Trustees of the Observatory as to management of the facility. He was terminated as director in 1859. From ...