Papers of Charles Lawrence Peirson, 1856-1864 (inclusive).

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Papers of Charles Lawrence Peirson, 1856-1864 (inclusive).

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Contains 32 original letters, 1856-1864, from Charles L. Peirson to Edward Brooks Peirson describing his partnership with William H. Stodder, dealing with land purchase and speculation, usury, and the attempt to establish a town in the newly opened Minnesota Territory. Also includes 6 letters from Stodder to Charles, and to Edward Peirson, dating from 1861 to 1864, which pertain to Stodder's farming activities in Minnesota; and a receipt for taxes paid by Stodder and Peirson in Scott County in 1861.

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Peirson, Edward Brooks, 1820-1874

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Peirson (Harvard, M.D. 1844) practiced in Salem, Mass., and served as president of the Essex County South District Medical Society. He married twice, first to Catherine Pickman Saltonstall (1846), and later to Ellen Elizabeth Perry (1856). From the description of Papers of Edward Brooks Peirson, 1842-1874 (inclusive), 1852-1864 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281431959 ...

Peirson, Charles Lawrence, 1834-1920.

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Peirson (Harvard, S.B. 1853, A.M.[Hon.] 1898) graduated from the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard. He entered the Civil War as first lieutenant, 20th Massachusetts Voluntary Infantry, was taken prisoner in Oct. 1861, returned to active service with the 39th Massachusetts Voluntary Infantry in Aug. 1862 as lieutenant colonel, and was promoted to colonel, then brigadier general by Mar. 1865 when he retired because of wounds and disability. He became a merchant in wholesale pig iron and coke (...

Stodder, William P., approximately 1812-

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