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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 10 0 Browse Search
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition 7 1 Browse Search
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches 6 0 Browse Search
Cambridge sketches (ed. Estelle M. H. Merrill) 6 0 Browse Search
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. 6 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Olde Cambridge 2 0 Browse Search
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Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches, The close of the War (search)
pleasant to think that such a man should have met with unusual prosperity in his old age --and the person to whom he owed this improvement of his affairs was Nathaniel Thayer, of Boston. Mr. Thayer took charge of Doctor Peabody's property and trebled or quadrupled it in value. Mr. Thayer was very fond of doing such kindnesses toMr. Thayer took charge of Doctor Peabody's property and trebled or quadrupled it in value. Mr. Thayer was very fond of doing such kindnesses to his friends, especially to clergymen. He liked the society of clergymen, and certainly in this he showed excellent judgment. During the last ten years of his life he spent his summers at the Isles of Shoals, and generally with one or more reverend gentlemen in his company. He was besides a most munificent patron of the univerMr. Thayer was very fond of doing such kindnesses to his friends, especially to clergymen. He liked the society of clergymen, and certainly in this he showed excellent judgment. During the last ten years of his life he spent his summers at the Isles of Shoals, and generally with one or more reverend gentlemen in his company. He was besides a most munificent patron of the university. He provided the means for Agassiz to go on his expedition to South America, and in conjunction with Doctor Hill reestablished commons for the students — a reform, as he once stated, as advantageous to their morals as to their purses. He afterwards built the dormitory which is known by his name. He was so kind-hearted, tha