Bowditch family business letters, 1826-1861 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Small collection of letters to Nathaniel Bowditch and his son Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch, including business letters related to Nathaniel Bowditch's role as actuary for the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, acknowledgments of donations to the Harvard University Library and the Boston Public Library, and letters related to the acquisition of John Singleton Copley's portrait of Charles I for the Boston Public Library. Correspondents include Harvard president Josiah Quincy, Joseph W. Revere, and Edward Everett