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Thatcher Magoun

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Thatcher Magoun

Birth
Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
16 Apr 1856 (aged 80)
Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Fir Ave., Lot 1792
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He was a shipbuilder and "specialized" in big ships and brigs, 250 tons and larger, built for the China trade. His reputation according to the maritime historian. Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison was "second to none among American shipbuilders." He built a mansion on High Street, Medford, Massachusetts which eventually became the town library. He was remembered in his later years as "portly and dignified."

He was a shipbuilder and "specialized" in big ships and brigs, 250 tons and larger, built for the China trade. His reputation according to the maritime historian. Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison was "second to none among American shipbuilders." He built a mansion on High Street, Medford, Massachusetts which eventually became the town library. He was remembered in his later years as "portly and dignified."

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