Nathaniel B. Shurtleff
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff | |
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| 20th Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts | |
| In office January 6, 1868[1] – January 2, 1871[2] | |
| Preceded by | Otis Norcross |
| Succeeded by | William Gaston |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 22, 1810 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | October 17, 1874 (aged 64) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Democratic[3] |
| Spouse(s) | Sara Eliza Smith |
| Alma mater | Harvard College, Harvard Medical School |
| Profession | Medical Doctor |
Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff, Sr. (June 22, 1810 – October 17, 1874) was an American politician, serving as the twentieth mayor of Boston, Massachusetts from January 6, 1868 to January 2, 1871.[4]
Shurtleff, who had been defeated as the Know Nothing candidate for mayor in 1855 and as a Democrat in 1865 and 1866, was elected in 1867 as a Democrat.[5]
Honors[]
Shurtleff was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1849.[6] He was chosen to serve on the society's board of councilors from 1853 to 1874.[7] In 1857, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.[8]
Books[]
Shurtleff is well known to genealogists and historians as the editor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony records (published in five volumes from 1853 as Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England) and of part of the Plymouth Colony records.
- A Topographical and Historical Description of Boston.
See also[]
- Timeline of Boston, 1860s-1870s
References[]
- ^ City Council of Boston (1909), A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, p. 258
- ^ City Council of Boston (1909), A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, p. 261
- ^ Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done, Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company, 1914, p. 29
- ^ City Council of Boston (1909), A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, pp. 258–261
- ^ Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar (1969), The Boston Transcript: A History of Its First Hundred Years, Freeport, NY: Ayer Publishing, p. 113 ISBN 0-8369-5146-8
- ^ American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
- ^ Dunbar, B. (1987). Members and Officers of the American Antiquarian Society. Worcester: American Antiquarian Society.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
Bibliography[]
- A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822–1908, Roxbury, 1846–1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, (1909) pp. 258–261.
- Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done, Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company, (1914) pp. 28–29.
External links[]
- Works by or about Nathaniel B. Shurtleff at Internet Archive
- Open Library. Works by Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff
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- 1810 births
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- Harvard Medical School alumni
- Physicians from Massachusetts
- Mayors of Boston
- Harvard University alumni
- Members of the American Antiquarian Society
- 19th-century American politicians
- Trustees of the Boston Public Library