Abiel Wood correspondence, 1797-1819.

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Abiel Wood correspondence, 1797-1819.

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Correspondence from Wood concerning shipping matters and seizures of ships by French and English pirates.

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Maine Historical Society Library

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Wood, Abiel, 1772-1834

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Abiel Wood was born in Wiscasset, Maine (then Massachusetts) in 1772. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1807-1811 and 1816; the U.S. Congress, 1813-1814; and served as a delegate to the constitutional convention of Maine in 1819. He was engaged in mercantile pursuits and shipping. He married Hannah Hodge in 1793 and died in Belfast, Maine, in 1834. From the description of Letters, 1799-1828. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 575559663 U.S. represent...

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Barker, Jacob, 1779-1871

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New York legislator and banker. From the description of Jacob Barker correspondence, 1823. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450119 Jacob Barker was a New York financier who was instrumental in securing a loan of $5,000,000 for the United States to finance the War of 1812. He removed to New Orleans in 1834, became prominent in financial circles, was admitted to the bar, and practiced with success in insurance cases. In the 1840s Barker collaborated with Rowland G. Hazard to s...