Nathan Brooks legal papers, 1795-1861 (bulk 1813-1861).

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Nathan Brooks legal papers, 1795-1861 (bulk 1813-1861).

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Series contains papers dated 1795-1861 (bulk 1813-1861), primarily generated by Nathan Brooks' professional involvements and activities. Some relate to offices that Brooks held (legal/judicial and other), some to his legal practice. Series includes files reflecting Brooks' involvement in the following offices or governing bodies: Master in Chancery; Justice of the Peace (including records of the case David Loring v. Ephraim Wales Bull); Auditor; Notary Public; Referee; Regimental Paymaster; Mass. House of Representatives; Supreme Judicial Court; Magistrate in cases of requests for military pensions. (Cont.) Elector (presidential election of 1832); Concord town committees (Trustees of Town Donations; Ministerial Fund); Mass. Senate; Middlesex County Public Administrator. Series also includes records of Brooks' work as plaintiff, defense attorney (for Abel Burroughs, Davis, Jarvis Hapgood, Hepsabeth Jones, Tom Moore, Amos Wellington et al.), prosecuting attorney (for William Cutter, Davis, and others), and misc. case files (for Belknap & Foster/Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad; Alfred Brooks. (Cont.) Georgia Loan Office; Tayler v. Herring; Leppelman v. Leppelman; Hayden v. Hearn; etc.). Types of materials included in series: agreements; applications; appointments and commissions; bonds; correspondence; deeds; statements and depositions; executions; financial records; notes; petitions; records of recognizance and of interrogation; warrants; writs; etc.

2.2 linear ft.

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 7371774

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Bull, Ephraim Wales, 1806-1895

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Horticulturist who developed the Concord grape. From the description of Document signed : Concord, to Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270536503 Goldsmith, politician, horticulturist, originator of the Concord Grape; res. of Concord, Mass.; b. Boston, 3/4/1806, d. Concord, 9/26/1895. Five siblings, incl. John Clark (wife: Melissa), Albert Chester (wife: R.A. [Ann]), who later changed his last name to Lawrence, & Harriet Morton (husba...

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...