Family papers, 1675-1906.

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Family papers, 1675-1906.

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Governor of Massachusetts. Papers (chiefly 1854-97) relating to Andrew's personal finances and the settlement of his estate and the estates of his widow, Eliza Jones Hersey Andrew, and their daughter, Edith Andrew; and papers of the Jones and Hersey families of Hull and Hingham, Mass., including treasurer's records (1785-1810) of Thomas Jones, treasurer of Hull, Mass.; records (1804-06) of the Hingham militia; town committee reports and records of marriages (1808-12) from Solomon Jones, clerk of Hingham; and land records (1814-1903) of Peddocks Island (Mass.). Other subjects include the Western Union Telegraph Company, and other persons represented include John Murray Forbes, and the Cushing and Loring families.

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Jones family.

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Western Union Telegraph Company

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The bark Golden Gate and clipper ship Nightingale were both involved in the Western Union Telegraph Expedition to British Columbia, Alaska and Russia to survey areas where the Western Union Telegraph Company planned to construct a telegraph line linking America and Europe. The line was never completed. Charles S. Bulkley was Engineer-in-Chief and Charles M. Scammon was Chief of Marine. The bark Golden Gate was the flagship of the expedition from June 1865 to March 1866, after which the clipper s...

Hersey family.

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Forbes, John Murray, 1813-1898

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Philanthropist, abolitionist. Contributed to the building of the railroad system in the United States. From the description of John Murray Forbes letter to George William Curtis, [manuscript], 1891 January 24. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 263078000 Forbes was a Boston businessman who was engaged in the China trade early in his life and later involved in railroad development in the American West. From the description of Letters from various corres...

Andrew, Eliza Jones Hersey.

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Cushing family.

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Loring family.

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Jones, Thomas, 1735-1815.

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Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867

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Lawyer, founder of Free Soil Party in Massachusetts, governor of Massachusetts, 1861-1866. From the description of ALS, 1861 Oct. 19, New York, N.Y., to an unknown correspondent. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122524861 Prominent anti-slavery lawyer and Civil War governor of Massachusetts. From the description of Papers, 1772-1895, [microform]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 25618330 Andrew was Governor of Massachusetts ...

Andrew, Edith, d. 1921.

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Massachusetts. Governor (1861-1866 : Andrew)

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John Albion Andrew (1818-1867) was Governor of Massachusetts during the Civil War from 1861-1866. From the description of Governor Andrew's proclamation 1862. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 40253809 ...

Massachusetts. Militia

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Ten companies comprised the 12th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia: five from Boston, one from North Bridgewater, one from Abington, one from Weymouth, one from Stoughton, and one from Gloucester. After organization was completed, the regiment was ordered to Fort Warren in Boston Harbor. Three months later it was sent to Harper's Ferry, Va., where it guarded the upper Potomac as part of Bank's division. From the description of Massachusetts Volunteer Militia records, 1861 [ma...

Jones, Solomon, 1765-1831.

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