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Dr. Walter Hunnewell, 1769 – 1855 |
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Samuel Barnard. Owned a farm on Belmont Street circa 1860. Possibly the
influence on Anne Whitney to take up sculpture. |
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Charles Pratt, 1830 - 1891. Made his fortune in the oil business partnered with John
D. Rockefeller. Founded the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Gave the Watertown Free Public
Library a trust fund in honor of his father, Asa. The Pratt Room is located on the ground
floor of the library. |
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Benjamin Robbins Curtis, 1809 – 1874, Justice of U.S. Supreme Court. Wrote
the dissenting opinion in the Dred Scott decision. |
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Reverend Seth Storer, pastor, 1724 – 1774. From a portrait by John Smibert. |
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Josiah Stickney, 1789 – 1876. Became prosperous by his activities in trading,
whaling, and the sugar business. Held many positions on the boards of banks and railroads.
The grounds of the former Stickney Estate now belong to the Perkins School for the Blind. |
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Ann Maria Howard White (Mrs. Abijah White) |
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Irish Boarding House group, circa 1880's. |
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“Festa” Sons of Italy Piave Fiume Lodge, 1975. |
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Oliver Shaw, died 1894. Officer of Union Market Bank, Manager of Pratt's Foundry
on Main Street. Lived at 120 Mount Auburn Street. |
