Caleb Stetson (January 6, 1801 – January 1885) was an American businessman and

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from the

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. A

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, in 1852 he was elected to serve in the

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. In the legislature he was the Chairman of the House Committee on Banking. He was a member of the

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. He was also an early promoter and president of the

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. He lost property in the Great fire of Boston.

References

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Bibliography

*''Annual Obituary Notices of Eminent Persons who Have Died in the United States'' p. 346 By Nathan Crosby (1858). * ''History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol I.'' By Duane Hamilton Hurd pp. 131–132. (1884). * ''Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Begun and Held in Boston, on the Fourth Day of May, 1853'' By Massachusetts Constitutional Convention p. 53, 191(1853). 1801 births 1885 deaths Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Politicians from Braintree, Massachusetts 19th-century American politicians {{Massachusetts-MARepresentative-stub