Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff, Sr. (June 22, 1810 – October 17, 1874) was an American politician, serving as the twentieth mayor of
Boston, Massachusetts from January 6, 1868 to January 2, 1871.
Shurtleff, who had been defeated as the
Know Nothing candidate for mayor
in 1855 and as a
Democrat
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
in
1865 and
1866
Events January–March
* January 1
** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee.
** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine '' The Liberator'' is published.
* January 6 – Ottoman t ...
, was elected
in 1867 as a Democrat.
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Honors
Shurtleff was elected a member of the
American Antiquarian Society
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in 1849. He was chosen to serve on the society's board of councilors from 1853 to 1874. In 1857, he was elected to the
American Philosophical Society
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.
Books
Shurtleff is well known to genealogists and historians as the editor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony records (published in five volumes from 1853 as ''Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England'') and of part of the Plymouth Colony records.
*''A Topographical and Historical Description of Boston''.
See also
*
Timeline of Boston
This article is a timeline of the history of the city of Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
17th century
* 1625 – William Blaxton arrives.
* 1630 - When Boston was founded
** English Puritans arrive.
** First Church in Boston established.
** Septe ...
, 1860s-1870s
References
Bibliography
* ''A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822–1908, Roxbury, 1846–1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers'', Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, (1909) pp. 258–261.
* ''Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done'', Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company, (1914) pp. 28–29.
External links
*
* Open Library
Works by Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff
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1810 births
1874 deaths
Harvard Medical School alumni
Physicians from Massachusetts
Mayors of Boston
Harvard University alumni
Members of the American Antiquarian Society
19th-century American politicians
Trustees of the Boston Public Library