Francis Cabot Lowell papers, 1742-1894 bulk 1794-1817.

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Francis Cabot Lowell papers, 1742-1894 bulk 1794-1817.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9891701

Papers of trader and pioneer manufacturer Francis Cabot Lowell (1775-1817). The collection consists of 9 boxes of loose manuscripts and 9 bound letterbooks and account books. The collection contains material on Lowell's Harvard years, his travels in Great Britain and Europe, Boston social life, economic conditions in the early 19th century and trade during the War of 1812. There is a small but not insignificant amount of material on Lowell's early manufacturing ventures. Other family members prominently represented in the papers are Charles Lowell, John Lowell III, Hanah Jackson Lowell, Mary Jackson Lee, Charles Jackson, Patrick Tracy Jackson, William Cabot and Francis Cabot II. Other important correspondents include Samuel P. Gardner, Elizabeth P. Gardner, Henry Lee and Anne Grant.

9 boxes and 9 volumes.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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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...

Jackson, P. T. (Patrick Tracy), 1780-1847

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Jackson's father, Patrick Tracy Jackson, was instrumental in the founding of Lowell, Mass., the Merrimack Manufacturing Company, the Appleton Company, etc., and was on the Board of Directors of the Essex Company, which developed Lawrence, Mass. From the description of [Weaving superintendent's notebook]. 1898-1900. (American Textile History Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 48433790 ...

Lowell, Francis Cabot, 1775-1817

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Cabot, William, 1752-1828.

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Lowell, Hannah Jackson, d. 1815.

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Grant, Anne MacVicar, 1755-1838

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Author. From the description of Letter, 1830 October 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145407785 Scottish writer who spent some of childhood living in the United States. From the description of Letters of Anne Grant, 1822-1836. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 35035731 Scottish writer who spent some of her childhood living in the United States. From the description of Letters of Anne Grant [manuscript], 1822-1836. (University of...

Gardner, Elizabeth Jane

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Student at South Carolina Female Collegiate Institute, Barhamville, S.C. (near Columbia, S.C.). From the description of Elizabeth Gardner papers, 1851-1853. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 42638549 ...

Gardner, Samuel

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Epithet: Consul at Jassy, in Rumania British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000388.0x0003b4 ...

Lowell, John, 1769-1840

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Lowell graduated from Harvard College (1786) and studied law with his father until 1789 when he was admitted to the Suffolk bar. He left for Europe in 1803 and upon his return devoted himself exclusively to humanitarian endeavors and federalist politics. From the description of Statement to the jury, ca. 1803. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 236087815 Lawyer and political writer. From the description of Letters, 1833-1834. (Boston Athenaeum). Wo...

Lee, Mary, 1783-1860

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Lowell, Francis C. (Francis Cabot), 1803-1874

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Lee, Henry, 1782-1867

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