Papers, 1776-1827.

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Papers, 1776-1827.

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Forty-one letters to Cushing and his wife, Mehetable Dodge Cushing, of Pembroke, Mass., from Bathsheba Whitman (1777-1864), who operated a school with S. Clapp at which several of the Cushing children were educated, relating to the school, its students, teachers (some Quakers), curriculum, and other topics; other papers of the family; letters and papers of Charles, John, Thomas, and William Cushing; and papers of the family of Nathaniel Cushing (1768-1827), of Scituate, Mass. Includes letters from Thomas Cushing to John Hancock, papers of William Cushing relating to the estate of Andrew Oliver, and letters relating to transatlantic voyages.

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Cushing, Thomas, 1725-1788

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Thomas Cushing III (March 24, 1725 – February 28, 1788) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, merchant, and statesman from Boston, Massachusetts. Active in Boston politics, he represented the city in the provincial assembly from 1761 to its dissolution in 1774, serving as the lower house's speaker for most of those years. Because of his role as speaker, his signature was affixed to many documents protesting British policies, leading officials in London to consider him a dangerous radical. He ...

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...

Oliver, Andrew, 1706-1774

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Massachusetts colonial official: lieutenant governor 1771-1774; commissioner to negotiate with Six Nations 1748. From the description of ALS, 1764 Nov. 28, Boston, to Rev. Stephen West, Stockbridge, Mass. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122610623 ...

Cushing, Nathaniel, 1762-1827

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Nathaniel Cushing ran an iron works, making anchors in particular, in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. For a time, he also had a store, but he closed that business to concentrate on the ironworks. Later, he was involved in the Pembroke Woolen and Cotton Manufactory. Nathaniel was the son of Nathaniel and Lucy Turner Cushing, born June 24, 1762. Nathaniel had brothers named Isaac (a merchant in Spain), Charles, and Ben (a ship captain), and sisters Mehitable and Lucy (married to a Mr. Es...

Cushing, Charles.

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Whitman, Bathsheba, 1777-1864.

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Cushing, William, 1732-1810

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Jurist. From the description of William Cushing correspondence, 1783. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 152569144 Cushing was chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1777-1788), and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1789-1810). George Simpson was cashier of the Bank of the United States. From the description of Letters to George Simpson, 1798, 1805. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234338688 ...

Cushing, John, 1744-1823

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Clapp, Supply

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Cushing, Mehetable Dodge.

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Cushing family.

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