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Silas Peirce


Chairman of the Boston Board of Aldermen
In office 1861–1862
Preceded by	Otis Clapp
Succeeded by	Thomas Phillips Rich
In office 1859–1860
Preceded by	Joseph Wrightman
Succeeded by	Otis Clapp
Member of the Boston Board of Aldermen
In office 1859–1860
Preceded by	Joseph Wightman
Succeeded by	Otis Clapp
In office January 1857 – January, 1862
In office January, 1863 – January, 1864

Personal details
Born	February 15, 1793^[1] Scituate, Massachusetts^[1]^[2]
Died	August 27, 1879 (1879-08-28) (aged 86)^[3] Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation	Grocer and politician
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Silas Peirce (February 15, 1793 – August 27, 1879) was an American grocer and politician who founded the wholesale grocer^[4] Silas Peirce & Co, in Boston, Massachusetts.^[2] in April, 1815.^[5] The grocery firm of Silas Peirce & Co., Ltd. lasted 111 years.^[4]

Political offices

Peirce served as chairman and a member of the Boston Board of Aldermen.

Military service

From 1816 to 1822, Peirce served in the First Regiment, Third Brigade, Fourth Division of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia.^[2] In 1821 Peirce joined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts.^[6]

Archives and records

Silas Peirce & Company records at Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School.

Silas Peirce's Business card circa 1822

References

^ ^a ^b City Clerk Statistics, 1920. p. 210.
^ ^a ^b ^c Roberts, Oliver Ayer (1897), History of the Military company of the Massachusetts, now called the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts Vol. II - 1738-1821, Boston, MA.: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, p. 449
^ Clapp, John Bouvé (1915), A century of service, 1815-1915, Boston, MA.: Silas Peirce & Co Limited, p. 34
^ ^a ^b 111-Year-Old Firm Loses Its Identity Silas Peirce & Co., Ltd., in New Consolidation, Boston, MA.: Christian Science Monitor, Apr 28, 1926, p. 4B
^ Clapp, 1915. p. 8.
^ Roberts, Oliver Ayer (1897), History of the Military company of the Massachusetts, now called The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts 1637-1888, Volume 2 1738-1821, Boston, MA.: The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, pp. 426, 449

Political offices
Preceded by Joseph Wightman	Chairman of the Board of Aldermen of Boston, Massachusetts 1859–1860	Succeeded by Otis Clapp

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