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- catalog abstract "Contains 32 original letters, 1856-1864, from Charles L. Peirson to Edward Brooks Peirson describing his partnership with William H. Stodder, dealing with land purchase and speculation, usury, and the attempt to establish a town in the newly opened Minnesota Territory. Also includes 6 letters from Stodder to Charles, and to Edward Peirson, dating from 1861 to 1864, which pertain to Stodder's farming activities in Minnesota; and a receipt for taxes paid by Stodder and Peirson in Scott County in 1861.".
- catalog contributor b755204.
- catalog coverage "Minnesota History 1858-".
- catalog date "1856".
- catalog description "Card catalog.".
- catalog description "Contains 32 original letters, 1856-1864, from Charles L. Peirson to Edward Brooks Peirson describing his partnership with William H. Stodder, dealing with land purchase and speculation, usury, and the attempt to establish a town in the newly opened Minnesota Territory. Also includes 6 letters from Stodder to Charles, and to Edward Peirson, dating from 1861 to 1864, which pertain to Stodder's farming activities in Minnesota; and a receipt for taxes paid by Stodder and Peirson in Scott County in 1861.".
- catalog description "Peirson (Harvard, S.B. 1853, A.M.[Hon.] 1898) graduated from the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard. He entered the Civil War as first lieutenant, 20th Massachusetts Voluntary Infantry, was taken prisoner in Oct. 1861, returned to active service with the 39th Massachusetts Voluntary Infantry in Aug. 1862 as lieutenant colonel, and was promoted to colonel, then brigadier general by Mar. 1865 when he retired because of wounds and disability. He became a merchant in wholesale pig iron and coke (Stevenson & Peirson, Boston, 1865; later C. L. Peirson). He was one of the sons of Abel Lawrence Peirson, surgeon of Salem, Mass.".
- catalog description "Provenance: Boston Medical Library.".
- catalog extent "1 box.".
- catalog issued "1856".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog provenance "Provenance: Boston Medical Library.".
- catalog spatial "Minnesota History 1858-".
- catalog subject "Agriculture.".
- catalog subject "Peirson, Charles Lawrence, 1834-1920.".
- catalog subject "Peirson, Edward Brooks, 1820-1874.".
- catalog subject "Stodder, William H.".
- catalog title "Papers of Charles Lawrence Peirson, 1856-1864 (inclusive).".