Bills and receipts to Nathan Brooks, 1796-1863.

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Bills and receipts to Nathan Brooks, 1796-1863.

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Bills, receipts, and accounts, 1796-1863 (collected, 1796-1863; uncollected, 1798-1847). Subseries includes bills, etc., relating to personal and family purchases and also to collection of bills for clients. Collected bills include three receipts from John Thoreau (father of Henry), one to N. Brooks for payment for 3 reams of paper (1827 Feb. 6), one for payment relating to insurance policies (1839 Oct. 7), one for payment by N. Brooks to Concord Fire Society (1841 Dec. 31); two receipts from Henry D. Thoreau to N. Brooks for payment for instruction of son George Brooks. (Cont.) and of Samuel Burr (1838 Sept. and Nov.) and one receipt from Henry D. Thoreau to the Misses Hosmer for surveying a woodlot (1845 Dec. 18); three receipts from John Thoreau (brother of Henry) to N. Brooks for instruction of George and of Samuel Burr (1839 May 31, Aug. 30, and Dec. 14); and one receipt from C.D. Thoreau (Henry's mother) for H.D. Thoreau to N. Brooks for payment for instruction of George and of Samuel Burr and for "squares of glass set" (1839 Feb. 29).

5 linear ft.

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 7369919

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Brooks, G. M. (George Melvin), 1875-1973

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Resident of Lawton and Pumpkin Center (outside of Letitia, Okla.); worked for the Lawton post office; b. in Missouri; moved to Comanche County, Okla., 1904 and lived on a farm in Pumpkin Center; won prize for the agricultural float in Lawton's 1914 birthday parade; m. Emma Clay in 1902. From the description of G.M. Brooks photograph collection, 1909-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 166429113 ...

Brooks family.

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Thoreau family.

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Thoreau, Cynthia D. (Cynthia Dunbar), 1787-1872

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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...

Thoreau, John, 1787-1859

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Storekeeper and pencil-maker in Concord, Mass.; father of Henry David Thoreau. Born in Boston, Oct. 8, 1787; married Cynthia Dunbar, May 11, 1812; died in Concord, Feb. 3, 1859. From the description of Deeds relating to John Thoreau's ownership of a pew in the First Parish in Concord, 1832-1833. (Concord Public Library). WorldCat record id: 34766099 Father of Henry D. Thoreau. From the description of Printed document filled in and signed : Boston, 1814 Jun. 9. (U...

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

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Henry David Thoreau (b. July 12, 1817, Concord, Massachusetts-d. May 6, 1862, Concord, Massachusetts), American author, lecturer, naturalist, student of Native American artifacts and life, transcendentalist, land surveyor, and life-long resident of Concord, Massachusetts. He was an active opponent of slavery and a social critic. He graduated from Harvard College in 1837....

Thoreau, John, 1815-1842

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