Papers, 1768-1910.

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Papers, 1768-1910.

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This collection consists in part of papers and correspondence of Benjamin Heywood 1st. Some of the papers relate to the estates of Phineas Heywood (1707-1776) of Shrewsbury, Mass., and Elisha Goddard (1719-1784) of Sutton, Mass., 1770-1811. Other legal documents include writs, 1802-1807, and papers relating to Heywood's occupation as justice of the peace, 1790-1807, and his activities as General Superintendent following the war. The correspondence, 1784-1815, reflects Heywood's various business and professional interests, including the liquor business. There are also promissory notes, receipts, accounts, and deeds. The collection includes six ledgers, 1819-1869, and eight daybooks, 1835-1869, of Benjamin Franklin Heywood concerning his medical practice in Worcester. There is also a Benjamin F. Heywood notebook, 1814-1815, on medical lectures as well as a ledger, 1854, entitled "Heywood & Russell," concerning an ice-dealing business in Worcester. In addition, there are miscellaneous papers, 1815-1868, of Benjamin F. Heywood. The collection also includes a daybook, 1844-1847, of Benjamin Heywood (1821-1860) in addition to an account book, 1890-1893, and four ledgers, 1898-1910, concerning the Heywood Farm in Worcester. (It should be noted that a few of the ledgers and daybooks attributed to Benjamin F. Heywood could have been kept by his son, who practiced in Worcester from 1844 to 1860.).

1 box.6 v. ; octavo.15 v. ; folio.1 v. ; oversize.

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Haywood family.

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Heywood family.

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The Heywood family members represented in this collection are Benjamin Heywood (1746-1816), Benjamin Franklin Heywood (1792-1869), and Benjamin Heywood (1821-1860). Benjamin Heywood 1st was employed much as an arbitrator, executor, assessor, and guardian and was a magistrate in Worcester, Mass. He was appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1802 and was also for a time a partner in a liquor business. Benjamin Heywood 1st was commissioned a lieutenant in the Continental Army in 1775, was ...

Goddard, Elisha, 1719-1784.

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Heywood, Benjamin, 1746-1816

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Benjamin Heywood (1746-1816), son of Phineas, a prominent Shrewsbury farmer, served an apprenticeship to a housewright and ran his own carpentry business for a year or two, until he decided to prepare for attending Harvard in 1771. At the university, where he excelled in math, Heywood joined fellow students in the Marti-mercurian Band, which eventually, with other troops, fought the British on April 19, 1775. Heywood soon joined the army, rose to Captain in 1776, and was...

Heywood, Phineas, 1707-1776.

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Heywood and Russell.

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Heywood, Benjamin, 1821-1860.

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Heywood, Benjamin Franklin, 1792-1869

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