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French, Benjamin Brown, 1800-1870

 

Dates

  • Existence: 1800 - 1870

Biography

Benjamin Brown French was assistant clerk in the United States House of Representatives from 1826 to 1845 when he was promoted to Clerk during the 29th Congress. He subsequently served as U.S. Commissioner of Public Buildings. His interests included poetry and he was an enthusiastic Freemason. Henry Flagg French was an attorney in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He was a county solicitor from 1838 to 1848, and a bank commissioner from 1848 to 1852. He served as a justice of the Court of Common Pleas in New Hampshire from 1855 to 1859, an assistant district attorney in Massachusetts from 1892 to 1865, and served as an assistant Secretary of the Treasury in Washington from 1876 to 1885.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Benjamin Brown French letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 858524
Mss 858524
Date(s): 1858-09-24
Scope and Contents

Letter from Benjamin Brown Frenchto Charles Lanman, providing information on two of his successors as Clerk of the House of Representatives. Includes Lanman's biographical anals of the civil government, 1876 (photocopy).

Benjamin Brown French letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 867112.4
Mss 867112.4
Date(s): 1867-01-12
Scope and Contents Two-page letter from Benjamin Brown French in Washington to Charles Lanman, sending him a list of Washington officials he compiled including Board of Commissioners, Superintendents and Commissioners of Public Buildings from January 22, 1791 to the present time. Included portrait of B.B. French as well as his New York Times obiturary and a biographical sketch. Also includes excerpt from Charles Lanman's Biographical Annals and excerpts from Register of officers and agents...in the service of...

Daniel Webster letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 841210
Webster Mss 841210
Date(s): 1841-03-10
Abstract

In English.

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