Lord Timothy Dexter: Historical New Hampshire/ by William C. Todd.
- Title:
- Lord Timothy Dexter: Historical New Hampshire/ by William C. Todd.
- Author:
- Todd, William C.,
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1946.
- Physical Description:
- p.2-10 : illustrations.
- Source:
- Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1946 Vol.2 (Februrary 1946) Historical New Hampshire
- Description:
- A biography of Timothy Dexter, a wealthy resident of Newburyport, Massachusetts given the mock title of Lord, is presented. It examines sources of his wealth, including his work in leather dressing, his speculation in Continental currency, or paper money issued by the U.S. Continental Congress, and his marriage to Elizabeth Lord, a wealthy widow. The author notes Dexter's ownership of land in Chester, New Hampshire and comments on what he calls Dexter's vanity, superstition, and ostentation.
- Locations:
- Chester (N.H.).
Newburyport (Mass.). - People:
- Dexter, Timothy.
- Organizations:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.
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