Nathan Brooks family papers, 1717-1899.

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Nathan Brooks family papers, 1717-1899.

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Papers relate to Brooks' legal practice and to personal and family matters. Include: correspondence; deeds; bills, receipts, and account books; legal papers, including voluminous probate records; surveys; certificates and diplomas; items of artifactual interest (e.g. wallets). Brooks' broad circle of clients, correspondents, and other contacts included: John Adams; Joseph Brown; Samuel Burr; Jonathan Davis; Josiah Davis; Abiel Heywood; Jonas Heywood; Phineas How; Isaac Hurd, Jr.; William Parkman; John Prescott; Ezra Ripley; Daniel Shattuck; Lemuel Shattuck. (Cont.) Cyrus Stow; John Thoreau; Elijah Wood; various members of Barrett, Brooks, Davis, Hosmer, Minot, Prescott, and other Concord families. Business records--including materials relating to Concord Mill Dam Co., Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Boston, Lexington, and Concord Accommodation Stage, and Union Turnpike--are scattered throughout papers. Series Abel Moore Papers reflects largely on Moore's business activities, which included involvement in Concord Steam Mill Co. Tilly Merrick Papers. (Cont.) and Brooks Family Papers include records of Tilly Merrick's business dealings and papers of various members of the Merrick and Brooks families.

48.5 linear ft.

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 7364207

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Brooks, Nathan, 1785-1863

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Lawyer of Concord, Mass. Born in Lincoln, Mass., 1785; died in Concord, 1863. Graduated from Harvard College, 1809, then studied law at Concord office of Samuel Hoar. Legal practice largely concerned with probate. Held wide variety of organizational positions and public offices. Secretary/Treasurer of Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Co. in Concord for 37 years (from 1826). Director of Concord Bank; President of Middlesex Institution for Savings; Attorney of Supreme Judicial Court; N...

Merrick family.

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Brooks family.

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Moore, Abel, 1777-1848

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Deputy Sheriff of Middlesex County, Mass. (first appointed 1812); Deputy Jailer at Middlesex County jail in Concord (1815-1843); successful merchant and businessman; resident of Sudbury, Stow, and Concord. Moore's estate was administered by Concord lawyer Nathan Brooks. From the description of Abel Moore business papers, 1810-1854 (bulk 1835-1848). (Concord Public Library). WorldCat record id: 34458499 Deputy Sheriff of Middlesex County, Mass. (first appointed 1...