Papers, 1800-1894.

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Papers, 1800-1894.

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Miscellaneous papers of Bowditch family members of Salem and Boston, Mass. The collection includes: navigation notebook and journal of Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838); ms. biography of the same by Henry I. Bowditch; records of the Anti-Man-Hunting League, 1855-1861; an 1856 account book and Civil War journal (1862) of Nathaniel Bowditch (1839-1863); and miscellaneous correspondence, bills, and receipts relating to Nathaniel Bowditch's education at Harvard University. There are also some family photographs in box 3.

3 boxes.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Bowditch family.

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Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838

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American writer on navigation. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Salem, to an unidentified recipient, 1810 Nov. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270910812 From the description of Letter signed : Boston, to William Vaughan in London, 1837 May 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270910815 Astronomer, mathematician, and insurance executive. From the description of Nathaniel Bowditch correspondence, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 794511...

Bowditch, N. I., 1805-1861.

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Anti-Man-Hunting League.

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Bowditch, Henry I. (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892

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Henry Ingersoll Bowditch, the son of Nathaniel Bowditch and Mary Ingersoll Bowditch, was a physician, author and abolitionist from Salem, Massachusetts. From the description of Life in the woods for a fortnight : or a trip to Katahdin & Moosehead Lake in the summer of 1856. 1856. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 704274320 U.S. specialist in diseases of the chest. From the description of Henry Ingersoll Bowditch letter, 1882, Apr. 7, Boston, to Dr. S. McMurtry. ...

Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1839-1863.

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