James Trecothick Austin papers, 1760-1954; bulk: 1808-1883.

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James Trecothick Austin papers, 1760-1954; bulk: 1808-1883.

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Papers of James Trecothick Austin, lawyer and attorney general of Massachusetts, 1808-50, include correspondence regarding family business of Trecothick and Apthorp, legal cases including James Trecothick vs. Jonathan Loring Austin, Republican and Whig parties, and work with the board of directors of the State Bank; a commission as justice of the peace for Suffolk County, 1826; and an essay on the history of the English language, 1827. Collection includes Trecothick and Austin family papers, 1760-1883, including wills, contracts, and deeds, 1760-98, a marriage contract, 1846, letters received by Benjamin and John Loring Austin, 1802-1820, a letter received by James I. Austin, 1883, sent by William Tecumseh Sherman discussing the military career of C.S. Wright; and a transcript of an 1842 autobiography written by James T. Austin edited by Samuel Eliot Morison, [1954].

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