Letters from Benjamin Cushing to Nathaniel Cushing, 1811-1825.

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Letters from Benjamin Cushing to Nathaniel Cushing, 1811-1825.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/751393915

Letters to Nathaniel Cushing of Pembroke, Massachusetts, describing privateering and the effects of the British naval blockade during the War of 1812. Business and family matters are also discussed.

95 letters.

Southern Methodist University DeGolyer Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8126627

Southern Methodist University DeGolyer Library

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Cushing, Benjamin, 1773-1864

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Nathaniel Cushing was a shipbuilder and businessman of Camden, Maine. From the description of Letters from Benjamin Cushing to Nathaniel Cushing, 1811-1825. (Southern Methodist University). WorldCat record id: 751393915 Shipbuilder and businessman, of Camden, Me. Benjamin Cushing was a store owner in Camden, Me., and became very involved in shipbuilding. He was also postmaster, selectman, and justice of the peace. He was a hostage of the British in C...

Cushing, Nathaniel, 1762-1827

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Nathaniel Cushing ran an iron works, making anchors in particular, in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. For a time, he also had a store, but he closed that business to concentrate on the ironworks. Later, he was involved in the Pembroke Woolen and Cotton Manufactory. Nathaniel was the son of Nathaniel and Lucy Turner Cushing, born June 24, 1762. Nathaniel had brothers named Isaac (a merchant in Spain), Charles, and Ben (a ship captain), and sisters Mehitable and Lucy (married to a Mr. Es...