Wetmore family papers, 1659-1919 (inclusive).

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Wetmore family papers, 1659-1919 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702167514

The papers consist of materials relating to George Peabody Wetmore and his family. Correspondence and other papers document the lives of several of Wetmore's ancestors and reflect his interest in New England history. The papers also include letter books and account books of the mercantile firms of Prosper Wetmore & Brothers and Joseph and Joshua Grafton.

5.5 linear feet (12 boxes)

Yale University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8022730

Yale University Library

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Wetmore, Prosper, 1767-1817.

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Prosper Wetmore & Brothers.

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Wetmore, William, 1749-1830

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Grafton, Joseph, 1755-1794.

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Shepherd, William, 1737-1817.

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Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

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Elihu Root, born in Clinton, NY, attended Hamilton College (A.B., 1864, A.M. in course, 1867) and University Law School of New York. He served as member Alaskan Boundary Tribunal; United States District Attorney, Southern New York, 1883 - 85; Secretary of War, 1899 - 1904; Secretary of State, 1905 - 09; U.S. Senator from New York, 1909 - 15; Senior Counsel for the U.S., North Atlantic Fisheries Arbitration, The Hague, 1910; Ambassador at Head of Special Diplomatic Mission to Russia, 1...

Hay, John, 1769-1843.

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Grafton, Joshua, 1757-1787.

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Wetmore, George Peabody, 1846-1921

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Governor and U.S. representative and senator from Rhode Island. From the description of George Peabody Wetmore papers, 1885-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80376908 Biographical Note 1846, Aug. 2 Born, London, England 1867 Graduated, Yale College, New Haven, Conn. ...

Wetmore family.

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George Peabody Wetmore, son of William Shepard and Anstiss Derby (Rogers) Wetmore, was born in London, England, on August 2, 1846. He graduated from Yale in 1867 and received his LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1869. That same year Wetmore was admitted to the bars of Rhode Island and New York. He was elected governor of Rhode Island in 1885 and served two terms. From 1894-1913 Wetmore was a member of the U.S. Senate. He died on September 11, 1921, in Boston, Massachusetts. From the...