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Boston's uncompromising anti-slavery paper The Liberator was founded on this site in 1831 by William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879), a leader of the abolition movement in Boston.

The Liberator was the voice of Boston's racially integrated anti-slavery community. It became the most influential abolitionist paper in America; contributors included Charles Sumner and Frederick Douglass. The journal moved to Cornhill in 1834; the building burned in the Great Fire of 1872.

Most Frequent Names
Count	Surname	Date Range	Updated
471	Smith	1586 - 2007	1-10-2023
365	Adams	1602 - 1997	12-29-2022
298	Thayer	1625 - 2018	1-22-2023
286	Clark	1632 - 2002	1-23-2023
284	Allen	1623 - 1984	1-3-2023
272	Davis	1610 - 2006	1-23-2023

Record Type	Count
> Members	3,842
> Others	12,413
Art & Music > Artists	399
Art & Music > Musicians	150
Art & Music > Organists	8
Business > Bankers	2,168
Business > Businesspeople	817
Business > Foodies	12
Business > Railroads	1,656
Business > Treasurers	337
Education > Board of Education	434
Education > Graduates	33,397
Education > Journalists	249
Education > Librarians	1,461
Education > Principals	2,667
Education > Professors	1,958
Education > School Superintendents	524
Education > Students	26
Education > Teachers	18,175
Education > Tutors	165
History > Genealogists	27
Justice > Attorneys	1,654
Justice > Attorneys General	39
Justice > Court Clerks	130
Justice > District Attorneys	49
Justice > Judges	884
Justice > Justices of the Peace	163
Justice > Police and Firemen	442
Justice > Sheriffs	207
Local Government > Aldermen	20
Local Government > Assessors	158
Local Government > County Clerks	4
Local Government > Highway and Street Commissioners	57
Local Government > Lighthouse Keepers	356
Local Government > Mayors	527
Local Government > Notaries	8
Local Government > Postmasters	334
Local Government > Registers of Deeds	110
Local Government > Selectmen	234
Local Government > Town Clerks	201
Military > Army Deployments	496
Military > Other Naval Service	792
Organizations > Presidents	23
Religion > Bishops	21
Religion > Deacons	199
Religion > Ministers	21,062
Religion > Missionaries	15
Science > Architects	398
Science > Coroners	536
Science > Dentists	863
Science > Engineers	589
Science > Nurses	126
Science > Pharmacists	285
Science > Physicians	10,047
Science > Scientists	616
Sports > Baseball Players	1,496
Sports > Football Players	22
State Government > Constitutional Conventions	77
State Government > Governors	67
State Government > Lieutenant Governors	57
State Government > Secretaries of State	21
State Government > State Legislators	131
State Government > State Representatives	489
State Government > State Senators	308

Campaign	Side	Unit	Count
Revolutionary War	Massachusetts	MA Regiment	3
Revolutionary War	USA	MA Capt Cogwells Co	1
Revolutionary War	USA	MA Col Cogswell Co	1
Revolutionary War	USA	MA Militia	6
Revolutionary War	USA	MA Brooks' Regiment	1
Revolutionary War	USA	MA Frye's Regiment	1
Revolutionary War	USA	MA Henly's Regiment	1
Revolutionary War	USA	MA Kollock's Company	1
Revolutionary War	USA	MA Lincoln's Regiment	1
Revolutionary War	USA	MA Perce's Battalion of Militia	1
Revolutionary War	USA	MA Robinson Regiment	1
Revolutionary War	USA	MA Simonds' Regiment	1
Revolutionary War	USA	MA Wells' Regiment	1
Revolutionary War	USA	3rd MA Essex Co	1
Revolutionary War	USA	4th MA Regiment	2
Revolutionary War	USA	4th MA Militia	2
Revolutionary War	USA	6th MA Militia	1
Revolutionary War	USA	10th MA Regiment	1
Revolutionary War	USA	11th MA Militia	1
US Civil War	USA	1st MA Cavalry	2
US Civil War	USA	2nd MA Cavalry	1
US Civil War	USA	2nd MA Infantry	4
US Civil War	USA	3rd MA Cavalry	1
US Civil War	USA	3rd MA Infantry (3 months)	3
US Civil War	USA	3rd MA Infantry (9 months)	2
US Civil War	USA	4th MA Infantry (9 months)	5
US Civil War	USA	5th MA Cavalry	1
US Civil War	USA	5th MA Infantry (100 days)	1
US Civil War	USA	8th MA Infantry	2
US Civil War	USA	10th MA Infantry	2
US Civil War	USA	12th MA Infantry	1
US Civil War	USA	13th MA Infantry	2
US Civil War	USA	15th MA Infantry	7
US Civil War	USA	18th MA Infantry	16
US Civil War	USA	19th MA Infantry	1
US Civil War	USA	20th MA Infantry	5
US Civil War	USA	20th MA Volunteers	2
US Civil War	USA	21st MA Infantry	3
US Civil War	USA	28th MA Infantry	2
US Civil War	USA	29th MA Volunteers	1
US Civil War	USA	30th MA Infantry	1
US Civil War	USA	34th MA Volunteers	1
US Civil War	USA	35th MA Infantry	2
US Civil War	USA	36th MA Infantry	2
US Civil War	USA	40th MA Regiment	1
US Civil War	USA	40th MA Infantry	1
US Civil War	USA	44th MA Infantry	2
US Civil War	USA	49th MA Infantry	1
US Civil War	USA	52nd MA Infantry	1
US Civil War	USA	53rd MA Infantry	1
US Civil War	USA	54th MA Infantry	2
US Civil War	USA	55th MA Infantry	1
US Civil War	USA	57th MA Infantry	2
US Civil War	USA	60th MA Infantry	1
Spanish American War	USA	6th MA Infantry	1
World War II	USA	MA QMC	2

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Arthur Tappan

22 MAY 1786	born in Cambridge, Middlesex Co, MA
23 JUL 1865	died in New Haven, New Haven Co, CT, about age 79.

18 AUG 1807	born in Barnstable, Barnstable Co, MA
1845-1848	MA, State Senator
1851-1854	MA, US Representative
26 JUN 1857	died in Barnstable, Barnstable Co, MA, about age 50.

1855	born in Somerville, Middlesex Co, MA
1906	MA, Boston, Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co, secretary
1906	MA, Boston, Boston Brick Co, secretary, treasurer
1906	MA, Boston, Cambridge Electric Light Co, president
1906	MA, Boston, Central Oil Co, director
1906	MA, Boston, Franklin Mining Co, director
1906	MA, Boston, Fresh Pond Ice Co, president
1906	MA, Boston, Goepper Brothers Co, director
1906	MA, Boston, Traders Wharf and Warehouse Co, president
1906	MA, Boston, United Zinc Companies, director
29 NOV 1916	died in Cambridge, Middlesex Co, MA, about age 62.

16 MAY 1809	born in Rowley, Essex Co, MA
1832	ME, Brunswick, Bowdoin College
1835	MA, Newton, Andover Theological Seminary
1836-1838	ME, Oxford, Congregational Church, Minister
1839-1841	ME, Pownal, Congregational Church, Minister
1841	MA, Woburn, Warren Academy, principal
1845-1846	MA, Milton, Milton Academy, principal
1847-1849	ME, Harrison, Congregational Church, Minister
1849-1853	MA, Byfield, Dummer Academy, principal
1854-1857	MA, Lynnfield, Congregational Church, Minister
1857-1861	MA, Ware, Congregational Church, Minister
18 DEC 1887	died in MA, about age 79.

3 AUG 1826	born in Berkshire Co, MA
1851	OH, Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University
1892	DC, physician
20 DEC 1893	died in Washington, DC, about age 67.

30 MAR 1908	born in North Adams, Berkshire Co, MA
24 NOV 1999	died in Hampshire Co, MA, about age 92.

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Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Samuel Wilde Coggeshall

25 JUL 1915	born in Brookline, Norfolk Co, MA
12 AUG 1944	died in England, about age 29.

25 MAY 1803	born in Boston, Suffolk Co, MA
1821	MA, Cambridge, Harvard University
1829-1832	MA, Boston, Second Unitarian Church, Minister
27 APR 1882	died in Concord, Middlesex Co, MA, about age 79.

11 FEB 1811	born in Lynn, Essex Co, MA
1832	MA, Leominster, Methodist Church, Minister
1834-1835	MA, Taunton, First Methodist Church, Minister
1835	MA, Stoughton, Methodist Church, Minister
1836	RI, Centerville, Methodist Church, Minister
1839	MA, Falmouth, Methodist Church, Minister
1841	MA, Provincetown, Center Methodist Church, Minister
1842-1843	MA, Scituate, Methodist Church, Minister
1843-1844	MA, West Bridgewater, Cochesett Methodist Church, Minister
1846	MA, Wareham, Methodist Church, Minister
1847-1848	MA, Vineyard Haven, Methodist Church, Minister
1849-1850	CT, Danielson, Methodist Church, Minister
1851-1852	CT, Thompsonville, Methodist Church, Minister
1853-1854	CT, Mystic, Methodist Church, Minister
1857	MA, Nantucket, Methodist Church, Minister
1858	MA, Chatham, Methodist Church, Minister
1859	MA, Taunton, First Methodist Church, Minister
1860	RI, East Greenwich, Methodist Church, Minister
1862	RI, Portsmouth, Methodist Church, Minister
1863	MA, North Rehoboth, Methodist Church, Minister
1864-1865	RI, Little Compton, Methodist Church, Minister
1869	MA, Barnstable, Methodist Church, Minister
1874-1876	MA, Cataumet, Methodist Church, Minister
20 OCT 1885	died in Providence Co, RI, about age 75.