Silas Peirce
Silas Peirce | |
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| City of Boston Chairman Board of Aldermen[1] | |
| In office 1861[1]–1862[2] | |
| Preceded by | Otis Clapp[3] |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Phillips Rich[4] |
| City of Boston Chairman Board of Aldermen[5] | |
| In office 1859[4]–1860[4] | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Wightman[6] |
| Succeeded by | Otis Clapp[3] |
| City of Boston Board of Aldermen[5] | |
| In office January 1857 – January, 1862 | |
| City of Boston Board of Aldermen[7] | |
| In office January, 1863 – January, 1864 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 15, 1793[4] Scituate, Massachusetts[4][8] |
| Died | August 27, 1879 (aged 86)[9] Boston, Massachusetts |
| Occupation | Grocer[10] and politician |
| Signature |  |
Silas Peirce (February 15, 1793 – August 27, 1879) was an American grocer and politician who founded the wholesale grocer[10] Silas Peirce & Co, in Boston, Massachusetts.[8] in April, 1815.[11] The grocery firm of Silas Peirce & Co., Ltd. lasted 111 years.[10]
Political offices
Peirce served as Chairman and a member of the Boston Board of Aldermen.
Military service
From 1816 to 1822, Peirce served in the First Regiment, Third Brigade, Fourth Division of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia.[8] In 1821 Peirce joined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts.[12]
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Silas Peirce's Business card circa 1822
See also
References
- ^ a b City Clerk Statistics Department (1882), Municipal Register containing the City Charter the Rules and Orders of the City Council and a List of Officers for the City of Boston, For the Year 1882, Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, p. 328
- ^ City Clerk Statistics, 1882. p. 329.
- ^ a b City Clerk Statistics, 1882. p. 327.
- ^ a b c d e City Clerk Statistics, 1920. p. 210.
- ^ a b City Clerk Statistics, 1882. p. 326.
- ^ City Clerk Statistics, 1882. p. 325.
- ^ City Clerk Statistics, 1882. p. 330-331.
- ^ a b c Roberts, Oliver Ayer (1897), History of the Military company of the Massachusetts, now called the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts Vol. II - 1738-1821, Boston, MA.: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, p. 449.
- ^ Clapp, John Bouvé (1915), A century of service, 1815-1915, Boston, MA.: Silas Peirce & Co Limited, p. 34.
- ^ a b c 111-Year-Old Firm Loses Its Identity Silas Peirce & Co., Ltd., in New Consolidation, Boston, MA.: Christian Science Monitor, Apr 28, 1926, p. 4B.
- ^ Clapp, 1915. p. 8.
- ^ Roberts, Oliver Ayer (1897), History of the Military company of the Massachusetts, now called The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts 1637-1888, Volume 2 1738-1821, Boston, MA.: The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, pp. 426, 449.
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