Papers, 1786-1826.

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Papers, 1786-1826.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7897126

Collection consists principally of letters, draft letters and letters received, chronologically arranged. The letters illustrate William Tudor's activities as a merchant in Boston and the development of the ice business with his brother, Frederic, his travels in Europe, the rise of the North American Review and Tudor's literary endeavors, and finally, his difficult role as U.S. Consul in Peru during the war of liberation from Spain. Papers include Tudor's account of a trip through Middlesex Co. into N.H., ca. 1794, an extensive letters to his father, 1797, reporting on affairs in Boston; letters, 1798-1801, mostly from a trip to France ; letters, draft letters, 1811-1812, to Stephen Higginson, James Monroe, Josiah Quincy, Frederic Tudor and others; material relating to the North American Review; letters received, 1815-1823 from Timothy Pickering, John Pickering, John Vaughan, John Davis, William Lee, Robert Hallowell Gardiner, William Roscoe, Samuel Gilman, Robert Walsh and others; and letters received as consul, 1823-1826, from family members and Boston merchants mostly seeking Tudor's assistance as U.S. Consul recovering confiscated cargo, ships and imprisioned crew.

125 items, in box ; 27 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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Tudor, William, 1750-1819

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Tudor, William, 1779-1830

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Pickering, John, 1777-1846

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Walsh, Robert, 1784-1859

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Monroe, James, 1758-1831

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Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864

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Gilman, Samuel, 1791-1898.

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Roscoe, William, 1753-1831

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Otis, James, 1725-1783

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North American review.

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Pickering, Timothy, 1777-1846.

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Lee, William, 1772-1840

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