Scope and Contents
Ledger of subscriber names, locations, and payments maintained by the Boston Gazette from 1798 to 1826. Subscribers included individuals like Oliver Wendell (1733-1818; Harvard AB 1753), a Boston judge and member of the Harvard Corporation; Tudor Ice Company founder Frederic Tudor (1783-1864), and his brother-in-law, Maine landowner Robert Hallowell Gardiner (1782-1864; Harvard AB 1801); Lydia Hozier, of Nantucket; Mrs. Persis Davis of Concord; and Captain Isaac Hinckley (1783-1818), a shipmaster from Hingham. Corporate and institutional subscribers were spread across the United States, and included Harvard College Library, South Carolina Insurance Company, and the Portsmouth Athenaeum, in addition to a reading room in Havana, Cuba. There is an index of subscribers in the front of the volume.
Dates
- Creation: 1798-1826
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials stored onsite. Please contact specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu for more information.
Extent
.25 linear feet (1 volume)Biographical / Historical
The Boston Gazette was published between the 1700s and 1800s.
Physical Location
MANU
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposited by Boston Public Library, 1930.
Digitization Funding
Collections and items have been digitized with the generous support of The Polonsky Foundation.
Processing Information
Processed: February 2019 By: Brooke McManus
- Title
- Boston Gazette. Boston Gazette Ledger, 1798-1826 (inclusive): A Finding Aid
- Author
- Baker Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- bak00755
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
Baker Library Special Collections and Archives holds unique resources that focus on the evolution of business and industry, as well as the records of the Harvard Business School, documenting the institution's development over the last century. These rich and varied collections support research in a diverse range of fields such as business, economic, social and cultural history as well as the history of science and technology.
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