John Lowell papers
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Country
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US
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Language of name of institution
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eng
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Contact information: postal address
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Harvard Yard, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138
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Contact information: phone number
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001 (617) 495 2440
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Contact information: email
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Houghton_Library@harvard.edu
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Reference number
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MS Am 1582
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Type of reference number
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Archival reference number
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Title (official language of the state)
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John Lowell papers
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Language of title
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eng
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Creator / accumulator
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John Lowell
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Date(s)
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1629/1894
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Language(s)
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eng
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Extent
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5 linear feet (11 boxes)
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Type of material
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Textual Material
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Physical condition
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Good
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Scope and content
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This collection contains professional correspondence and legal documents reflecting the careers of the two John Lowells, father and son. It includes depositions, testimonies and memoranda from legal cases; reports and petitions of congresses; and deeds, contracts, wills, accounts, receipts, and promissory notes. The collection also contains correspondence from other family members.
Among the court records included in this collection is a testimony presented by Abraham Touro before the Massachusetts District Court in June 1772 concerning a case involving a trading ship from London, the Charlotte, Captain Mackay (box 8, no. 675). A digital copy is available online:
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Abraham Touro's testimony
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Administrative / Biographical history
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John Lowell (1743-1802) was a Massachusetts lawyer and judge. He received his BA from Harvard College in 1760 and served in the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783. His son, John Lowell (1769-1840), was a Massachusetts lawyer, agriculturist, philanthropist, and Federalist pamphlet writer. He received his BA from Harvard College in 1786.
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(source: John Lowell Papers - Harvard Library Digital Catalogue)
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System of arrangement
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Records are arranged alphabetically by author.
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Author of the description
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Carla Vieira, 2023
