Hancock, Thomas

Person

Dates

Existence: 1703 - 1764

Biography

Bookseller, bookbinder, merchant, Boston; member of Mass. House of Representatives and Governor's Council)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Hancock family papers

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School

Collection Identifier: Mss:766 1712-1854 H234

Overview: The Hancock family of Boston included wealthy colonial merchant Thomas Hancock (1703-1764) and his nephew John Hancock (1737-1793), president of the Second Continental Congress, governor of Massachusetts, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. This collection, dated 1664-1854, contains business and personal correspondence, financial records, and legal papers of Thomas Hancock, John Hancock, and other relatives and associates, including Ebenezer Hancock (1741-1819; Harvard AB 1760),...

Massachusetts Governor's Council order, 1760 April 1 Digital

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School / Collection: Vertical file collection on building construction / Series: Series II: Brick and masonry

File — Box MSS VF 12: [Barcode: HB9TV3], Folder: 15Identifier: Mss:71 1760-1867 File

Scope and Contents:

A 1760 order signed by members of the Massachusetts Governor's Council, which included Thomas Hutchinson (1711-1780; Harvard AB 1727), Thomas Hancock (1703-1764), Jacob Wendell (1691-1761), and Thomas Cushing (1725-1788; Harvard AB 1744), granting tax collector Benjamin Hallowell (1724-1799) permission to construct a new house on his land, provided he built with stone or brick and covered the house with tile or slate in accordance with the law.