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He became President of the Suffolk Insurance Company<ref>{{cite web|url=http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/12/12mass252.html |title=PORTLAND BANK vs. APTHORP, 12 Mass. 252 |publisher=Masscases.com |date= |accessdate=2015-07-23}}</ref> and Bank Boston,<ref>{{cite book|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=PZcKAAAAYAAJ|page=96}} |title=Commercial directory: containing, a topographical description, extent and ... |date= |accessdate=2015-07-23}}</ref> before becoming the [[Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts]] 1812-1817. |
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== Early life == |
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| ⚫ | He first married Grace Foster, the daughter of William Foster and Grace Spear. She died leaving one child. Next, he married her twin sister Mary Spear. They had nine children. |
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He was born on December 24, 1769, to John Apthorp of Boston and London and his second wife, Hannah Greenleaf, who perished at sea while sailing to Charleston, South Carolina.<ref>Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Volume 6, page 396</ref> He and his two sisters, Frances Western and Hannah were raised by their maternal grandfather Stephen Greenleaf, the last Royal high sheriff of Suffolk County.<ref name=annals>{{cite book|first1=Henry Wilder |last1=Foote|first2=John Carroll |last2=Perkins|first3=Winslow |last3=Warren|title=Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan Age of New England to the Present Day|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=yfMWAAAAYAAJ|page=561}}|year=1896|publisher=Little, Brown|pages=561– |isbn=978-1248292624}}</ref> He graduated from Harvard University in 1792 and Harvard Law School in 1796. He also had two half-sisters from his father's first marriage to Alicia Mann. |
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== Personal life == |
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| ⚫ | He first married Grace Foster, the daughter of William Foster and Grace Spear. She died leaving one child. Next, he married her twin sister Mary Spear. They had nine children. His sister Frances Western married [[Charles Vaughn]], son of [[Samuel Vaughan]]. His sister Hannah married [[Charles Bulfinch]]. His sister in-law Sally Foster married [[Harrison Gray Otis (politician)|Harrison Gray Otis]]. [[William Foster Apthorp]] is his grandson, his nephews were [[Thomas Bulfinch]] and [[Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch]]. |
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==Works most widely held in WorldCat libraries== |
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=== Letter, 1815 Feb 11, to John T. Apthorp=== |
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| ⚫ | One edition was published in 1815 in English and held by one library. George Cabot, chairman of a committee appointed to respond to Apthorp, treasurer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts wrote in connection to a business transaction between the Commonwealth and the bank. Letter transmits five documents to Apthorp that the committee deemed necessary for him to examine.<ref>{{cite book|title=Letter, 1815 Feb. 11, to John T. Apthorp. (Book, 1815) |publisher=WorldCat.org |date=2015-04-14 |oclc = 021000721}}</ref> |
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide |
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Conveyance of property on Cambridge Street, Boston from Bertody to Bulfinch, 1791 May 5. Conveyance of same property from Bulfinch to Lucy Watson, 1807 Dec. 29 and (on verso) conveyance from Lucy Watson to Benjamin Marston Watson, 1812 July 3. Agreement of payment that Bulfinch stands bound and obliged unto Lucy Watson in the sum of four thousand dollars to be paid on or before 1808 Dec. 29 (dated 1807 Dec. 29). Letter, 1822 Nov. 5 by Bulfinch, Washington, D.C. to Benj. M. Watson discharging "the mortgage formerly given by me, upon the house and land in Cambridge Street--to Jno. Apthorp, B. Joy, I.P. Davis and George Storer." |
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===Documents=== |
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'''Papers, 1817-1841'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/014707231 |title=Papers, 1817-1841. (Archival material, 1817) |publisher=WorldCat.org |date=1999-02-22 |accessdate=2015-07-23}}</ref> by H. A. S Dearborn( mixd ) |
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| ⚫ | Numerous indenture documents have survived, including 1791-1822, between Francis Bertody and Charles Bulfinch, Charles Bulfinch and Lucy Watson, and Charles Bulfinch and Benjamin M. Watson<ref>{{cite book|title=Indentures, 1791-1822, between Francis Bertody and Charles Bulfinch, Charles Bulfinch and Lucy Watson, and Charles Bulfinch and Benjamin M. Watson. (Archival material, 1791) |publisher=[WorldCat.org] |date=1999-02-22 |oclc = 020978454}}</ref> ( mixd ) |
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* Conveyance of property on Cambridge Street, Boston from Bertody to Bulfinch, 1791 May 5. |
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* Conveyance of same property from Bulfinch to Lucy Watson, 1807 Dec. 29 |
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* (on verso) conveyance from Lucy Watson to Benjamin Marston Watson, 1812 July 3. |
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* Agreement of payment that Bulfinch stands bound and obliged unto Lucy Watson for the sum of four thousand dollars to be paid on or before 1808 Dec. 29 (dated 1807 Dec. 29). |
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* Letter, 1822 Nov. 5 by Bulfinch, Washington, D.C. to Benj. M. Watson discharging "the mortgage formerly given by me, upon the house and land in Cambridge Street--to Jno. Apthorp, B. Joy, I.P. Davis and George Storer." |
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===Papers, 1817-1841=== |
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| ⚫ | Most items relate to his duties as collector, U.S. Customs House, Boston.<ref name=worldcat>[http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n87-912626 "Apthorp, John T. (John Trecothick) 1770–1849"]. WorldCat Identities. WorldCat.org. Retrieved 2015-07-18.</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Papers, 1817-1841. (Archival material, 1817) |publisher=WorldCat.org |date=1999-02-22 |oclc = 014707231}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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<ref name=annals>Henry Wilder Foote; John Carroll Perkins; Winslow Warren (1896). ''Annals Of King's Chapel From The Puritan Age Of New England To The Present Day, Volume 2''. Little, Brown. pp. 143–44, ISBN 978-1248292624</ref> |
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| NAME = Apthorp, John T. |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American banker |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = December 24, 1769 |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 1849 |
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Latest revision as of 04:36, 25 December 2022
John Trecothick Apthorp (December 24, 1769 – April 8, 1849) was a banker, Lieutenant Colonel of the First Corps of Cadets (Massachusetts)[1] and grandson of Charles Apthorp.
He became President of the Suffolk Insurance Company[2] and Bank Boston,[3] before becoming the Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts 1812-1817.
Early life
[edit]He was born on December 24, 1769, to John Apthorp of Boston and London and his second wife, Hannah Greenleaf, who perished at sea while sailing to Charleston, South Carolina.[4] He and his two sisters, Frances Western and Hannah were raised by their maternal grandfather Stephen Greenleaf, the last Royal high sheriff of Suffolk County.[5] He graduated from Harvard University in 1792 and Harvard Law School in 1796. He also had two half-sisters from his father's first marriage to Alicia Mann.
Personal life
[edit]He first married Grace Foster, the daughter of William Foster and Grace Spear. She died leaving one child. Next, he married her twin sister Mary Spear. They had nine children. His sister Frances Western married Charles Vaughn, son of Samuel Vaughan. His sister Hannah married Charles Bulfinch. His sister in-law Sally Foster married Harrison Gray Otis. William Foster Apthorp is his grandson, his nephews were Thomas Bulfinch and Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch.
Works most widely held in WorldCat libraries
[edit]Letter, 1815 Feb 11, to John T. Apthorp
[edit]One edition was published in 1815 in English and held by one library. George Cabot, chairman of a committee appointed to respond to Apthorp, treasurer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts wrote in connection to a business transaction between the Commonwealth and the bank. Letter transmits five documents to Apthorp that the committee deemed necessary for him to examine.[6]
Documents
[edit]Numerous indenture documents have survived, including 1791-1822, between Francis Bertody and Charles Bulfinch, Charles Bulfinch and Lucy Watson, and Charles Bulfinch and Benjamin M. Watson[7] ( mixd )
- Conveyance of property on Cambridge Street, Boston from Bertody to Bulfinch, 1791 May 5.
- Conveyance of same property from Bulfinch to Lucy Watson, 1807 Dec. 29
- (on verso) conveyance from Lucy Watson to Benjamin Marston Watson, 1812 July 3.
- Agreement of payment that Bulfinch stands bound and obliged unto Lucy Watson for the sum of four thousand dollars to be paid on or before 1808 Dec. 29 (dated 1807 Dec. 29).
- Letter, 1822 Nov. 5 by Bulfinch, Washington, D.C. to Benj. M. Watson discharging "the mortgage formerly given by me, upon the house and land in Cambridge Street--to Jno. Apthorp, B. Joy, I.P. Davis and George Storer."
Papers, 1817-1841
[edit]Most items relate to his duties as collector, U.S. Customs House, Boston.[1][8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Apthorp, John T. (John Trecothick) 1770–1849". WorldCat Identities. WorldCat.org. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
- ^ "PORTLAND BANK vs. APTHORP, 12 Mass. 252". Masscases.com. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ^ Commercial directory: containing, a topographical description, extent and ... Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ^ Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Volume 6, page 396
- ^ Foote, Henry Wilder; Perkins, John Carroll; Warren, Winslow (1896). Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan Age of New England to the Present Day. Little, Brown. pp. 561–. ISBN 978-1248292624.
- ^ Letter, 1815 Feb. 11, to John T. Apthorp. (Book, 1815). WorldCat.org. 2015-04-14. OCLC 021000721.
- ^ Indentures, 1791-1822, between Francis Bertody and Charles Bulfinch, Charles Bulfinch and Lucy Watson, and Charles Bulfinch and Benjamin M. Watson. (Archival material, 1791). [WorldCat.org]. 1999-02-22. OCLC 020978454.
- ^ Papers, 1817-1841. (Archival material, 1817). WorldCat.org. 1999-02-22. OCLC 014707231.
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