He died in His son, known as Josiah Quincy Jr. A graduate of Harvard, he established a successful law practice. He wrote extensively on behalf of the patriot cause and sailed to England in to build support for the colonies. He was lost at sea on the return voyage in The third Josiah Quincy was born in Boston on February 4, , and was less than three years old when his father died.
In the family tradition, he graduated from Harvard and soon became politically active. After some minor positions in Boston, he ran for the U.
Quincy, Edmund. Life of Josiah Quincy of Massachusetts. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, Quincy, Josiah. Memoir of the Life of Josiah Quincy. New York: Da Capo Press, Featured Search Historical Highlights of the House. Learn about Foreign Leader Addresses. Featured Search the People of the House.
Majority Leaders. Bean Soup! Featured Black Americans in Congress. Josiah Quincy became the first layman since John Leverett to assume the presidency of Harvard University. After his retirement, Quincy lived another two decades. Some of the material in this collection was annotated by both Eliza and Edmund. Whenever possible the archivist noted the terms of acquisition in the folder list below. The acquisitions are as follows:.
Citations to published versions of the documents in this collection are noted in the folder lists. Most of this material was first classified and described in the Harvard University Archives shelflist prior to In , Dominic P. Grandinetti re-processed these papers. Re-processing included the rehousing of materials in the appropriate containers, establishment of a folder list, and the creation of this finding aid.
The archivist placed the documents into acid-free folders, rehoused the materials into archival document boxes, and examined the folder contents to establish the date of the material. In the folder list below, wording such as "in Quincy's handwriting" or "handwritten" have been used instead of the terminology "autograph" or "holograph.
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Papers of Josiah Quincy, Harvard University Archives. Skip to main content. Browse Repositories Collections Digital Materials. Collection Overview. Collection Inventory. Scope and Contents. Additional Description. Correspondence Files. Subject Files. Taylor Mrs. DeWolfe Howe Herbert N. Shenton Charles F. Adams Reverend Bruce Smith W. Cowley William Farnsworth T. Roland Berner Katrina R.
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