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Series 6: Franklin Herrick Brooks and Benjamin Franklin Brooks Business and Legal Papers

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Biographical / Historical

Benjamin Franklin Brooks (1816-1887) was a Boston attorney. He married Charlotte Frances Buck (1828-1907) and they had four children: Charles (1853-1868), Esther Clara Herrick (1859-1942), Frona Marie (1861-1947), and Franklin Herrick (1866-1922). Only Frona Marie married - to Morgan Brooks, in 1888. Franklin Herrick Brooks graduated from Harvard University and Harvard Law School, and, like his father, was a Boston attorney.

Note: This series is not processed. See also Series 5 for non-business correspondence and papers of Benjamin Franklin Brooks and Franklin Herrick Brooks.

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