Papers, ca.1740-1869.

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Papers, ca.1740-1869.

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Correspondence and documents, including family letters primarily from Frederic Tudor to his brother William and from William Tudor Jr. to his father. Correspondence also includes thirty-four letters, 1789-1801, to William Tudor Sr. written from England by Sarah Troutbeck, daughter of John Troutbeck, King's reader at King's Chapel, Boston, who had returned to England during the Revolution. Another group of nineteen letters, written in 1823 from Washington by William Lee (1772-1840) to William Tudor Jr. comment on political events. Other family papers include college papers written at Harvard by John Henry Tudor, another son of William Tudor Sr. and some documents relating to John Tudor, the father of William Tudor Sr. Other documents include powers of attorney for William Tudor. Sr., often relating to the administration of loyalist properties, and papers relating to his tenure as Massachusetts secretary of state.

4 boxes (2 linear ft.)

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Tudor family (Boston, Mass.)

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Frederic Tudor (1783-1864) was the successful "Ice King" of Boston, who sold ice in tropical climates. His brother Henry James Tudor (1791-1864) studied law and worked for a while in Frederic Tudor's ice business. Another brother William Tudor (1779-1830) was a merchant, legislator, author, and diplomat. Their father William Tudor (1750-1819) was a Boston lawyer and political figure. From the description of Tudor family additional papers, 1772-1922. (Harvard University). WorldCat re...

Tudor, William, 1750-1819

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Tudor, William, 1779-1830

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Tudor, John Henry, 1782-1802.

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John Henry Tudor was born in Boston on April 13, 1782 to Delia Jarvis Tudor (1753-1843) and William Tudor (1750-1819). His father was a Boston lawyer who had served as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army under George Washington prior to his service in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, in the State Senate, and as secretary of state for the Commonwealth. John Henry had three brothers and two sisters: William (1779-1830), Frederic (1783-1864), Emma Jane (1785-1865), Delia (1787-1861), ...

Tudor, Frederic, 1783-1864

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Lee, William, 1772-1840

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U. S. consul in France. From the description of Letter to Jerome Bonaparte [manuscript], 1822 Feb. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647917497 William Lee was secretary of the United States legation in Paris under Joel Barlow and was Consul General at Bordeaux. He was interested in a scheme to bring Napoleon to the United States. His son was William Barlow Lee (1805-1895). From the description of William Lee letters, 1810-1861. (Columbia University In...

Tudor, John, 1709-1795

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John Tudor was born near Exeter, Devonshire, England, in 1709, the son of William and Mary Tudor. He came to Boston with his mother in 1715 after the death of his father and married Jane Varney in 1732. A baker by trade and also a church deacon, he kept a remarkable diary of events in Boston from 1732 to 1793. Tudor died in Boston in 1795. From the description of MHS Collections Online: John Tudor (Massachusetts Historical Society) ...

Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State

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St 1832, c 166 authorized county commissioners in Massachusetts to grant liquor licenses to innholders and retailers. St 1852, c 322 (revised by St 1855, c 215) established state-wide prohibition, forbidding the sale of all liquor except for medicinal, chemical, or mechanical purposes. This was changed by St 1868, c 141, passed in April of that year, which authorized county commissioners (in Suffolk County specially-elected license commissioners) to issue licenses for the sale of liquor in their...

Troutbeck, Sarah.

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