Papers, 1669-1963, bulk: 1800-1870.

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

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John Hancock (January 23, 1737 [O.S. January 12, 1736] – October 8, 1793) was an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is remembered for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence, so much so that the term John Hancock or Hancock has become a nickname in the United S...

Dewey, Daniel, 1766-1815

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Bidwell, Barnabas, 1763-1833

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Lawyer and U.S. representative of Massachusetts. From the description of Barnabas Bidwell papers, 1805-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453380 ...

Mitchell, Nahum, 1769-1853

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Thacher, George, 1754-1824

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Lawyer, judge, and member of Continental Congress, of Biddeford, Me. From the description of Papers, 1813-1853. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70979003 Continental congressman and representative from Massachusetts; surname also found spelled as Thatcher. From the description of Letter, 1789 Sept. 1. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70949847 George Thacher, of Maine, was a lawyer, judge and member of the...

Whitman, Ezekiel, 1776-1866

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Jurist and U.S. representative from Maine and Massachusetts. From the description of Ezekiel Whitman correspondence, 1821. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981359 Lawyer, of New Gloucester and Portland, Me.; U.S. representative from Massachusetts and Maine; later served as judge of court of common pleas of Maine (1822-1841); born in East Bridgewater, Mass., and after his retirement, returned to that town. From the description of Ezekiel Whitman autograph letter s...

Boutwell, George S. (George Sewall), 1818-1905

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George Sewall Boutwell (1818-1905) was an active political figure and lawyer all his life. Initially a Democrate, his antislavery leanings made him a prominent Free Soiler who was elected Governor and susequently reelected by the dominant Massachusetts Free Soil coalition in 1851-1852. He became a lawyer and founder of the Massachusetts Republican Party, later being a Radical Republican in Congress and among the most forecful opponents of President Andrew Johnson. Boutwell served as Secretary of...

Vose, Henry, 1802-1837

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Bigelow, Timothy, 1739-1790

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Sumner, Increase, 1746-1799

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Governor of Massachusetts, 1797-l799. From the description of Letters received, 1797-1799. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 14707254 Legislator, judge, and governor of Massachusetts, 1797-1799. From the description of Letter received by Increase Sumner, 1799. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 231762677 ...

Hancock, Thomas, 1703-1764

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

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Massachusetts politician, resident of Boston. From the description of Papers, 1802-1848. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19405827 U.S. representative from Massachusetts, lawyer in Portland, Me., and army officer. From the description of H.A.S. Dearborn autograph letter signed, 1806. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71129499 Henry Dearborn (1751-1829), an officer in the Continental Army, was U.S. Secretary of War and ...

Foster, Dwight, 1757-1823

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Greenough, Charles P. (Charles Pelham), 1844-1924

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Boston lawyer. From the description of Correspondence with Belle Greene, 1909 Dec. 20, 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270735742 From the description of Als, 1909 Jan. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270735735 From the description of Correspondence, 1911-1912 Oct.-Jan. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270735744 Greenough was a prominent Boston (Mass.) lawyer. From the description of Letters to Charles P. Greenough, ca. 1875-1894. (Harvard La...

Sullivan, James, 1744-1808

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Continental Congressman, anti-Federalist, governor of Massachusetts, founder of Massachusetts Historical Society. From the description of ALS, 1789 June 28 : Boston, to Elbridge Gerry. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 13986996 Attorney general of Massachusetts (1790-1807). From the description of James Sullivan autograph letter signed, 1798. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71130492 Continental Congressman, g...

Davis, George T. (George Thomas), 1810-1871

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Massachusetts lawyer and politician. George T. Davis graduated from Harvard in 1829, and in 1832 he began to practice law in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Davis was a Massachusetts state Senator from 1839 to 1840 and U.S. Congressman from 1851 to 1853. Davis was a friend of Dr. John Edwards Holbrook, physician and naturalist of Charleston, South Carolina, and his wife, Harriott Pinckney Rutledge Holbrook. The Holbrooks often spent their summers in Massachusetts, where they had many friends and rela...