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Dodge, Benjamin Balch |
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000.28.2 - Vest
1849 "Gold Nugget" vest owned by Benjamin Balch Dodge, who sailed to California 21 November 1849 aboard the "Metropolis". Benjamin Balch Dodge was born 5 January 1828 son of Azor and Elizabthe Dodge. See also BHS Ship's Log #984.12.3 for information this vessel; this is where Benjamin B. Dodge's name is listed. Also see the "Argonauts of Forty-nine" by O. T. Howe, for information on the Metropolis & the Essex County and California Company.
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009.057.047 - Will
Copy of will of Benjamin Balch Dodge. In the will, he appoints his wife, Hannah M. Dodge (nee Hannah Maria Ellcott) and nephew, John Perley Stone as executors and outlines how and to whom his possessions shall be left. Benjamin Balch Dodge died on July 31, 1915. He is listed as retired in the 1915 city directory of Beverly, MA. The 1884 city directory lists him as a carpenter while the 1900 census records list him as a landlord. He left ...
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009.057.048 - Will
Copy of will of Benjamin Balch Dodge. In the will, he appoints his wife, Hannah M. Dodge (nee Hannah Maria Ellcott) and nephew, John Perley Stone as executors and outlines how and to whom his possessions shall be left. Benjamin Balch Dodge died on July 31, 1915. He is listed as retired in the 1915 city directory of Beverly, MA. The 1884 city directory lists him as a carpenter while the 1900 census records list him as a landlord. He left ...
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009.057.053 - Letter
Letter to Samuel H. Stone from Frederick B. Browning of the Office of Clerk of Committees, City Hall. He is writing on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Accounts in regards to a claim made by Benjamin B. Dodge that work done by the City of Beverly damaged the fence in front of his property at 388 Cabot Street. The letter also refers to ammends needing to be made to Benjamin B. Dodge regarding land taken for said work. Benjamin B(a...
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009.057.054 - Letter
Letter to Frederick B. Browning of the Office of Clerk of Committees, City Hall, Committee on Legal Affairs and Accounts. The letter refers to a claim made by Benjamin B(alch) Dodge that work done by the City of Beverly damaged the fence in front of his property at 388 Cabot Street. There were also issues around ammends needing to be made to Benjamin B. Dodge regarding land taken by the city for said work. The letter is presumably from Samuel ...
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009.057.055 - Letter
Letter to Samuel H. Stone from Frederick B. Browning of the Office of Clerk of Committees, City Hall. He is sending a release to be signed by Benjamin B(alch) Dodge to have repair work done to his property at 388 Cabot Street by the Commissioner of Public Works. Apparently, work done by the City of Beverly damaged the fence in front of Benjamin B. Dodge's property. Benjamin B(alch) Dodge was born around 1828 and died on July 31, 1915. His...
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009.057.061 - Correspondence
Correspondence from Benjamin B(alch) Dodge to the Mayor and Board of Alderman of Beverly, MA regarding damage done to his property by the City of Beverly. Benjamin Dodge claimed that during work done by the City of Beverly, damage was done to the fence in front of his home at 388 Cabot Street. He also claimed that he was "deprived" of some of his land during said work. Benjamin Dodge puts forth two propositions to remedy the situation and sign...
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