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Bigelow family papers,

Abijah Bigelow (1775-1860), the son of Elisha Bigelow and Sarah Goodridge Bigelow, studied at Leicester Academy in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1795. In 1798, he was admitted to the Worcester County bar. From 1810 to 1815, he served three terms as a Federalist...

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Corporate Authors: Alexander Street (Firm), American Antiquarian Society
Other Authors: Bigelow, Abijah, 1775-1860, Bigelow, Hannah Gardner, 1780-1857, Greene, Susan Bigelow, 1809-1883, Adams, Seth, 1800-1866
Format: Kit
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Alexandria, Va. : Alexander Street, 2011.
Series:Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries from the American Antiquarian Society.
Subjects:
Legislators > United States > Correspondence.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Sources.
United States > Politics and government > 1809-1817 > Sources.
United States > History > War of 1812 > Sources.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Correspondance.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1809-1817 > Sources.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1812, Guerre de > Sources.
Legislators
Politics and government
United States
1809-1865
Electronic books.
History
Personal correspondence
Sources
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Summary:Abijah Bigelow (1775-1860), the son of Elisha Bigelow and Sarah Goodridge Bigelow, studied at Leicester Academy in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1795. In 1798, he was admitted to the Worcester County bar. From 1810 to 1815, he served three terms as a Federalist Congressman from Leominster, Massachusetts. In 1817, Bigelow moved to Worcester, Massachusetts. On April 8, 1804, Abijah Bigelow married Hannah Gardner Bigelow (1780-1857) of Leominster, Massachusetts. They had nine children: Sarah Bigelow Adams (1805-1886), who married Seth Adams (1800-1866); Francis Elisha Bigelow (1807-1880), who married Elizabeth Colton Bigelow (dates unknown); Susan Bigelow Greene (1809-1883), who married Charles G. Greene (dates unknown); Hannah Bigelow (1812-1874); Abijah Bigelow (1814-1817); Elizabeth Bigelow (1815-1838); Lucinda Gardner Bigelow (1817-1875); Anne Gardner Bigelow (1818-1875); and Mary Bigelow (1821-1872). The collection contains many letters from Abijah Bigelow to his wife. In them, he details Congressional debate and reaction to the War of 1812 (which he viewed in a decidedly negative light), recounts many political developments of the period and illuminates the daily life of a Congressman. He also discusses family concerns, legal and financial affairs and Bigelow family genealogy. A bound, folio volume of typescript copies of some of these letters appears to have been used to edit the correspondence for publication; originals no longer exist for seven of these typescripted letters.
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