Ebenezer Storer & Son records
Scope and Contents
Volume containing copies of records maintained by Ebenezer Storer, Jr. (1730-1807; Harvard AB 1747) dated 1763-1788, relating to the settlement of his father Ebenezer Storer Sr.'s estate and of their company Ebenezer Storer & Son. Ebenezer Storer, Sr., died in 1761, and his son was executor of the estate. The volume includes a complete inventory of the firm, which mainly traded in textiles, in addition to legal correspondence and memoranda. It also contains a copy of the will of Ebenezer Storer, Sr., and an account of the controversy surrounding the estate, which could not be settled until the death of his widow, Mary Storer in 1771. The will shows that Storer left his widow 400 pounds, three slaves, and the use of their mansion house on Union Street. After his death, her children also allowed her the horse and carriage and two more slaves.
Dates
- Creation: 1763-1788
Creator
- Storer, Ebenezer (Person)
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
Ebenezer Storer & Son was a wholesale merchant partnership that operated in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1754 until 1761, when Ebenezer Storer, Sr., died. The company sold mainly textiles out of a Boston warehouse. Ebenezer Storer, Jr. (1730-1807; Harvard AB 1747) was the executor of his father's estate and was in charge of settling their late firm's accounts. From 1777 to 1807, Storer, Jr., was treasurer of Harvard College.
Physical Location
MANU
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from Harvard College Library, 1966.
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
- Ebenezer Storer & Son. Ebenezer Storer & Son Records, 1763-1788 (inclusive): A Finding Aid
- Author
- Baker Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- bak00842
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
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