Papers, 1635-1874 (bulk: 1720-1870).

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Papers, 1635-1874 (bulk: 1720-1870).

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Collection includes records of the Society as well as material collected by the Society concerning the town, its families, and associations. Documents include [James] Blake's Annals and drafts of Thaddeus Mason Harris's town history; material concerning the town's 225th anniversary in 1855; announcements of various social and political events; town records, marriage intentions, warrants; financial records, tax tables, statements; miscellaneous deeds and memoranda; military records; church records; political material (mostly party tickets); school records (returns, visitations, correspondence, lists of scholars); misc. family papers; 1635 Rev. Richard Mather journal; and numerous maps or surveys probably by James or Samuel Blake. Also includes material concerning Boston, Medfield, and Stoughton, Mass.

8.5 linear ft.

New England Historic Genealogical Society

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New England Historic Genealogical Society

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Second Parish Church (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.)

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Blake, Samuel, d. 1754.

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Massachusetts. Militia

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Ten companies comprised the 12th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia: five from Boston, one from North Bridgewater, one from Abington, one from Weymouth, one from Stoughton, and one from Gloucester. After organization was completed, the regiment was ordered to Fort Warren in Boston Harbor. Three months later it was sent to Harper's Ferry, Va., where it guarded the upper Potomac as part of Bank's division. From the description of Massachusetts Volunteer Militia records, 1861 [ma...

Blake, James Henry, 1845-1941

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Blake studied under Louis Agassiz at the Lawrence Scientific School beginning in 1864 and three years later was hired as a student-assistant at the Museum of Comparative Zoology to help Agassiz organize the Thayer Expedition collections. By 1868 he was working in the MCZ's Conchology Department, drawing anatomical features of freshwater mollusks, and later served as zoological artist on the Hassler Expedition (1871-1872). From the description of Scrapbook of clippings, photographs, c...

Mather, Richard, 1596-1669

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Harris, Thaddeus Mason, 1768-1842

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Thaddeus Mason Harris (1768-1842) was a Unitarian clergyman in Dorchester, Mass., author, and antiquarian. He was also librarian of Harvard College, 1791-1793, and librarian of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1837-1842. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207142240 Unitarian minister, naturalist and antiquarian. From the description of Letter, 1797, Jan. 27 : Dorchester, Mass., to Rev. W. Bentley. (Duke University). WorldCat recor...

Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society

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First Church (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.)

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Church formed in Plymouth, England and brought to Massachusetts in 1630; later became a Unitarian Church. From the description of Records, 1727-1784. (American Congregational Association). WorldCat record id: 70946070 ...