Silas Peirce

Silas Peirce
City of Boston Chairman Board of Aldermen[1]
In office 1861[1] – 1862[2]
Preceded by	Otis Clapp[3]
Succeeded by	Thomas Phillips Rich[4]
City of Boston Chairman Board of Aldermen[5]
In office 1859[4] – 1860[4]
Preceded by	Joseph Wightman[6]
Succeeded by	Otis Clapp[3]
City of Boston Board of Aldermen[5]
In office January 1857 – January, 1862
City of Boston Board of Aldermen[7]
In office January, 1863 – January, 1864
Personal details
Born	February 15, 1793[4] Scituate, Massachusetts[4][8]
Died	August 27, 1879[9] Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation	Grocer[10] 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^[10] Silas Peirce & Co, in Boston, Massachusetts.^[8] in April, 1815.^[11] The grocery firm of Silas Peirce & Co., Ltd. lasted 111 years.^[10]

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.^[8] In 1821 Peirce joined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts.^[12]

Silas Peirce's Business card circa 1822

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Municipal Register containing the City Charter the Rules and Orders of the City Council and a List of Officers for the City of Boston, For the Year 1882, Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, 1882, p. 328.  Unknown parameter |unused_data= ignored (help)
2. ↑ Municipal Register containing the City Charter the Rules and Orders of the City Council and a List of Officers for the City of Boston, For the Year 1882., Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, 1882, p. 329.  Unknown parameter |unused_data= ignored (help)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Municipal Register containing the City Charter the Rules and Orders of the City Council and a List of Officers for the City of Boston, For the Year 1882., Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, 1882, p. 327.  Unknown parameter |unused_data= ignored (help)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Municipal Register containing the City Charter the Rules and Orders of the City Council and a List of Officers for the City of Boston, For the Year 1920, Boston, Massachusetts: City of Boston Printing Department, 1920, p. 210.  Unknown parameter |unused_data= ignored (help)
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Municipal Register containing the City Charter the Rules and Orders of the City Council and a List of Officers for the City of Boston, For the Year 1882, Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, 1882, p. 326.  Unknown parameter |unused_data= ignored (help)
6. ↑ Municipal Register containing the City Charter the Rules and Orders of the City Council and a List of Officers for the City of Boston, For the Year 1882., Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, 1882, p. 325.  Unknown parameter |unused_data= ignored (help)
7. ↑ Municipal Register containing the City Charter the Rules and Orders of the City Council and a List of Officers for the City of Boston, For the Year 1882., Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, 1882, pp. 330–331  Unknown parameter |unused_data= ignored (help)
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 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. 
9. ↑ Clapp, John Bouvé (1915), A century of service, 1815-1915, Boston, MA.: Silas Peirce & Co Limited, p. 34. 
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 111-Year-Old Firm Loses Its Identity Silas Peirce & Co., Ltd., in New Consolidation, Boston, MA.: Christian Science Monitor, Apr 28, 1926, p. 4B. 
11. ↑ Clapp, John Bouvé (1915), Boston, MA.: Silas Peirce & Co., Limited, p. 8.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
12. ↑ 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.