Nathan Brooks

Series contains papers dated 1795-1861 (bulk 1813-1861), primarily generated by Nathan Brooks' professional involvements and activities. Some relate to offices that Brooks held (legal/judicial and other), some to his legal practice. Series includes files reflecting Brooks' involvement in the following offices or governing bodies: Master in Chancery; Justice of the Peace (including records of the case David Loring v. Ephraim Wales Bull); Auditor; Notary...

Business papers consist of materials generated by Brooks' legal practice in Concord and by his position in Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Include: correspondence (1816-1864) from clients and others, much of it regarding Brooks' collection of bills on behalf of clients and also for his own services; bills and receipts (1796-1863), some personal, some related to collection of bills for clients; two account books (one for 1829, one 1836-1863); correspondence...

Series consists of deeds and accompanying plans or surveys of property in Concord and elsewhere in Mass. (Removed during preliminary sorting of the Brooks collection by Concord historian and archivist Ruth R. Wheeler from the papers of estates that Brooks administered, the deeds in this series cannot be easily reintegrated into the papers from which they came.) In addition to the deeds relating to Concord, the series includes deeds relating to Acton,...

Consists of two letters, one undated, the second dated Aug. 29, 1860. M. Whitman asks Brooks in the first letter about the requirements for a legal Congregational ordination in the state of Massachusetts; Brooks replies in the letter of Aug. 29. The correspondence cannot be connected to events in the First Parish, the Trinitarian Congregational Church, or the First Universalist Society in Concord. It is unclear whether M. Whitman, who cannot be found...

Invitation to Nathan Brooks to attend evening meeting of Club in "Academick Hall."

Primarily business-generated papers, 1810-1848, including accounts, account book, bills, receipts, correspondence, promissory notes, and estate inventories. Includes some materials relating to partnership of Burr and Moses Prichard (Burr & Prichard), some relating to the making of a clock for the meetinghouse in Concord, and also some relating to a meetinghouse pew belonging to John Thoreau.

Papers 1717-1858 reflecting Brown's personal finances and consisting of correspondence (1828-1851), bills, accounts, and receipts (1717-1854), account book (1830-1854), and material (1854-1858) to and from Nathan Brooks regarding the settlement of Brown's estate (including correspondence, estate inventory, bills and receipts, etc.). The folder including bills and receipts dated 1850-1854 (Box 7, Folder 2) includes a statement from H.D. Thoreau (1851...

Records 1836-1854, from Daniel Shattuck's estate papers. (Shattuck's estate was administered by Concord lawyer Nathan Brooks.) Records consist primarily of bills, accounts, and receipts; also include correspondence and agreement.