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 (1879-08-28) (aged 86)[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]

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  Silas Peirce's Business card circa 1822

See also

• List of grocers

References

1. 1 2 City Clerk Statistics Department (1882), 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, p. 328 
2. ↑ City Clerk Statistics, 1882. p. 329.
3. 1 2 City Clerk Statistics, 1882. p. 327.
4. 1 2 3 4 5 City Clerk Statistics, 1920. p. 210.
5. 1 2 City Clerk Statistics, 1882. p. 326.
6. ↑ City Clerk Statistics, 1882. p. 325.
7. ↑ City Clerk Statistics, 1882. p. 330-331.
8. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 111-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, 1915. p. 8.
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.