1861 Memoir of Nathan Appleton by Robert Winthrop Inscribed Massachusetts

Description: Memoir of Nathan Appleton, Massachusetts politician and merchant, by Robert C. Winthrop, politician from Boston. Both children of old New England families, Appleton was one of the first mill owners to use the power loom which in turn led to the development of Lowell, Massachusetts. He also served in the general court of Massachusetts, the United States House of Representatives and was a member of the the Academy of Science and Arts and the Massachusetts Historical Society. Winthrop served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and was the speaker of that body for several years. He also was a member of the American Antiquarian Society. He wrote this memoir as a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Pamphlet is inscribed at top of front “Chas Brooks from the author”. Appleton and Winthrop served succeeding terms of office in the House of Representatives.Good Condition: 8vo: plain tan paper wraps with black lettering: loss of spine: small tears at front spine; piece missing near center back at spine: slight chipping at edges: portrait of Appleton as frontispiece with tissue overlay: shading on title page from frontispiece: slight yellowing from age: ”Memoir of the Hon. Nathan Appleton, LL.D. Prepared Agreeably to a Resolution of the Massachusetts Historical Society” by Robert C. Winthrop with an Introduction and Appendix: Boston: John Wilson and Son, Printer: The Massachusetts Historical Society: 1861RAREP 1861ABDAPam-0520

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