Old Dartmouth Historical Society Whaling Museum papers, 1806-1844 (scattered dates).

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Old Dartmouth Historical Society Whaling Museum papers, 1806-1844 (scattered dates).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34421849

Papers collected, including letter, 1818, from Horatio Ball describing climate, commercial potential, and composition of population in Detroit and vicinity; letter, 1838, of Stevens T. Mason to Gen. Hugh Brady concerning troop movements and other military information; letter, 1842, of John J. Adam discussing loan made by Albany bank to finance public works; and other correspondence of more routine character.

6 items and 1 oversize folder.

Bentley Historical Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7362366

Bentley Historical Library

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Old Dartmouth Historical Society Whaling Museum (New Bedford, Mass.),

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6617jh1 (corporateBody)

Adam, John J., 1807-1888.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j11mhp (person)

Brady, Hugh J.M.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gf2ghx (person)

Ball, Horatio.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xm18dg (person)

Mason, Stevens Thomson, 1811-1843

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m04dhm (person)

Stevens Thomson Mason was born in Virginia (October 27, 1811) and educated in Kentucky where his father had emigrated in 1812. In 1830, his father, John Mason, was appointed secretary of the Territory of Michigan by President Andrew Jackson. He resigned a year later and left for Texas and Mexico perhaps on a mission for the president. In his place, Jackson named the nineteen year old Stevens Mason to the vacant secretariat, taking his oath of office on July 25, 1831. As secretary Mason was also ...