Nathaniel B. Shurtleff

Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff, Sr. (June 22, 1810 – October 17, 1874) was an American politician, serving as the twentieth mayor of Boston, Massachusetts from January 6, 1868 to January 2, 1871.[4]

Nathaniel B. Shurtleff
20th Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
In office
January 6, 1868[1] – January 2, 1871[2]
Preceded byOtis Norcross
Succeeded byWilliam Gaston
Personal details
BornJune 22, 1810
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedOctober 17, 1874(1874-10-17) (aged 64)
Boston, Massachusetts
Political partyDemocratic[3]
Spouse(s)Sara Eliza Smith
Alma materHarvard College, Harvard Medical School
ProfessionMedical Doctor

Shurtleff, who had been defeated as the Know Nothing candidate for mayor in 1855 and as a Democrat in 1865 and 1866, was elected in 1867 as a Democrat.[5]

Honors

Shurtleff was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1849.[6] He was chosen to serve on the society's board of councilors from 1853 to 1874.[7] In 1857, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.[8]

Books

Shurtleff is well known to genealogists and historians as the editor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony records (published in five volumes from 1853 as Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England) and of part of the Plymouth Colony records.

  • A Topographical and Historical Description of Boston.

See also

References
  1. City Council of Boston (1909), A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, p. 258
  2. City Council of Boston (1909), A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, p. 261
  3. Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done, Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company, 1914, p. 29
  4. City Council of Boston (1909), A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, pp. 258–261
  5. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar (1969), The Boston Transcript: A History of Its First Hundred Years, Freeport, NY: Ayer Publishing, p. 113 ISBN 0-8369-5146-8
  6. American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
  7. Dunbar, B. (1987). Members and Officers of the American Antiquarian Society. Worcester: American Antiquarian Society.
  8. "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2020-12-17.

Bibliography
  • A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822–1908, Roxbury, 1846–1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, (1909) pp. 258–261.
  • Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done, Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company, (1914) pp. 28–29.
Political offices
Preceded by
Otis Norcross		 Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
1868–1870		 Succeeded by
William Gaston
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