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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
American physician
Gender:
Male
Places:
Birth:
22 June 1810(Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Death:
17 October 1874(Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Politics:
The details
Biography
Introduction
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.
Shurtleff, who had been the defeated as the Know-Nothing candidate for mayor in 1855, was elected in 1867 as a Democrat.
Honors
Elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1849. He was chosen to serve on the society's board of councilors from 1853 to 1874.
Books
- A Topographical and Historical Description of Boston.