Deeds to property (in Concord, Mass., and elsewhere) gathered by Nathan Brooks through his legal practice, 1789-1860.

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Deeds to property (in Concord, Mass., and elsewhere) gathered by Nathan Brooks through his legal practice, 1789-1860.

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Series consists of deeds and accompanying plans or surveys of property in Concord and elsewhere in Mass. (Removed during preliminary sorting of the Brooks collection by Concord historian and archivist Ruth R. Wheeler from the papers of estates that Brooks administered, the deeds in this series cannot be easily reintegrated into the papers from which they came.) In addition to the deeds relating to Concord, the series includes deeds relating to Acton, Bedford, Boston, Boxborough, Carlisle, Charlestown, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Natick, Sudbury, Shirley, Wendell, and Winchendon. (Cont.) Among the family names represented in the Concord deeds are Adams, Alcott, Barrett, Bigelow, Bond, Bowers, Britton, Brown, Burr, Buttrick, Clark, Cogswell, Crosby, Davis, Farrar, Flint, Garfield, Hosmer, How, Hubbard, Hunt, Hunstable, Hurd, Jarvis, Jones, Keyes, Loring, Meriam, Merrick, Minot, Moore, Shattuck, Smith, Temple, White, Wood, and Wright.

.42 linear ft.

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 7369999

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Wheeler, Ruth Winifred Robinson, 1890-1973

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Ruth Robinson is a historian and author of Concord, Mass. From the description of Photograph album, from the papers of Ruth R. Wheeler, containing views by an unidentified photographer, mainly of Concord, Mass., taken along or from the Sudbury and Concord Rivers, ca. 1900-ca. 1903. (Concord Public Library). WorldCat record id: 47688451 Artist and illustrator N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945) was an admirer of Henry D. Thoreau (1817-1862). Inspired by Thoreau's life and wor...

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...