Index of Personal Names
names of the people who are mentioned in the scrapbook or that contributed to its contents.
when possible, additional information has been included to explain how the person is referenced and what their relationship was to Eliot and the land conservation movement.
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Pages marked with an asterisk (*) indicate authorship
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When a scrapbook item has multiple pages, such as the pamphlet on pg. 41, it will have more than one corresponding page in the PDF. The bottom of each PDF page will indicate if a page is a new scrapbook page or a continuation of the preceding one.
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Page ranges indicate an article that spans multiple scrapbook pages; a person's name might appear on only one page of the article.
| Name | Page(s) | Occupation (if known) |
Reason for Mention in Scrapbook | Notes/Further Research |
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| Abbot, Francis Ellingwood | pg. 98, pg. 100 | Philosopher; Theologian | Called a meeting on the Massachusetts Park Defense League to order. Committee for the Park Defense League. Approved of a bill for the formation of the Metropolitan Park System. | Spokesman for "free religion," and rejected all dogma and reliance on Scriptures or creeds |
| Abbott, Henry Larcom | pg. 138 | Engineer | Committee for the preservation of U.S. forests | Engineer Corps member |
| Abbott, James E. | pg. 132 | At a hearing by the committee on metropolitan affairs about a bill to authorize more money for the Metropolitan Park Commission | ||
| Abbott, S.W. | pg. 113, pg. 114, pg. 115, pg. 117 | At a hearing on the construction of a dam on the Charles River. At a meeting of the Massachusetts Association of the Boards of Health | Massachusetts Representative | |
| Adams, Charles Francis Jr. | pg. 86, pg. 88, pg. 89-90, pg. 95, pg. 96-97, pg. 111, pg. 112, pg. 120, pg. 123, pg. 124*, pg. 130, pg. 131, pg. 134-135, NE Magazine (F1), Mass. Supreme Court (F1) | Soldier; Railroad executive | President and Member of the Metropolitan Park Commission | Served as a colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Part of the MA Railroad Commission, where he attempted to persuade railroads into compliance with accepted business norms. |
| Adams, J.F.R. | pg. 7, pg. 8, pg. 11, pg. 59, pg. 120 | Appointed to the first Trustees committee | ||
| Adams, John Quincy II | pg. 11 | Lawyer; Politician | Trustees Committee Member | Established an experimental farm in Quincy, MA. Served during the Civil War as a Colonel. |
| Adams, John W. | pg. 72a | Landscape gardener; Politician | Went to a hearing for the Province Lands | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from Springfield |
| Adams, Marshall L. | pg. 50, pg. 55, pg. 69, pg. 72a, pg. 91 | Politician | Opened the town hall meeting in Provincetown about the Province Lands. Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Provincetown. | Kept a record book for the Overseers of the Poor in Provincetown |
| Agassiz, Alexander | pg. 138 | Engineer | Committee for the preservation of U.S. forests | Son of Louis Agassiz. American scientist and engineer |
| Allen, Charles | Mass. Supreme Court (F1) | Jurist | Justice for the Supreme Court of MA during the Metropolitan Park System hearings | Became known as one of the most eminent jurists of the day |
| Allen, F.D. | pg. 131 | Filed a brief at the case of the Metropolitan Park Commission vs. the City of Lynn. | ||
| Allen, Horace G. | pg. 124-125 | Lawyer | At a meeting for putting a bridge over the Charles River | Member of the Boston Art Club and Boston Athletic Association |
| Allen, Lawrence F. | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | Wrote an article in the "Thompson's Island Beacon." Head of the drama committee of the Squanto Club on Thompson's Island | |
| Allen, William | pg. 136 | An article discussed the history of Plymouth. Given land near Gloucester | Settled in Salem | |
| Alvord, William | pg. 23a-b | Politician; banker | Member of the American Forestry Association Committee | 14th Mayor of California (1871-1873). President of the Bank of California (1878-1904) |
| Ames, Azel | pg. 72a | Historian | Went to a hearing on the Province Lands | Wrote The Mayflower and Her Log |
| Ames, Charles C. | pg. 108 | Gave a lecture in the Old South Church | ||
| Ames, Frederick Lothrop | pg. 33, pg. 34, pg. 36, pg. 39, pg. 41b, pg. 41c, pg. 42, pg. 46, pg. 49, pg. 67, pg. 76a, pg. 95, pg. 136 | Railroad executive | Trustees member. Chairman of the Board of Directors. | Family earned fortune in railroads and shovels. This is potentially referring to F.L. Ames, Jr. |
| Ames, William | pg. 80 | Selectman in New Hampshire creating Pack Monadnock State Park. | ||
| Anderson, George S. | pg. 138 | Wants to consolidate control of steamboat franchise and the hotels in Yellowstone National Park | Commanding officer at Fort Yellowstone | |
| Andrews, Asa G. | pg. 44 | Politician | Stopped a band from playing a concert on the street | Mayor of Cape Ann (1891-1894) |
| Appleton, Edward | pg. 95 | Trustees Member | ||
| Appleton, Francis | pg. 95 | Farmer; Philanthropist | Went to a hearing on Metropolitan Parks | Possibly the same F. Appleton who owned TTOR Appleton Farm |
| Appleton, T.H. | pg. 76c | Trustees Member. | ||
| Armstrong, George W. | pg. 67, pg. 68 | Attended a Metropolitan Park System meeting | ||
| Arnold-Forster, Hugh Oakeley | pg. 109 | Politician | Part of the National Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising, but passed away | Served as Secretary for War (1903-1905) |
| Arnold, James | pg. 84 | Merchant | Created the Arnold Arboretum | |
| Atkins, Edward F. (Edwin?) | pg. 108 | Businessman | Son of Elisha Atkins, Chairman of the Belmont Park Commission | Joined his father's business in trade |
| Atkins, Elisha | pg. 108 | Businessman | His widow gave part of Beaver Brook Reservation to the Trustees | Started a Business importing molasses and sugar from Cuba. |
| Atkinson, Edward | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8 | Economist | Wrote a letter in support of the May 24 AMC meeting | Founder of the American Anti-Imperialist League, he fought against slavery and was a successful entrepreneur as an executive in cotton mills in New England. He raised money for John Brown's guerrilla force. |
| Atwood, Sears | pg. 45 | In connection with Chatham wishing to preserve places in town. | ||
| Austin, Alfred | A Beautiful World (F1) | Poet | Part of the Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising | Appointed Poet Laureate in 1896 after the death of Tennyson. |
| Austin, Ernest W. | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | Wrote an article in the "Thompson 's Island Beacon" | |
| Babcock, Samuel Denison | pg. 121, pg. 126 | Banker | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York. Trustee for the Association for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects. | Began as a bank messenger |
| Backus, Truman J. | pg. 19b, pg. 21 | Professor | Trustee of the Brooklyn Society for Parks and Playgrounds | Professor of English at Vassar College (1867-1883) |
| Bacon, Eben | Thompson's Island (F1) | Manager of the Board of Managers of the Boston Farm School | ||
| Bacon, J.N. | pg. 115 | At a hearing for the Charles River Dam | ||
| Bailey, Andrew J. | pg. 66, pg. 124-125 | Committee on the Metropolitan Park System, the solicitor of Boston. Corporation counsel for the Charles River project. | ||
| Bailey, Liberty Hyde | pg. 10 | Horticulturalist; Botanist | Wrote an article in Garden and Forest about "Horticultural Education" | Cofounder of the American Society for Horticultural Science. First to discover the importance of Gregor Mendel's work. |
| Bailey, Samuel Arthur | pg. 98 | Secretary of the Massachusetts Park Defense League | ||
| Baker, [unknown] | pg. 113, pg. 117 | Commissioner of the Metropolitan Park Commission | ||
| Balch, [unknown] | NE Magazine (F1) | Lawyer | Attorney of the Metropolitan Park Commission | |
| Balch, John | pg. 136 | An article discussed the history of Plymouth | Settled in Salem | |
| Baldwin, J.R. | pg. 131 | Filed a brief at the case of the Metropolitan Park Commission vs. the City of Lynn. | ||
| Balentine, Herbert E. | Thompson's Island (F1)* | Student | Wrote an article in the "Thompson's Island Beacon" | |
| Ball, E.O. | pg. 19b, pg. 21 | Secretary for the Brooklyn Society for Parks and Playgrounds | ||
| Ballou, J.S. | pg. 100 | President of the Winthrop Improvement Association | ||
| Bancroft, C.F.P. | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8, pg. 136 | Principal, Philips Academy | Wrote a letter in support of the May 24 AMC meeting | MA teacher and principal |
| Bancroft, William Amos | pg. 96-97, pg. 115 | Businessman; Soldier; Politician | Went to a meeting about the Metropolitan Parks. At a meeting of the Massachusetts Boards of Health | Massachusetts House of Representatives. Mayor of Cambridge (1893-1897). Brigadier General of United States Volunteers during the Spanish American War. |
| Barker, George F. | pg. 80, pg. 83 | In charge of the plan to create Pack Monadnock State Park. Selectman in New Hampshire | ||
| Barnard, Joseph | pg. 93-94 | At a conference about the preservation of New Hampshire forests | ||
| Barnes, Henry J. | pg. 114 | Doctor | At a hearing for the Charles River Dam | Representative of Tufts College Medical and Dental Schools |
| Barrett, William Emerson | pg. 67 | Journalist; Politician | Spoke during the Joint Committee on Public Reservations meeting | Founder of the Boston Evening Record. Served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1887-1892). United States Representative (1895-1899). |
| Barton, E.M. | pg. 6, pg. 7 | Wrote a letter in support of the May 24 AMC meeting | ||
| Baxter, Sylvester | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 29*, pg. 31, pg. 34, pg. 39, pg. 45, pg. 51*, pg. 58-59, pg. 67, pg. 68, pg. 71, pg. 78, pg. 88, pg. 71, pg. 89-90, pg. 95, pg. 98, pg. 100, pg. 108, Transcript (F2)* | Urban planner | Attended the May 24 AMC meeting. Metropolitan Park Commissioner and Secretary. Committee for the Park Defense League. | Chief force in the development of the Metropolitan Park System. One of the founders of the First Nationalist Club of Boston. |
| Beal, B. Leighton | pg. 124-125 | Secretary of the Transit Commission | At a meeting about putting a bridge on the Charles River | Former newspaper editor |
| Beaman, Charles Cotesworth | pg. 121 | Lawyer | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | Served as first-ever Solicitor General of the U.S. |
| Beaver, James A. | pg. 23a-b | Governor of Pennsylvania (1887-1891) | President of the American Forestry Association Committee | Served as the 20th Governor of Pennsylvania (1887-1891). Served as acting president of Penn State University (1906-1908). Served in the Civil War as a colonel. |
| Beick, [unknown] | Thompson's Island (F1) | Alumnus of Boston Farm School | ||
| Bell, Enoch Chamberlain | Palisades (F1) | Banker | New York Commissioner of the Palisades Commission | |
| Bellamy, Edward | pg. 49, pg. 50, pg. 54, pg. 55 | Author | Started the New Nationalist movement | Most famous for his novel Looking Backward. Inspired the formation of "Nationalist Clubs, " attempting to make his socialist vision a reality. |
| Bennett, E.H. | pg. 110 | Sub for a commissioner for the Metropolitan Park District Commission | ||
| Bennett, Frank P. | pg. 67, pg. 75, pg. 100 | Journalist; Politician | Suggested the appointment of a special committee to investigate open spaces in Boston. Appointed to the Joint Committee on Public Reservations. Spoke against the Metropolitan Park Commission amendment | Served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1891-1894). Worked as an editorial writer for the Boston Daily Advertiser. |
| Bergen, Teunis G. | pg. 19b, pg. 21 | Politician | Vice President for the Brooklyn Society for Parks and Playgrounds | Served as U.S. Representative from New York, 1865-1867 |
| Berry, [unknown] | Thompson's Island (F1) | Put up a toboggan chute for the Boston Farm School | ||
| Bessom, [unknown] | pg. 100 | Approved of a bill for the creation of the Metropolitan Park Commission | ||
| Bickford, Scott F. | pg. 100 | President of the Metropolitan Park Commission | ||
| Bigelow, Henry W. | pg. 88 | A meeting about the Middlesex Fells took place at his house. | ||
| Binney, Charles C. | pg. 23a-b | Member of the American Forestry Association Committee | ||
| Bishop, H.W. | pg. 54 | A meeting about the preservation of the Berkshires was held at his house | ||
| Bishop, M.J. | pg. 97 | Wanted the Province Lands to be for private use. | Chairman of the Legislative Committee on Province Lands. Knights of Labor. | |
| Black, William | A Beautiful World (F1) | Part of the Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising | ||
| Blake, Susie | pg. 136 | Fundraising door to door for the preservation of Indian Ridge | ||
| Blakley, Frederick | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | Owns a share of Laurel Cottage on Thompson's Island | |
| Blanton, Robert | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | Former president of the Squanto Club on Thompson's Island | |
| Blaxton, [unknown] | pg. 84 | Wrote an article about providing public space for the poor | Potentially the descendant of William Blaxton, the first European settler of Rhode Island. | |
| Blomfield, Arthur William | pg. 109, A Beautiful World (F1) | Architect | Part of the National Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising, but passed away | Began a program of new church construction in London. |
| Blythe, S.F. | pg. 74 | Editor | Hood River Valley resident who wants to preserve Mt. Hood. | Editor of the Hood River Glacier. Served in the Civil War. |
| Bolles, M.P. | pg. 6, pg. 7 | Attended the May 24 AMC meeting | ||
| Bond, C.P. | pg. 132 | Politician | At a hearing about the Metropolitan Park Commission | Mayor of Waltham |
| Bosson, Albert Davis | pg. 95 | Lawyer; Politician | Went to a hearing on Metropolitan Parks | Appointed as a Special Justice of the Chelsea Police Court. Mayor of Chelsea. |
| Boulnois, Edmund | pg. 104, pg. 109, A Beautiful World (F1), SCAPA (F1) | Politician | Introduced a bill to British Parliament prohibiting advertisements in rural districts. Part of the National Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising. | |
| Boutwell, H.L. | pg. 123* | Clerk of the Committee of Metropolitan Affairs | ||
| Bowditch, Alfred | Thompson's Island (F1) | Lawyer; trust administrator | Treasurer of Thompson's Island | |
| Bowditch, Jonathan Ingersoll | Thompson's Island (F1) | Insurance; Businessman | Father of Bowditch, Alfred of Thompson's Island | |
| Bowles, S. | pg. 76c | Trustees Member | ||
| Bowman, [unknown] | pg. 110, pg. 119 | City Solicitor | Part of a meeting of the Metropolitan Park Commission | |
| Boyle, R.C. | A Beautiful World (F1) | Part of the Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising | ||
| Brackett, John Quincy Adams | pg. 3, pg. 4, pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8, pg. 31, pg. 106 | Politician | Wrote a letter for the May 24 AMC meeting. At the Committee on Cities meeting | Governor of Massachusetts (1890-91) |
| Bradford, Gamaliel | pg. 115* | Biographer; Critic; Poet | Wrote a letter to the editor of the Transcript about the damming of the Charles River | Regarded as the "Dean of American Biographers. " Wrote 114 biographies in 20 years. |
| Bradley, Charles E. | Thompson's Island (F1) | Superintendent of the Board of Managers of the Boston Farm School | ||
| Bradley, Henry | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | Recited a poem at the Boston Farm School's Thanksgiving Event | |
| Bradley, Richard M. | pg. 92, pg. 93-94 | At a conference about the preservation of New Hampshire forests | ||
| Bragdon, DeWitt C. | pg. 80, pg. 83 | In charge of the plan to create Pack Monadnock State Park. Signed a petition to create a highway to the mountain. | ||
| Braman, G.T.W. | pg. 67, pg. 68 | Attended a Metropolitan Park System meeting | ||
| Brayton, John Summerfield | pg. 34 | Lawyer | Trustees Committee Member | Fall River's first City Solicitor. President of the Old Colony Historical Society. |
| Brennan, James F. | pg. 80 | Selectman in New Hampshire creating Pack Monadnock State Park. | ||
| Brewer, William Henry | pg. 138 | Botanist | Committee for the preservation of U.S. forests | Professor of Agriculture at Yale |
| Brewster, [unknown] | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | In a comedy at the Boston Farm School 's Thanksgiving Event | |
| Briggs, George R. | pg. 31 | |||
| Brimmer, Martin | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8 | Politician | Wrote a letter in support of the AMC meeting on May 24, 1890 | Served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1859-1861), and was the president of the Museum of Fine Arts for 26 years. |
| Brooks, Francis | pg. 88 | Former president of the Medford Public Domain Club | ||
| Brooks, Henry | pg. 60b, pg. 88 | From West Medford, began the funds to acquire Virginia Woods. Vice President of the Medford Public Domain Club. | ||
| Brooks, Phillips | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8, pg. 67 | Clergyman; author | Wrote a letter in support of the May 24 AMC meeting. Signed a petition to appoint a special committee to investigate open spaces in Boston. | Episcopal clergyman, he was briefly the Bishop of Massachusetts. Lyricist of the Christmas hymn, "O Little Town of Bethlehem" |
| Brooks, Phillips | Thompson's Island (F1) | Had an Obituary in the "Thompson's Island Beacon" | ||
| Brooks, Ralph O. | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | Alumnus of Boston Farm School | |
| Brown, Charles W. | pg. 83 | Selectman in New Hampshire for Pack Monadnock | ||
| Brown, John | pg. 78 | Abolitionist | Attended an Academy with Elizur Wright and influenced his abolitionist stances. | Believed that insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the U.S. Led a raid against the federal armory at Harpers Ferry. |
| Brown, Robert | pg. 80 | Politician; Soldier | Mentioned in connection with Pack Monadnock State Park. | Fought in the Revolutionary War, member of Congress (1798-1815). |
| Browne, Edward I. | pg. 67 | Lawyer | Signed a petition to appoint a special committee to investigate open spaces in Boston | Donated part of his estate for the establishment of a fund used for parks, statues, monuments, etc. around Boston. |
| Bruce, Alexander Hugh | pg. 109, A Beautiful World (F1) | Politician; Banker | Part of the National Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising | 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh. Took a leading part in the affairs of the Church of Scotland. |
| Bryce, James | pg. 110, A Beautiful World (F1) | Part of the Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising | Member of Parliament | |
| Buchan, [unknown] | Thompson's Island (F1) | Alumnus of Boston Farm School | ||
| Buck, Alice | pg. 136* | Fundraising door to door for the preservation of Indian Ridge | The moving force to save the "Indian Ridge." | |
| Bull, William L. | pg. 121 | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | ||
| Burdett, J.O. | pg. 110, pg. 119, pg. 120 | Part of a meeting of the Metropolitan Park Commission. At a hearing on the Metropolitan Park System. | ||
| Burke, Edmund | pg. 116 | Politician | Mention in an opinion piece about the Charles River dam | Irish Statesman. Supported the cause of the American Revolution. |
| Burnell, William P. | pg. 69 | Reverend | Part of the group that surveyed the Province Lands. | |
| Burnett, Edward | pg. 94 | Politician | Mentioned in the preservation of Elmwood | U.S. Representative from MA. Married Mabel Lowell, daughter of James Russell Lowell. |
| Burnham, L.G. | pg. 113, pg. 114 | At a hearing on the construction of a dam on the Charles River | President of the Boston Associated Board of Trade | |
| Burns, Charles H. | pg. 80, pg. 83 | Lawyer; Politician | Selectman in New Hampshire creating Pack Monadnock State Park. | Served in the New Hampshire Senate and the US Attorney for the District of NH |
| Burr, I. Tucker Jr. | Thompson's Island (F1) | Manager of the Board of Managers of the Boston Farm School | ||
| Burrage, Albert C. | pg. 124-125 | Lawyer | At a meeting about putting a bridge on the Charles River | Served on the Boston Common Council (1892) |
| Burrage, William Clarence | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 11, pg. 31 | Secretary of the Bostonian Society | Secretary of the Committee to acquire "public, beautiful, and historic places in Massachusetts." Secretary of the May 24, 1890 meeting. | |
| Burton, James E. | pg. 80, pg. 83 | In charge of the plan to create Pack Monadnock State Park. Signed a petition to create a highway to the mountain. | ||
| Bussey, Benjamin | pg. 13, pg. 84 | Merchant; Horticulturalist | Gave his domain to Harvard College | Made significant contributions to the creation of the Arnold Arboretum |
| Butler, William Allen | pg. 121, pg. 126 | Lawyer; writer | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York. Trustee of the Association for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects. | Contributed travel and comic writing to "The Literary World" |
| Butterworth, [unknown] | pg. 112 | Wrote a poem in honor of the visitors to Boston | ||
| Cabot, Edward Clarke | pg. 6, pg. 7 | Architect; artist | Attended the May 24 AMC meeting | Designed the new building for the Boston Athenaeum, and built numerous residences in Back Bay and around Boston. |
| Cades, W.H. | pg. 96-97 | Discussed hatchet work in the Fells at a meeting in the Metropolitan Park System. | ||
| Camp, [unknown] | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | Played a song at the Boston Farm School's Thanksgiving Event | |
| Campbell, Andrew | pg. 134-135 | Part of the movement to preserve parks in New York | ||
| Campbell, D.E. | pg. 57 | Reported on the survey being done in the town of Brunswick, ME | ||
| Canziani, [unknown] | A Beautiful World (F1) | Part of the Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising | ||
| Carpenter, Walter L. | Thompson's Island (F1)* | Student | Wrote an article for the "Thompson's Island Beacon" | |
| Carr, Joseph | pg. 71, pg. 95 | Member of the Boston Park Commission. Went to a hearing for the Metropolitan Park Commission. Member of Chelsea's park commission | ||
| Carr, W. | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | President of the Squanto Club on Thompson's Island | |
| Carruth, H.S. | NE Magazine (F1) | Metropolitan Park Commission Member | ||
| Carter, Cyrus F. | pg. 67, pg. 68 | Doctor | Attended a Metropolitan Park System meeting | Neurologist |
| Carter, Franklin | pg. 31, pg. 76a | Professor | Committee of Trustees | President of Williams College (1881-1901) |
| Carter, George E. | pg. 67, pg. 68 | Attended a Metropolitan Park System meeting | ||
| Chadwick, Charles C. | pg. 74 | Member of the board of lot layers on Nantucket | ||
| Chadwick, Charles N. | pg. 19b, pg. 21 | Educator | Trustee of the Brooklyn Society for Parks and Playgrounds | |
| Chadwick, N.H. | pg. 131 | On a committee of Newton and Watertown residents appearing before the Massachusetts Legislature about the improvement of the Charles River | ||
| Chamberlain, Mellen | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8 | Lawyer; Librarian; Historian | Attended the May 24 Meeting at AMC | |
| Champlain, Samuel de | pg. 45 | Explorer; Soldier | Chatham wants to build a monument to him in town. | |
| Chandler, George Byron | pg. 24, pg. 92, pg. 93-94 | Member of the New Hampshire Forestry Commission Committee | ||
| Channing, [unknown] | pg. 132 | At a hearing by the committee on metropolitan affairs about a bill to authorize more money for the Metropolitan Park Commission | ||
| Chase, George W. | pg. 76a, pg. 126, pg. 127 | Trustees Member | ||
| Chase, Philip A. | pg. 6, pg. 31, pg. 33, pg. 34, pg. 36, pg. 39, pg. 41b, pg. 41c, pg. 42, pg. 46, pg. 62*, pg. 63a-b*, pg. 66, pg. 69, pg. 75, pg. 79, pg. 86, pg. 87c, pg. 88, pg. 89-90, pg. 98, pg. 100, pg. 112, pg. 126, pg. 127, pg. 136, NE Magazine (F1) | Attended the May 24 AMC meeting. Metropolitan Park Commission member. Trustees Standing Committee Chairman. Chairman of the Lynn Park Commission | ||
| Chase, William L. | NE Magazine (F1) | Metropolitan Park Commission member | ||
| Cheney, Benjamin P. | pg. 83 | Businessman | Gave a lot near Pack Monadnock to New Hampshire. | |
| Child, Nahum A. | pg. 80, pg. 83 | Mentioned in connection with Pack Monadnock State Park. | ||
| Choate, Rufus | NE Magazine (F1) | Lawyer; orator; politician | Wrote "The Importance of Illustrating New England History by a Series of Romances like the Waverly Novels" | |
| Chubb, Percival | pg. 108 | Author | Gave a lecture in the Old South Church | |
| Clark, B.C. | pg. 98 | Committee for the Park Defense League | ||
| Clark, Galen | pg. 121 | Conservationist | Guardian of the Yosemite Valley | |
| Clarke, Christopher | pg. 31, pg. 33, pg. 34, pg. 36, pg. 41c, pg. 42, pg. 61, pg. 126, pg. 127, pg. 136, pg. 137 | Discussed inexpensive ways to beautify roads at a meeting of the Board of Agriculture. Trustees member | ||
| Clarke, Edward George | pg. 110, A Beautiful World (F1) | Politician | Part of the National Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising, but passed away | |
| Clarke, Frank G. | pg. 80, pg. 83 | Politician; Lawyer | Selectman in New Hampshire creating Pack Monadnock State Park. Signed a petition to create a road to Pack Monadnock. | |
| Clarkson, [unknown] | pg. 9 | Government Official | Gave a talk in Boston that was covered extensively in the news. | |
| Clask, [unknown] | Thompson's Island (F1) | Alumnus of Boston Farm School | ||
| Clemmenson, Ove W. | Thompson's Island (F1) | Built Laurel Cottage on Thompson's Island | ||
| Da Verrazzano, Giovanni | Palisades (F1) | Explorer | "Discovered" the Palisades on his voyage to North America | Charted the Atlantic Coast of North America from the Carolinas to Newfoundland. Charted New York harbor in 1524 |
| Dabney, Lewis F. | pg. 123, pg. 124, pg. 131 | Present at a meeting about the Charles River Dam. Wrote a report on the Charles River basin drainage. | ||
| Dacres, [unknown] | pg. 80 | Mentioned in connection with the preservation of Pack Monadnock | ||
| DaLand, Tucker | Thompson's Island (F1) | Secretary of the Board of Managers of the Boston Farm School | ||
| Dallinger, [unknown] | pg. 123 | Politician | Committee of Metropolitan Affairs | House of Representatives |
| Dalton, Charles Henry | pg. 67, pg. 71, pg. 76c, pg. 86, pg. 124-125 | Businessman | Signed a petition to appoint a special committee to investigate open spaces in Boston. Member of the Boston Park Commission. Trustees Member. | Key supporter of Olmsted's Boston park designs when he was chairman of the BPC. |
| Dame, Lorin L. | pg. 88 | High school principal | Principal of the High School near Middlesex Fells | |
| Dana, Charles Anderson | pg. 121, pg. 126 | Journalist; Government Official | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York. Trustee of the Association for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects. | Served as Assistant Secretary of War during the Civil War. Managing editor for the "New York Tribune." |
| Dare, Virginia | pg. 101 | Part of the reason to purchase Roanoke Island for preservation. | The first English child born in the U.S. at Roanoke | |
| Darling, Samuel C. | pg. 132 | President of the Mystic Valley Club. At a meeting to appropriate more money for the park commission | ||
| Daves, Graham E. | pg. 101 | Attempted to purchase land on Roanoke Island for North Carolina. | ||
| Davidson, A.O. | pg. 131 | On a committee of Newton and Watertown residents appearing before the Massachusetts Legislature about the improvement of the Charles River | ||
| Davis, George Bancroft | pg. 134-135 | Part of the movement to preserve parks in New York | ||
| Davis, William | Thompson's Island (F1)*, Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | Wrote an article in the "Thompson's Island Beacon" | |
| De Laet, Joannes | Palisades (F1) | Geographer | Commented on the Palisades in his writings | Wrote a complete description of North America |
| De Las Casas, William B. | pg. 86, pg. 88, pg. 89-90, pg. 130, pg. 132, NE Magazine (F1) | Member and Chairman of the Metropolitan Park Commission | ||
| De Peyster, Frederick J. | pg. 121 | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | ||
| Derby, H.C. | pg. 131 | On a committee of Newton and Watertown residents appearing before the Massachusetts Legislature about the improvement of the Charles River | ||
| Depew, Chauncey | pg. 121, pg. 126, Thompson's Island (F1) | Lawyer | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York. Trustee of the Association for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects. | Attorney for Cornelius Vanderbilt's railroad interests. President of the New York Central Railroad System. U.S. State Senator from New York. |
| Devoe, Frederick W. | pg. 121 | Businessman | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | Responsible for a large paint company. |
| Dewson, F.A. | pg. 115 | President of the Beacon St. landowners | ||
| Dexter, [unknown] | pg. 96-97 | Went to a meeting about the Metropolitan Parks | ||
| Dexter, Henry M. | pg. 16, pg. 31 | Clergyman; Author | Committee of Trustees | Pastor in Manchester, NH. Wrote on Congregationalism |
| Dix, Morgan | pg. 121 | Priest; theologian | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | Part of Trinity Church, New York |
| Dixon, Archibald | pg. 36 | U.S. Senator (1852-1855) | Noted in connected to the preservation of Gettysburg | Part of the Whig Party, supported the Union in the Civil War |
| Dixon, Henry | pg. 36 | Officer, Revolutionary War | Fought at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, which is being preserved | |
| Doane, Thomas | pg. 124-125 | Engineer | At a meeting for putting a bridge over the Charles River | Chief engineer of the Hoosac tunnel project. Moved to Crete, Nebraska, and then back to Boston. |
| Dodge, [unknown] | pg. 100 | Approved of a bill for the creation of the Metropolitan Park Commission | ||
| Donovan, T.J. | pg. 124-125 | At a meeting about putting a bridge on the Charles River | ||
| Douglass, Robert | pg. 97 | Planted trees in the sand dunes of Lake Michigan | ||
| Draper, [unknown] | pg. 136 | Wants to protect Indian Ridge outside of Andover, MA | ||
| Draper, James | pg. 93-94 | At a conference about the preservation of New Hampshire forests. Represented the National grange | ||
| Driscoll, John A. | pg. 67, pg. 69, pg. 75 | Politician | Appointed to the Joint Committee on Public Reservations. Surveyed the Province Lands with the Committee. | Representative from Springfield |
| Dufferin, [unknown] | pg. 111 | Part of the National Trust | ||
| Durfee, Henry | pg. 121 | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | ||
| Durgin, S.H. | pg. 115 | At a meeting of the Massachusetts Association of Boards of Health | ||
| Duryea, Samuel B. | pg. 19b, pg. 21 | President of the Brooklyn Society for Parks and Playgrounds | Part of the Tandon School of Engineering, which he gave a large sum of money to | |
| Dwyer, M.F. | pg. 95 | Went to a hearing on Metropolitan Parks | ||
| E, R.T. | pg. 112* | Author of a letter to the Transcript about Muddy Pond | ||
| Eastman, Edson C. | pg. 92 | At a conference about the preservation of New Hampshire forests | ||
| Easton, Albert | pg. 74 | Member of the board of lot layers on Nantucket | ||
| Edmunds, [unknown] | pg. 96-97 | Went to a meeting about the Metropolitan Parks | Cambridge Observatory | |
| Edwards, E.A. | pg. 61 | Took part in discussions concerning public land | ||
| Eliot, Charles | pg. 1, pg. 3, pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8, pg. 11, pg. 13, pg. 14, pg. 16, pg. 29, pg. 30, pg. 32*, pg. 34, pg. 35, pg. 39, pg. 40f*, pg. 41b, pg. 42, pg. 45, pg. 46, pg. 47, pg. 53, pg. 54, pg. 58-59, pg. 59, pg. 62*, pg. 63a-b*, pg. 64, pg. 66, pg. 67, pg. 68, pg. 70, pg. 71, pg. 72a, pg. 76a, pg. 76b, pg. 76c, pg. 77a, pg. 77b, pg. 77c, pg. 81b-c*, pg. 84, pg. 87a, pg. 87b*, pg. 87c*, pg. 88, pg. 89-90, pg. 91*, pg. 95, pg. 108, pg. 114, pg. 115, pg. 116, pg. 117*, pg. 123, pg. 124*, pg. 126, pg. 127, pg. 128*, pg. 132, pg. 134-135, pg. 140, A Beautiful World (F1), NE Magazine (F1)*, Public Reservations (F1), Transcript (F2) | Landscape architect | Committee of Trustees . Committee of the Council of the AMC. | Key supporter of Olmsted's Boston park designs when he was chairman of the BPC. |
| Eliot, Charles William | pg. 59, pg. 72a, pg. 88, pg. 98, pg. 116, pg. 123 | President, Harvard University | Made a speech with his son about the land conservation movement. Vice President of the Massachusetts Park Defense League | Transformed Harvard into a top research university, and had the longest term as president in Harvard's history. Father of Charles Eliot |
| Ellis, Howard B. | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | Wrote an article in the "Thompson's Island Beacon." Vice President of the Squanto Club | |
| Ely, [unknown] | pg. 110 | Part of a meeting of the Metropolitan Park Commission | ||
| Emery, George E. | pg. 19a | Member of the Indenture for Lynn Woods | ||
| Emery, Woodward | pg. 113, pg. 114, pg. 117 | Chairman of the hearing on the construction of a dam on the Charles River | ||
| Endicott, John | pg. 136 | Colonial magistrate | An article discussed the history of Plymouth | Arrived in Salem with a patent from England, so Roger Conant gave him the governorship. |
| Endicott, William Crownshield Jr. | pg. 31, pg. 34, pg. 76a, pg. 110, pg. 119, pg. 120, Mass. Supreme Court (F1) | Politician | Committee of Trustees . Commissioner for the Metropolitan District Commission | Secretary of War for Grover Cleveland. Was replaced as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Park System in 1894 by George F. Richardson. |
| Enneking, John J. | pg. 67 | Impressionist painter | Attended a Metropolitan Park System meeting | Impressionist painter associated with the Boston School. Known for his twilight paintings of New England. |
| Ensign, Edgar T. | pg. 23a-b | Unknown | Member of the American Forestry Association Committee | Potentially a forestry commissioner in Colorado |
| Estes | Thompson's Island (F1) | Alumnus of Boston Farm School | ||
| Evans, [unknown] | pg. 68 | Governor | Discussion of public parks in Pennsylvania | |
| Evans, Richardson | pg. 110, A Beautiful World (F1), SCAPA (F1) | Civil Servant; Journalist | Secretary and founder of the National Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising | Campaigned to limit advertising in the fields alongside railway lines to save the view of the Thames from Richmond Hill. |
| Evarts, William M. | pg. 121 | Lawyer; Statesman | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | Served as U.S. Secretary of State. Chairman for the American Committee for the Statue of Liberty. |
| Everett, Sidney Brooks | pg. 98 | Committee for the Park Defense League | ||
| Everett, William | pg. 98 | Politician; Preacher | At a meeting of the Massachusetts Park Defense League | U.S. Representative from Massachusetts |
| Fales, H.E. | pg. 110, pg. 119 | Part of a meeting of the Metropolitan Park Commission | ||
| Farker, James | pg. 110 | Acting superintendent of the Sequoia and Gen. Grant National Parks | ||
| Fawcett, [unknown] | pg. 110, pg. 112 | Part of the National Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising, but passed away | ||
| Faxon, [unknown] | pg. 71 | Went to a hearing by the Legislative Committee on Public Reservations and Lands | ||
| Fay, Charles E. | pg. 96-97 | President of the Appalachian Mountain Club | ||
| Felt, Charles W. | pg. 46*, pg. 50, pg. 54, pg. 55, pg. 64*, pg. 69, pg. 72a | Organizer of the Province Lands movement | ||
| Felt, Lucius M. | pg. 83 | Selectman in New Hampshire for Pack Monadnock | ||
| Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco | pg. 108 | Art Historian | Gave a lecture in the Old South Church | Art Historian of Japanese Art. Professor of Philosophy and political economy at Tokyo Imperial University. |
| Fernald, B. Marvin | pg. 70, pg. 70, pg. 72a, pg. 75 | Politician | Chairman of the Committee on Public Reservations | Massachusetts House of Representatives |
| Fisher, Isaac | pg. 69 | Peaked Hill Bar Life Saving Station in the Province Lands | ||
| Fiske, Marion H. | pg. 83 | Signed a petition to create a highway to Pack Monadnock | ||
| Fitzgerald, Desomond | pg. 66, pg. 71, pg. 89, pg. 126, pg. 127 | Superintendent of the Western Division of the Boston Waterworks | Committee on the Metropolitan Park System. Trustees member. | |
| Fitzpatrick, T.B. | pg. 115 | At a hearing for the Charles River Dam | ||
| Flower, Roswell P. | pg. 91* | Governor of New York (1892-1894) | Helped pass an act defining the limits of the Adirondack park. | |
| Foster, William | pg. 73 | F.H. Tudor's father | ||
| Fowler, James | pg. 61 | Took part in discussions concerning public land | ||
| Fowler, William P. | Thompson's Island (F1) | Manager of the Board of Managers of the Boston Farm School | ||
| Fox, William Y. | pg. 115 | At a meeting of the Massachusetts Association of Boards of Health | ||
| Francis, David Rowland | pg. 138 | Politician | Secretary of the Interior during the preservation of Yellowstone | |
| Francis, John Morgan | pg. 121, pg. 126 | Journalist; Diplomat | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York. Vice-President of the Association for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects. | |
| Frank, Augustus | pg. 121 | Politician; Railroad executive | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | U.S. Representative from New York during the Civil War. Director and Vice President of the Buffalo and New York City Railroad Company |
| Franklin, Benjamin | pg. 5 | Polymath; Politician | Benjamin Franklin stayed in the Sproat house when he visited Massachusetts | During his early years in Boston, Franklin adopted the pseudonym of "Silence Dogood." |
| Freeman, [unknown] | pg. 71 | Went to a hearing for the Metropolitan Park Commission | ||
| French, Asa | pg. 110 | Part of a meeting of the Metropolitan Park Commission | ||
| French, J.D. Williams | pg. 76c, pg. 136, Thompson's Island (F1) | Manager of the Board of Managers of the Boston Farm School. Trustees Member. | ||
| Fryer, Robert L. | pg. 121 | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | ||
| Galeucia, [unknown] | Thompson's Island (F1) | Alumnus of Boston Farm School | ||
| Gammans, George H. | pg. 124-125 | President of the Charlestown Improvement Association | At a meeting about putting a bridge on the Charles River | |
| Ganong, William Francis | pg. 36 | Botanist; Historian; Cartographer | Spoke to the Horticultural Society about the damaging effects of humanity on the natural world. | Professor at Smith College. Developed the Smith Botanic Garden, which had been laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted. |
| Gardner, Thomas | pg. 136 | An article discussed the history of Plymouth | Settled in Salem | |
| Gargan, Thomas J. | pg. 124-125 | At a meeting about putting a bridge on the Charles River | ||
| Garrison, William Lloyd Jr. | pg. 6, pg. 7 | Attended the May 24 Meeting at AMC | Advocate of the single tax, women's suffrage, and a repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Son of the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. | |
| Gates, John | pg. 83 | Signed a petition to create a highway to Pack Monadnock | ||
| Gerry, Benjamin F. | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | Wrote an article in the "Thompson's Island Beacon" | |
| Gerry, Elbridge | pg. 94 | Politician | Mentioned in the preservation of Elmwood | Fifth Vice President of the United States. Namesake of gerrymandering. Governor of Massachusetts 1810-1812. |
| Gerry, Elbridge Thomas | pg. 121, pg. 126 | Lawyer; reformer | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York. Trustee of the Association for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects. | Co-founded the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Focused on welfare work. |
| Gibbs, Oliver Wolcott | pg. 138 | Chemist | President of the National Academy of Sciences | Performed the first electrogravimetric analysis |
| Gifford, W.C. | pg. 93-94 | At a conference about the preservation of New Hampshire forests. Represented the National grange | ||
| Gillett, E.B. | pg. 76c | Trustees Member. | ||
| Ginn, [unknown] | pg. 95 | |||
| Goldsmith, [unknown] | pg. 136 | Wants to protect Indian Ridge outside of Andover, MA | ||
| Goodman, Richard | pg. 31 | |||
| Gordon, [unknown] | Palisades (F1) | Historian | Wrote about the Palisades in his history of the Revolutionary War | |
| Gosse, Edmund | pg. 46 | Poet | Urged the preservation of Elmwood for Lowell | Wrote a book called Father and Son, thought to be the first psychological biography. |
| Gove, James F. | pg. 92 | At a conference about the preservation of New Hampshire forests | ||
| Grant, Ulysses Simpson | Forester (F1), Palisades (F1) | Politician; Soldier | Tomb is close to the Palisades of New Jersey | President of the United States. Commanding General of the United States Army. |
| Grasser, [unknown] | Toledo Blade (F2) | Gave a loan to the Toledo Park Board | ||
| Graves, Alfred Percival | A Beautiful World (F1) | Part of the Society for the Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising | ||
| Graves, Charles H. | Thompson's Island (F1) | Built Laurel Cottage on Thompson's Island | ||
| Gray, Thomas | pg. 136 | An article discussed the history of Plymouth | Settled in Salem | |
| Green, Andrew Haswell | pg. 121, pg. 126, pg. 134-135 | Lawyer; Public Official | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York. President of the Association for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects. | Served as President of NYC's Board of Education (1855-1860). Responsible for adding recreational spaces to New York City. |
| Green, John Richard | NE Magazine (F1) | Historian | Lauded in an article about historical novelists | Wrote A Short History of the English People |
| Green, L.E.T. | pg. 115 | Temporary chairman of the Beacon St. landowners | ||
| Green, Mason | pg. 47 | Wrote a history of Springfield, MA | ||
| Greene, Francis Vinton | pg. 121 | Soldier | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | Fought in the Spanish-American War. Served as New York City Police Commissioner (1903-1904) |
| Greene, J. Evans | pg. 29, pg. 31, pg. 76a, pg. 126, pg. 127 | Sub-Committee of Trustees who wrote a letter to the Legislature. Trustees Member. | ||
| Greene, William S. | pg. 69 | Politician | Part of the Legislative Committee on Public Reservations that surveyed the Province Lands. | U.S. Representative from MA. Served as Mayor of Fall River, and general superintendent of the State Prisons. |
| Gregory, Henry E. | pg. 121 | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | ||
| Grew, Henry Sturgis | pg. 7, Thompson's Island (F1) | Banker; Mill Owner | Attended the May 24 AMC meeting. Manager of the Board of Managers of the Boston Farm School. | |
| Grey, Charles | Palisades (F1) | Soldier | Used the Palisades during the Revolutionary War | First Earl Grey, known as "No-flint Grey" |
| Griffin, Lepel | pg. 110, A Beautiful World (F1) | Administrator; Diplomat | Part of the National Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising, but passed away | Posted in India during the British Raj |
| Griffin, Simon Goodell | pg. 92, pg. 93-94 | Politician; Soldier | At a conference about the preservation of New Hampshire forests | Union Army brigadier general during the American Civil War. Farmer, Teacher, Lawyer, and NH State Legislator |
| Grimes, A.F. | pg. 83 | Signed a petition to create a highway to Pack Monadnock | ||
| Grinnell, G.S. | pg. 76c | Trustees Member. | ||
| Guild, Curtis Jr. | pg. 98 | Politician; Soldier | At a meeting of the Massachusetts Park Defense League | Governor of Massachusetts (1906-1909). Served in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, seeing active duty in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. |
| Guild, Curtis Sr. | pg. 98 | At a meeting of the Massachusetts Park Defense League | ||
| Guilford, Samuel A. | pg. 19a | Member of the Indenture for Lynn Woods | ||
| Haize, [unknown] | pg. 68 | Discussion of public parks in Pennsylvania | ||
| Hale, Edward Everett | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8 | Author; Historian; Minister | Wrote a letter in support of the May 24 AMC meeting | Pastor of the South Congregational Church, published several short stories in the Atlantic Monthly. |
| Hale, George S. | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8 | Lawyer | Wrote a letter in support of the May 24 AMC meeting | Supporter of women's suffrage, owned his own law firm in Boston. |
| Hammond [?], Charles | pg. 85 | A discussion of forestry in New Hampshire and Pennsylvania | In charge of PA's forests and rivers. | |
| Hannum, Artemas P. | pg. 69, pg. 72a | Part of the group that surveyed the Province Lands. Member of the Committee on Public Lands. | ||
| Harding, H.L. | pg. 123, pg. 124-125 | Present at a meeting about the Charles River Dam | ||
| Harps, John | pg. 74 | Petitioned for land near Tom Nevers Pond on Nantucket | ||
| Harriman, Hiram P. | pg. 110, pg. 119, pg. 120, Mass. Supreme Court (F1)* | Judge | Sub for a commissioner for the Metropolitan Park District Commission | Leading lawyer in Barnstable County |
| Harris, William Hamilton | pg. 121 | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | ||
| Harrison, Benjamin | pg. 36, pg. 99 | President of the United States (1889-1893) | Government action to secure Yellowstone National Park | Harrison facilitated the creation of the National Forests through an amendment to the Land Revision Act of 1891. He authorized the first forest reserve adjacent to Yellowstone Park. |
| Harrison, Charles | A Beautiful World (F1) | Part of the Society for the Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising, but passed away | ||
| Harrison, J.B. | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8, pg. 9, pg. 14, pg. 17, pg. 18*, pg. 24, pg. 25*, pg. 31, pg. 39, pg. 40f, pg. 41d, pg. 42, pg. 44, pg. 45, pg. 46, pg. 47, pg. 48, pg. 50, pg. 54, pg. 60b, pg. 61, pg. 67, pg. 71, pg. 72a, pg. 73, pg. 74, pg. 80, pg. 81a, pg. 82, pg. 86*, pg. 92, pg. 93-94, pg. 111 | Secretary of the New Hampshire Forestry Commission; Agent for The Trustees | Made a report on the Province Lands for the Trustees, also located in the "Springfield Republican." Spoke to the AMC about access to mountains and seashores for the public. Spoke at the May 24 AMC meeting. Wrote a number of articles in the scrapbook | One of New Hampshire's earliest forestry commissioners, he dedicated his life land conservation. |
| Harrison, William Henry | pg. 80 | President of the United States (1841) | Mentioned in connection with Pack Monadnock State Park. | Military officer. 9th President of the US |
| Hart, Herbert | Thompson's Island (F1)* | Student | Wrote an article in the "Thompson's Island Beacon." Member of the Squanto Club | |
| Hartwell, [unknown] | pg. 132 | At a hearing about the Metropolitan Park Commission | ||
| Harvey, [unknown] | pg. 132 | City Solicitor of Waltham | At a hearing by the committee on metropolitan affairs about a bill to authorize more money for the Metropolitan Park Commission | |
| Haskell, Edwin B. | pg. 115, NE Magazine (F1) | At a hearing for the Charles River Dam. Metropolitan Park Commission Member | ||
| Hastings, H.B. | pg. 96-97, pg. 111 | Compiled a report of shore towns for the Trustees | J.B. Harrison took over the shoreline report | |
| Hatch, Edward P. | pg. 121, pg. 126 | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York. Treasurer of the Association for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects. | ||
| Haven, George G. Jr. | pg. 121, pg. 126 | Businessman | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York. Trustee of the Association for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects. | Director of several Railroad Companies. |
| Hawley, Charles Augustus | pg. 121 | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | ||
| Hayden, Edward D. | pg. 106 | Politician | At the Committee on Cities | U.S. Representative from Massachusetts (1885-1889) |
| Hayes, B.F. | pg. 119 | At a hearing on the Metropolitan Park System. | ||
| Head, Charles | pg. 131 | Wrote a report on the Charles River basin drainage. | ||
| Heald, B.M. | pg. 83 | Signed a petition to create a highway to Pack Monadnock | ||
| Heaton, J.A. | pg. 114 | At a hearing for the Charles River Dam | Coal dealer | |
| Hemenway, Augustus | pg. 76c, NE Magazine (F1) | Philanthropist; Public Servant | Trustees Member. Metropolitan Park Commission Member | Supported a number of institutions in Boston, including the MFA, Mass Eye and Ear, Metropolitan Park Commission, and MIT. Served in the House of Representatives (1890-91) |
| Hemenway, Mary Porter Tileston | pg. 128 | Philanthropist | Saved the Old South Church by putting down the down payment for the building. | Sponsored the Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition to the American southwest. Opened the first kitchen in a public school in the U.S. |
| Henry II | Palisades (F1) | King of France (1547-1559) | Mercator gave him a globe that included the Palisades | |
| Herbert, John | pg. 132 | Created a motion to the Legislature to appropriate more money for the park commission | ||
| Herford, Brooke | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8 | Unitarian minister; preacher; author | Wrote a letter in support of the May 24 AMC meeting | Served several important churches in Great Britain and America. |
| Hichborn, [unknown] | pg. 117-118 | Chief constructor of the Charles River dam | ||
| Higgins, [unknown] | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | In a comedy at the Boston Farm School's Thanksgiving Event | |
| Higginson, Henry | pg. 93-94 | At a conference about the preservation of New Hampshire forests. Committee of New Hampshire Forests member | ||
| Higginson, Lee | pg. 84 | Businessman | Gave "The Soldiers' Field" to Harvard | Union soldier during the Civil War. Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. |
| Higginson, Thomas Wentworth | pg. 3, pg. 4, pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 71, pg. 94, pg. 96-97 | Minister; Abolitionist | Wrote a letter to Trustees in support of the organization | Active in the American Abolitionism movement, and a member of the Secret Six who supported John Brown. During the Civil War, he served as colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, the first federally authorized black regiment. |
| Higley, Warren | pg. 23a-b | [see note] | Member of the American Forestry Association Committee | Possibly a judge and a member of the Ohio State Forestry Association |
| Hill, Frederick | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | Wrote an article in the "Thompson's Island Beacon" | |
| Hill, Octavia | pg. 38, pg. 111 | Social Reformer | Part of the National Trust | Concerned with the welfare of the inhabitants of cities. |
| Hillard, George S. | pg. 78 | Looked at the Fells for preservation. | ||
| Hillard, John D. | pg. 69, pg. 72a | Part of the group that surveyed the Province Lands. Member of the Committee on Public Lands. | ||
| Hitchcock, Charles Henry | pg. 136, pg. 137 | Geologist | Wants to protect Indian Ridge outside of Andover, MA | Professor at Dartmouth |
| Hoar, George F. | pg. 33, pg. 34, pg. 36, pg. 39, pg. 41b, pg. 41c, pg. 42, pg. 46, pg. 49, pg. 54, pg. 87a, pg. 87c, pg. 126, pg. 127, pg. 136, pg. 137 | Politician | President of the Trustees of Reservations | One of the founders of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Member of U.S. House of Representatives (1869-1877). U.S. Senator. |
| Hobbs, James E. | pg. 23a-b | Member of the American Forestry Association Committee | Potentially the President of the Maine State Forestry Commission | |
| Hodge, John | pg. 121 | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | ||
| Hogg, John | pg. 67 | Signed a petition to appoint a special committee to investigate open spaces in Boston | ||
| Holden, Richard | Toledo Blade (F2) | Quoted in an article about the Toledo parks | ||
| Holme, [unknown] | pg. 68 | Politician | Discussion of public parks in Pennsylvania | |
| Holmes, Basil | A Beautiful World (F1) | Part of the Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising | ||
| Holmes, Oliver Wendell Sr. | pg. 3, pg. 4, pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 31, Thompson's Island (F1) | Polymath | Sent a letter to Trustees | Member of the Fireside poets, he was frequently published in the Atlantic Monthly. |
| Homans, John | Thompson's Island (F1) | Manager of the Board of Managers of the Boston Farm School | ||
| Hooper, Edward William | pg. 6, pg. 7 | Soldier | Attended the May 24 AMC meeting | Served on staff for several Union Generals, became steward and later treasurer of Harvard College. |
| Hooper, Franklin W. | pg. 19b, pg. 21 | Biologist; Geologist; Educator | Trustee of the Brooklyn Society for Parks and Playgrounds | Studied under Louis Agassiz at Harvard University. Became head of a high school in New Hampshire in 1877-1880. First president of the Brooklyn Ethical Association. Director of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. |
| Howard, John Eager | pg. 36 | Solider, Revolutionary War; Politician | Fought at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, which is being preserved | Elected governor of Maryland in 1788. Elected to the Continental Congress, Congress of the U.S., and U.S. Senate. |
| Howe, Elizabeth | pg. 31 | Committee of Trustees | ||
| Howe, Richard | Palisades (F1) | Soldier | Used the Palisades during the Revolutionary War | British naval officer during the French and American Revolutions |
| Howland, [unknown] | pg. 113, pg. 117 | Commissioner of the Metropolitan Park Commission | ||
| Howland, Henry E. | pg. 121, pg. 126 | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York. Trustee of the Association for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects. | ||
| Hoyt, Warren | pg. 67, pg. 69, pg. 70, pg. 75 | Politician | Appointed to the Joint Committee on Public Reservations. Clerk of the Committee. Surveyed the Province Lands with the Committee | Massachusetts Representative |
| Hudson, Edmund | pg. 108 | Gave a lecture in the Old South Church | ||
| Hudson, Henry | pg. 128 | Wants to preserve the Palisades | ||
| Hughes, Atkins | pg. 72a | Ship Captain | Went to a hearing on the Province Lands | excerpt from Barnstable and Yarmouth, Sea Captains and Ship Owners (Sprague) |
| Hull, William | pg. 80 | Politician; Soldier | Mentioned in connection with Pack Monadnock State Park. | Fought in the American Revolution, and was appointed Governor of Michigan Territory. |
| Hunnewell, James Frothingham | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8 | Trader | Attended the May 24 Meeting at AMC | His father was the founder of C. Brewer & Co., an international trading business. Hunnewell was also a major New England antiquarian and collector of rare books. |
| Hunnewell, Walter | Thompson's Island (F1) | Manager of the Board of Managers of the Boston Farm School | ||
| Hunter, W. | pg. 110 | Part of the National Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising, but passed away | ||
| Hutchins, Stilson | pg. 93-94 | Reporter; Publisher | At a conference about the preservation of New Hampshire forests. Committee of New Hampshire Forests member | Founder of The Washington Post. Built a mansion on Governor's Island in New Hampshire. |
| Hutchins, Waldo | pg. 134-135 | Politician; Lawyer | Former New York Park Commission member | Served in the New York State Assembly |
| Hutton, John | pg. 110, A Beautiful World (F1) | Part of the National Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising, but passed away | ||
| Huxley, Thomas Henry | pg. 111 | Biologist | Part of the National Trust | Advocate of Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution |
| Hyde, Henry D. | pg. 67, pg. 68 | Attended a Metropolitan Park System meeting | ||
| Irving, [unknown] | pg. 107 | Expanding hotels near Trenton Falls | ||
| Irving, John J. | Thompson's Island (F1)* | Student | Wrote an article in the "Thompson's Island Beacon" | |
| Irving, Minna | NE Magazine (F1)* | Poet; writer | Wrote a poem in NE magazine | |
| Irving, Washington | pg. 134-135 | Writer | Mentioned in an article about the movement to preserve New York parks | Best known for "Rip Van Winkle" and "Sleepy Hollow" |
| Jackson, Andrew | pg. 36 | President of the United States (1829-1837) | Noted in connected to the preservation of Battlefields | Founded what became the Democratic Party |
| Jackson, Charles F. | pg. 102 | Treasurer of the Watertown Improvement Association | ||
| Jaquith, Charles A. | pg. 83 | Selectman in New Hampshire for Pack Monadnock | ||
| Jenkins, [unknown] | pg. 107 | Wants to create a dam at the Trenton Falls | ||
| Jenkins, R.B. | pg. 69, pg. 72a, pg. 75 | Politician | Part of the Legislative Committee on Public Reservations. Surveyed the Province Lands. | Massachusetts Representative |
| Jennison, H.J. | pg. 132 | Weston Board of Selectmen | At a hearing by the committee on metropolitan affairs about a bill to authorize more money for the Metropolitan Park Commission | |
| Jermain, S.P. | Toledo Blade (F2)* | President of the Toledo Park Board | ||
| Johnson, Edward Jr. | pg. 19a | Member of the Indenture for Lynn Woods | ||
| Johnson, Robert Underwood | pg. 27 | Writer; diplomat | Wrote an article about Frederick Law Olmsted in Century Magazine. | Joined Century Magazine in 1873, became the associate editor in 1881, and then editorial chair in 1909. He was one of the driving forces behind the creation of Yosemite National Park in 1890. |
| Jones, Bassett | pg. 75 | Gave a lot of evergreen trees to the people of Nantucket | ||
| Jorgensen, Ernest | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | Recited a poem at the Boston Farm School's Thanksgiving Event | |
| Keen, Henry | pg. 98 | Chairman of the Massachusetts Park Defense League | ||
| Kemble, Fanny | pg. 107 | Expanding hotels near Trenton Falls | ||
| Kendall, Francis | pg. 131 | On a committee of Newton and Watertown residents appearing before the Massachusetts Legislature about the improvement of the Charles River | ||
| Kendricken, Paul H. | pg. 67, pg. 68 | Naval Engineer | Attended a Metropolitan Park System meeting | |
| Keogh, Thomas B. | pg. 36 | Secretary of the Guilford Courthouse Battlefield | Helped preserve the Guilford Courthouse | |
| Kershaw, Albert | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | Owns a share of Laurel Cottage on Thompson's Island | |
| Kidder, N.J. | pg. 76c | Trustees Member. | ||
| Kidder, Nathaniel T. | pg. 95 | Milton park Commission and president of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. | ||
| Kimball, B.A. | pg. 93-94 | At a conference about the preservation of New Hampshire forests. Committee of New Hampshire Forests member | ||
| Kimball, David P. | pg. 67 | Signed a petition to appoint a special committee to investigate open spaces in Boston | ||
| Kimball, H.A. | pg. 69, pg. 75 | Politician | Part of the Legislative Committee on Public Reservations that surveyed the Province Lands. | Senator from Northampton |
| King, Henry Seymour | A Beautiful World (F1) | Banker; politician | Banker for the Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising | Joined his father's banking business of Henry S. King & Co., which served India and England. He was an adventurous mountaineer. |
| King, L. Davis | Thompson's Island (F1)* | Wrote an article about trees on Thompson's Island | ||
| Kinney, Abbot | pg. 23a-b | Developer; Conservationist | Member of the American Forestry Association Committee | Chairman of the Board of Forestry. Developed an agency to protect the San Gabriel Mountains. Established the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. |
| Knight, Walter | pg. 136 | An article discussed the history of Plymouth | Settled in Salem | |
| Knowles, Samuel | pg. 69 | Stableman | Part of the group that surveyed the Province Lands. | |
| Ladd, William B. | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8, pg. 71 | Associate Principal, Chauncy Hall School | Attended the May 24 AMC meeting. Went to a hearing for the Metropolitan Park Commission. | |
| Landon, [unknown] | pg. 94 | Mentioned in the preservation of Elmwood | ||
| Langford, John P. | pg. 115, pg. 131 | At a hearing for the Charles River Dam. Committee of Newton and Watertown residents appearing before the Legislature. | ||
| Lawrence, Abbott Jr. | pg. 67 | Signed a petition to appoint a special committee to investigate open spaces in Boston | ||
| Lawrence, Amory Appleton | pg. 67 | Signed a petition to appoint a special committee to investigate open spaces in Boston | ||
| Lawrence, George N. | pg. 121 | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | ||
| Lawrence, George P. | pg. 106 | Politician | At the Committee on Cities | Senator and U.S. Representative from MA. |
| Lawrence, Rosewell B. | pg. 3, pg. 7, pg. 60b, pg. 92, pg. 93-94, pg. 95, pg. 96-97, pg. 101 | Recording Secretary for the AMC. Attended the May 24 AMC meeting. Committee of the Council of the AMC | Wrote a book on the Middlesex Fells for the AMC | |
| Lawson, W.U. | pg. 113, pg. 115 | At a hearing on the construction of a dam on the Charles River | ||
| Leavitt, [unknown] | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | Played a song at the Boston Farm School's Thanksgiving Event | |
| Lecky, [unknown] | pg. 110, A Beautiful World (F1) | Part of the National Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising, but passed away | ||
| Ledyard, Lewis Cass | pg. 121 | Lawyer | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | President of the New York City Bar Association |
| Lee, Robert E. | pg. 36 | Civil War General | Noted in connected to the preservation of Gettysburg | Commanded the Confederate Army in the American Civil War |
| Legate, H.R. | pg. 50, pg. 55 | Editor | Visited Provincetown to survey the Province Lands | Associate Editor of the New Nation |
| Leighton, Frederic | pg. 110, pg. 111, pg. 112, A Beautiful World (F1) | Sculptor; Painter | Part of the National Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising, but passed away | Depicted Historical, biblical, and classical subjects |
| Lemon, Henry | pg. 50, pg. 55 | Visited Provincetown to survey the Province Lands | ||
| Leonard, Edwin F. | pg. 67, pg. 75 | Politician | Appointed to the Joint Committee on Public Reservations | Served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the 37th Mayor of Springfield, MA. |
| Lincoln, Charles Z. | pg. 121 | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | ||
| Lincoln, Emma | pg. 136 | Fundraising door to door for the preservation of Indian Ridge | ||
| Littlefield | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | Played a song at the Boston Farm School's Thanksgiving Event | |
| Livermore, Thomas Leonard | pg. 64 | Solider | Chairman of the Boston Park board | A Union soldier during the Civil War, he came to Boston to work as a lawyer after the war. |
| Logan, Walter S. | pg. 121, pg. 126 | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York. Trustee of the Association for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects. | ||
| Long, John Davis | pg. 113, pg. 114, pg. 117 | Politician; Lawyer | At a hearing on the construction of a dam on the Charles River | Served as Governor of MA (1880-1883). Served as Secretary of the Navy (1897-1902) |
| Longstaff (Dr.) | A Beautiful World (F1) | Part of the Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising and threw a party | ||
| Longstaff (Mrs.) | A Beautiful World (F1) | Part of the Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising and threw a party | ||
| Loomis, [unknown] | pg. 74 | Special Agent | Surveyed Mt. Hood for preservation | |
| Loomis, Alfred Lebbeus | pg. 35 | Physician | Argued for the creation of an Adirondack Park for health reasons | Physician who focused on diseases of the lungs and heart. He fell sick and spent six months in the Adirondacks, which led him to the establishment of a Sanitarium in the Adirondacks. |
| Lothrop, Thornton K. | pg. 67 | Signed a petition to appoint a special committee to investigate open spaces in Boston | ||
| Lovering, Henry B. | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8, pg. 11, pg. 19a, pg. 31, pg. 34 | Mayor of Lynn (1881-1882) | Represented the City of Lynn in the Indenture. Committee of Trustees . | Enlisted in the Civil War in 1862, lost his left leg in 1864 in battle. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (1883-1887) |
| Low, Seth | pg. 17* | Educator; Politician | Wrote a letter to J.B. Harrison about his interests in forestry. | Served as Mayor of Brooklyn, President of Columbia College (1890-1901), and Mayor of New York City (1901-1903). |
| Lowell, James Russell | pg. 35, pg. 46, pg. 94 | Poet; Diplomat | Elmwood, his home, was being preserved. | Associated with the Fireside Poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets to rival the popularity of the British poets. He was born at Elmwood and lived there for a good portion of his life. |
| Lowell, John | pg. 67 | Judge | Signed a petition to appoint a special committee to investigate open spaces in Boston | Federal judge, appointed by Lincoln and Hayes on separate occasions. |
| Lubbock, John | pg. 110 | Politician | Part of the National Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising, but passed away | Elected as a Liberal Party Member of Parliament (1870-1880). Had an interest in archaeology |
| Ludden, [unknown] | pg. 119 | City Solicitor | At a hearing on the Metropolitan Park System. | |
| Lundgren, John | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | Former Vice President of the Squanto Club on Thompson's Island | |
| Lyell, Charles | pg. 136 | Geologist | Wants to protect Indian Ridge outside of Andover, MA | Author of "Principles of Geology" |
| Lyford, John | pg. 136 | Minister | An article discussed the history of Plymouth | Settled in Salem |
| Lyman, John D. | pg. 93-94 | Politician | At a conference about the preservation of New Hampshire forests | New Hampshire Secretary of State (1867/70) |
| Lyman, Rufus | pg. 61 | Took part in discussions concerning public land | ||
| Lyman, Theodore | Thompson's Island (F1) | Officer, Civil War; natural scientist | Planted trees on Thompson's Island | Studied under professor Louis Agassiz at Harvard. Trustees of Harvard University, and cousin of Charles W. Eliot |
| Macaulay, Thomas Babington | NE Magazine (F1) | Historian; Politician | Lauded in an article about historical novelists | Played a major role in introducing English and western concepts to education in India |
| Manchester, Forest C. | pg. 106 | At the Committee on Cities, represented the Park Commission of Winchester. | ||
| Mann, George C. | pg. 3, pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8, pg. 31, pg. 76a | President of the Appalachian Mountain Club | Committee of the Council of the AMC. Attended the AMC May 24 meeting. | |
| Manta | pg. 72a | Member of the Committee on Public Lands | ||
| Marden, Frank Dwight | Thompson's Island (F1) | Alumnus of Boston Farm School | ||
| Marinden, Henry A. | pg. 114 | At a hearing for the Charles River Dam | United States Coast survey | |
| Markham, Henry Harrison | pg. 85 | Governor of California (1891-1895) | Appointed a commission to improve public ways through Yosemite Valley | Bought a farm in Pasadena, CA after fighting in the Civil War as a Union Soldier |
| Markham, William | pg. 68 | Acting Governor of Pennsylvania (1681) | Discussion of public parks in Pennsylvania | Served as acting Gov. in 1681 when Penn was in England. Became acting deputy governor of Delaware when it separated from Pennsylvania. |
| Marland, William (wife) | pg. 136 | Fundraising door to door for the preservation of Indian Ridge | ||
| Marsh, Luther Rawson | pg. 134-135 | Lawyer | Former New York Park Commission member | Daniel Webster's law partner. |
| Mason, [unknown] | Thompson's Island (F1) | Plowed the marsh on Thompson's Island | ||
| Masters, Maxwell | pg. 10 | Botanist; Taxonomist | Wrote an article in Garden and Forest about "The Rest of Plants" | Dealt largely with vegetable species. |
| Matthews, Nathan Jr. | pg. 51, pg. 66 | Politician | Helped create the Charles River Basin | Mayor of Boston (1891-1894). |
| Mattice, A.M. | pg. 117-118 | Engineer | Wants to make the Charles River into a naval storage area | Former engineer officer of the navy |
| Maxwell, Richard | Thompson's Island (F1)* | Student | Wrote an article in the "Thompson's Island Beacon" | |
| Mayo, G.L. | pg. 72a | Went to a hearing on the Province Lands | ||
| Mayott, George | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | Owns a share of Laurel Cottage on Thompson's Island | |
| McClintock, W.S. | pg. 84 | Appointed to the State Highway Commission | ||
| McIntoch, Herbert | pg. 50, pg. 55 | Visited Provincetown to survey the Province Lands | ||
| McKay, Charles | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | Wrote an article in the "Thompson's Island Beacon" | |
| McKenzie, Alexander | pg. 7 | Reverend | Wrote a letter in support of the May 24 AMC meeting | |
| McKenzie, Henry | Thompson's Island (F1)* | Student | Wrote an article for the "Thompson's Island Beacon" | |
| McLean, G.W. | pg. 134-135 | Former New York Park Commission member | ||
| McLean, Isaac | pg. 67, pg. 69, pg. 75 | Politician | Appointed to the Joint Committee on Public Reservations. Surveyed the Province Lands with the Committee | Representative from Cambridge |
| Mead, Edwin D. | pg. 98 | Pacifist; Writer | Vice President of the Massachusetts Park Defense League | Part of the international peace movement. Directed the work of the World Peace Foundation. |
| Means, James | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8 | Attended the May 24 AMC meeting | Possibly a founder of the Boston Aeronautical Society. | |
| Meany, Edward P. | Palisades (F1) | New Jersey Commissioner for the Palisades Commission | ||
| Melville, [unknown] | pg. 117-118 | Engineer in chief of the Charles River dam | ||
| Mercator, Gerardus | Palisades (F1) | Cartographer | Drew the Palisades on his world map | Created the 1569 world map |
| Middleton, [unknown] | A Beautiful World (F1) | Scholar; Artist | Part of the Society for the Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising, but passed away | Director of the South Kensington Museum |
| Millais, John Everett | A Beautiful World (F1) | Painter; illustrator | Part of the Society for the Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising, but passed away | One of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood |
| Miller, [unknown] | pg. 100 | Approved of a bill for the creation of the Metropolitan Park Commission | ||
| Miller, Charles R. | pg. 121 | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | ||
| Miller, James | pg. 80 | Politician; Soldier | New Hampshire named Pack Monadnock State Park after him | Brigadier General during the War of 1812 and the Governor of Arkansas. |
| Miller, John R. | pg. 83 | Signed a petition to create a highway to Pack Monadnock | ||
| Miller, Warner | pg. 35 | Helped preserve the Adirondacks | ||
| Mills, H.F. | pg. 117 | Engineer | Mentioned in an article about the damming of the Charles River | |
| Mitchell, Silas Weir | pg. 105 | Physician; Author | Did talks in North Carolina to preserve Roanoke Island | Became a specialist in neurology post-Civil War. Coined the term phantom limb. |
| Moore, [unknown] | pg. 107 | Daughter of Mr. Sherman | ||
| Moore, [unknown] | Toledo Blade (F2) | Superintendent of Toledo | ||
| Morill, J.G. | pg. 83 | Selectman in New Hampshire for Pack Monadnock | ||
| Morris, William | pg. 110, A Beautiful World (F1) | Textile Designer; Poet; Novelist | Part of the National Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising, but passed away | Major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. |
| Morrison, [unknown] | pg. 93-94 | New Hampshire Forestry Commission Committee Secretary | ||
| Morse, Edward S. | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8, pg. 108 | Zoologist; Orientalist | Attended the May 24 AMC meeting | Studied under Louis Agassiz at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and assisted in conserving, documenting, and drawing collections of mollusks. He wrote books on Japan based on his travels there. |
| Morse, Waldo G. | Palisades (F1) | New York Commissioner and Secretary for the Palisades Commission | Wrote The Palisades National Park | |
| Morton, J. Sterling | pg. 23a-b | Newspaper Editor; Secretary of Agriculture | Member of the American Forestry Association Committee | Founded Arbor Day (1872). Editor of several newspapers. Served as United States Secretary of Agriculture (1893-1897). |
| Morton, Levi P. | pg. 125 | Politician | Signed an act to incorporate trustees to preserve land and sites. | Governor of New York (1895-1896). |
| Morton, Marcus | pg. 120 | Judge | Mentioned in an article about the Metropolitan Park Commission | Massachusetts Supreme Court Judge |
| Morton, Nathaniel | pg. 111 | Settler | Gave land to Plymouth | Settler of Plymouth Colony. His uncle was William Bradford |
| Morton, Thomas | pg. 36 | Mentioned in a Listener Article | ||
| Moses, F.J. | pg. 100 | Member of the Winthrop Improvement Association | ||
| Motley, Edward | pg. 67 | Signed a petition to appoint a special committee to investigate open spaces in Boston | Possibly established a commission house with his brother Thomas on India Warf. | |
| Mudge, Z.A. | pg. 6, pg. 7 | Attended the May 24 AMC meeting | ||
| Musafir, [unknown] | A Beautiful World (F1)* | Author of a poem in the SCAPA Journal | ||
| Newhall, Wilbur F. | pg. 19a | Treasurer of the Lynn Woods Trustees | Member of the Indenture for Lynn Woods | |
| Newton, Rev. Dr. | pg. 54 | On the committee for getting rid of signs in the Berkshires | ||
| Nichols, D.C. | pg. 67, pg. 69, pg. 75 | Politician | Appointed to the Joint Committee on Public Reservations. Surveyed the Province Lands with the Committee | Representative from Southboro |
| Niles, W.W. | pg. 134-135 | Former New York Park Commission member | ||
| Niles, William H. | pg. 35, pg. 96-97 | Went to a meeting about the Metropolitan Parks | From MIT | |
| Niles, William Woodruff | pg. 93-94 | Bishop | At a conference about the preservation of New Hampshire forests | Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire. |
| Noble, John | Mass. Supreme Court (F1)* | Clerk for the Supreme Court of Massachusetts | Clerked for the Supreme Court during the Metropolitan Park Commission hearings/decree | |
| Noble, John W. | pg. 25*, pg. 99 | Secretary of the Interior (1889-1893) | J.B. Harrison wrote a letter to him. Helped preserve land with Benjamin Harrison | Brigadier General in the Civil War. Served as Secretary of the Interior under Benjamin Harrison administration. Removed 19 indigenous tribes to small allotments in the Oklahoma Territory to open the land to homesteaders. |
| Norman, Richard | pg. 136 | An article discussed the history of Plymouth | Settled in Salem | |
| Northrop, B.G. | pg. 35 | Supported the incorporation of the Trustees of Public Reservations | ||
| Norton, B.N. | pg. 61 | Took part in discussions concerning public land | ||
| Norton, Charles Eliot | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8, pg. 9, pg. 14, pg. 31, pg. 94 | Author; Social Critic; Professor of Art | Spoke at the May 24 Meeting at AMC | Social reformer and political activist. First president of the Archaeological Institute of America. |
| Nowell, [unknown] | pg. 95 | Went to a hearing on Metropolitan Parks | ||
| Noyes, [unknown] | pg. 115 | Engineer | At a hearing for the Charles River Dam | Ex-City engineer |
| O'Brien, Hugh | pg. 67 | Mayor of Boston (1884-1888) | Signed a petition to appoint a special committee to investigate open spaces in Boston | Mayor from 1884-1888. First Irish and Catholic mayor of Boston. |
| O'Neil, [unknown] | pg. 100 | Approved of a bill for the creation of the Metropolitan Park Commission | ||
| O'Reilly, John Boyle | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8 | Poet | Wrote a letter in support of the AMC meeting on May 24, 1890 | During his youth in Ireland, O'Reilly was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, and was transported to Western Australia as a result. He escaped to the U.S., and became a spokesperson for the Irish community and culture through The Pilot, where he was editor, as well as lectures and writings. |
| Olmsted, Frederick Law | pg. 3, pg. 4, pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8, pg. 10, pg. 16, pg. 27*, pg. 31, pg. 34, pg. 56-57, pg. 89-90, pg. 106-107, pg. 108, pg. 123, pg. 125-126, NE Magazine (F1), Transcript (F2) | Landscape architect | Wrote a letter in support of the May 24 meeting at AMC. Shaped the development of the park system, particularly in the Back Bay. Trustees Committee member | Chairman of the Yosemite Commission (1864-1867) |
| Orr, Alexander Ector | pg. 121 | Businessman | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | Influential in building the New York subway system |
| Osborn, Dalphon | pg. 80 | Selectman in New Hampshire creating Pack Monadnock State Park. | ||
| Ottendorfer, Oswald | pg. 121, pg. 126 | Journalist | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York. Trustee of the Association for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects. | Associated with the development of the German language New Yorker Staats-Zeitung into a major newspaper |
| Page, Chauncy | Thompson's Island (F1)* | Student | Wrote an article in the "Thompson's Island Beacon" | |
| Paine, Robert Treat | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8, pg. 66, pg. 71, pg. 78 | Lawyer | Attended the May 24 meeting at AMC. Committee on the Metropolitan Park System. | Known most for his work as chairman of the building committee of Boston's Trinity Church in Copley Sq. He also experimented with building housing for low and middle income workers. |
| Palfrey, Peter | pg. 136 | An article discussed the history of Plymouth | Settled in Salem | |
| Palmer, [unknown] | pg. 68 | Governor | Discussion of public parks in Pennsylvania | |
| Parker, Henry L. | pg. 11, pg. 14, pg. 29, pg. 31, pg. 34, pg. 76a, pg. 126, pg. 132 | Sub-Committee of Trustees on Legislation in the Massachusetts State Legislature. Trustees Member. | It is possible that Parker, Henry L. and Parks are the same person. | |
| Parkman, Francis | pg. 3, pg. 4, pg. 6, pg. 7 | Historian | Wrote a letter to Trustees in support of the organization | Best known for his book The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and France and England in North America. He was also a leading horticulturalist. |
| Parks, Henry L. | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8, pg. 14, pg. 127 | Trustees Committee Member | It is possible that Parker, Henry L. and Parks are the same person. | |
| Parsons, Charles E. | pg. 19a | Witness to the Indenture for Lynn Woods | ||
| Parsons, Samuel Jr. | pg. 121 | Landscape architect | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | Introduced a fungus accidentally that led to the near extinction of the American chestnut tree. |
| Parton, James | pg. 45 | Biographer | Head of the Executive Committee for the City Improvement Association in Newburyport | Wrote biographies of Aaron Burr, Andrew Jackson, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Voltaire. |
| Patten, Isaac B. | pg. 102 | Directed the work of setting down trees along the Charles River | ||
| Patterson, James W. | pg. 93-94 | Politician | At a conference about the preservation of New Hampshire forests | U.S. Representative and Senator from New Hampshire |
| Peabody, Oliver W. | pg. 67 | Signed a petition to appoint a special committee to investigate open spaces in Boston | Potentially created Kidder, Peabody & Co. | |
| Peck, John Hudson | pg. 121 | Lawyer | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Penn, William | pg. 68 | Entrepreneur; Philosopher | The people of Philadelphia wanted to restore a statue of him. | Early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania |
| Perkins, George A. | pg. 84 | Appointed to the State Highway Commission | Head of the League of American Wheelmen | |
| Perry, Albion A. | pg. 96-97, pg. 132 | Politician | Went to a meeting about the Metropolitan Parks | Mayor of Somerville |
| Perry, Arthur Latham | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8 | Economist | Wrote a letter in support of the May 24 AMC meeting | Professor at Williams College, an advocate of free trade. |
| Peterson, J. | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | Former Secretary of the Squanto Club on Thompson's Island | |
| Pettibone, [unknown] | pg. 107 | Wanted to create a dam at the Trenton Falls | ||
| Pevey, G.A.A. | pg. 117 | City Solicitor | At a hearing about the Charles River dam | City Solicitor for Cambridge |
| Philips, [unknown] | Thompson's Island (F1) | Alumnus of Boston Farm School | ||
| Phillips, Henry M. | pg. 105* | Treasurer of Massachusetts | Called for proposals for the purchase of registered bonds for the Metropolitan Parks | |
| Pickman, Dudley L. | pg. 104-105 | An example of private citizen who permits public access to the Brother Rocks on Concord River | Donated items to the Museum of Fine Arts | |
| Pierce, Benjamin | pg. 80 | Politician; Soldier | Mentioned in connection with Pack Monadnock State Park. | Colonial soldier in the American Revolution. Served as Governor of New Hampshire (1827-1828/1829-1830) |
| Pierce, William T. | NE Magazine (F1) | Engineer | Engineer for the Metropolitan Park Commission | |
| Pike, J.W. | pg. 10 | Wrote an article in Garden and Forest about forestry in Ohio | ||
| Pinchot, Gifford | pg. 138 | Forester; Politician | Committee for the preservation of U.S. forests | Consulting and practical forester |
| Pinkerton, Alfred S. | pg. 35 | Politician | Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Preservation of Beautiful and Historical Places | Member of the Massachusetts State Congress |
| Pollock, Frederick | pg. 109, A Beautiful World (F1) | Jurist | Part of the National Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising, but passed away | Wrote the History of English Law before the Time of Edward I |
| Pool, Calvin W. | pg. 74 | Clerk | Clerk of Rockport | |
| Pope, Albert Augustus | pg. 67, pg. 68, pg. 93-94 | Soldier; Manufacturer | Speaker at a Metropolitan Park System meeting. New Hampshire Forestry Committee member. | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Importer, promoter, and manufacturer of bicycles, and a manufacturer of automobiles. |
| Porter, Alex S. | pg. 67, pg. 130 | Businessman | Signed a petition to appoint a special committee to investigate open spaces in Boston. At a meeting to discuss Boston parks. | |
| Porter, Charles H. | pg. 95 | Businessman; Politician | Went to a hearing on Metropolitan Parks | Mayor of Quincy |
| Porter, Dwight | pg. 35, pg. 38, pg. 114 | Engineer | Made a sanitary inspection of tenements | MIT Professor |
| Porter, Horace | pg. 121, pg. 126 | Soldier; diplomat | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York. Trustee of the Association for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects. | Served as lieutenant colonel, ordnance officer and staff officer in the Union Army during the Civil War. Vice President of the Pullman Palace Car Company. U.S. Ambassador to France from 1897-1905. |
| Porter, John W. | pg. 7, pg. 50, pg. 55, pg. 72a | Reverend; Lawyer | Visited Provincetown to survey the Province Lands for the Committee. Sent a letter of approval to the May 24 AMC meeting. | |
| Porter, Peter A. | pg. 121 | Politician | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | U.S. Representative from New York |
| Potter, [unknown] | pg. 84 | Wrote a Century article about roads in Boston | ||
| Potter, Howard | pg. 25 | Banker; Industrialist | Wrote a letter to J.B. Harrison | Became the Secretary and Treasurer of Novelty Iron Works. Entered the firm of Brown Brothers & Co. He had several public charitable positions. |
| Powers, S.L. | pg. 132 | At a hearing by the committee on metropolitan affairs about a bill to authorize more money for the Metropolitan Park Commission | ||
| Powers, Wilbur F. | pg. 106 | Secretary of the Hyde Park Commission | ||
| Prang, Louis | pg. 6, pg. 8 | Printer; lithographer; publisher; Georgist | Wrote a letter in support of the May 24 AMC meeting | Known as the "father of the American Christmas card" |
| Pratt, Albert | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | Helped sort wood at the Boston Farm School | |
| Preece, [unknown] | pg. 109 | Part of the National Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising, but passed away | ||
| Proctor, Benjamin | pg. 19a | Member of the Indenture for Lynn Woods | ||
| Pushee, E.W. | pg. 105 | Prepared a plan for the establishment of parks in the Metropolitan Park System. | ||
| Putnam, C.A. | pg. 43 | Mentioned in conjunction with preserving parts of Salem | ||
| Putnam, Israel | pg. 43 | General, Revolutionary War | Mentioned in conjunction with preserving parts of Salem | Known as "Old Put," fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill. |
| Putnam, Rufus | pg. 136 | Military Officer | Trustees preserved his homestead | Officer during the French and Indian War and General during the Revolutionary War |
| Quincy, Josiah Jr. | pg. 51 | Politician | Helped create the Charles River Basin | Mayor of Boston (1845-1849) |
| Quinn, John | pg. 98 | Committee for the Park Defense League | ||
| Rackemann, Charles Sedgwick | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 31, pg. 35, pg. 76a, NE Magazine (F1) | Lawyer | Committee of Trustees . At the AMC May 24 meeting. Metropolitan Park Commission attorney | Prominent attorney in Boston |
| Rackemann, Felix | pg. 110, pg. 119, pg. 120 | Lawyer | Secretary and Counselor of the Metropolitan Park District Commission. Represents the Park Commissioners in court. | Member of several firms. Argued before the United States District Court and U.S. Supreme Court. |
| Rackemann, Wilfred | NE Magazine (F1) | General Superintendent of the Metropolitan Park Commission | ||
| Rantoul, Robert S. | pg. 61 | Mayor of Salem (1890-1893) | Expressed interest in the aims of the Trustees | |
| Raymond, M.D. | pg. 121 | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | ||
| Redman, Joseph | pg. 68 | Discussion of public parks in Pennsylvania | ||
| Reed, H.T. | pg. 100 | Vice President of the Metropolitan Park Commission | ||
| Reed, James A. | pg. 72a | Went to a hearing for the Province Lands | ||
| Remick, John A. | pg. 67, pg. 68 | Attended a Metropolitan Park System meeting | ||
| Rich, Shebnah | pg. 69, pg. 72a, pg. 75 | Historian | Part of the group that surveyed the Province Lands. | Historian of Truro |
| Richards, Abraham L. | NE Magazine (F1) | Metropolitan Park Committee Member | ||
| Richards, William R. | pg. 98 | Committee for the Park Defense League | ||
| Richardson, G.K. | pg. 67 | Signed a petition to appoint a special committee to investigate open spaces in Boston | ||
| Richardson, George F. | pg. 120, Mass. Supreme Court (F1) | Metropolitan Park Commissioner | Replaced Endicott as Commissioner in 1894 | |
| Richmond, George | pg. 109, A Beautiful World (F1) | Part of the National Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising, but passed away | ||
| Richmond, John | A Beautiful World (F1) | Part of the Society for the Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising, but passed away, father George Richmond passed away | ||
| Richmond, W.B. | A Beautiful World (F1) | Part of the Society for the Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising, but passed away, father George Richmond passed away | ||
| Riviere, Briton | pg. 109 | Artist | Part of the National Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising, but passed away | Devoted much of his life to animal paintings |
| Robb, James Hampden | pg. 121 | Politician | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | Member of the New York State Assembly (1882), and Senate (1884-1885). New York City Park Commissioner (1888-1889) |
| Robbe, F.G. | pg. 83 | Signed a petition to create a highway to Pack Monadnock | ||
| Robbins, Royal E. | pg. 67 | Signed a petition to appoint a special committee to investigate open spaces in Boston | Major figure in the creation of the Waltham Watch Company. | |
| Roberts, Charles | A Beautiful World (F1) | Part of the Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising | ||
| Robeson, William R. | pg. 76c | Trustees Member. | Possibly part of the Boston & Albany Railroad Co. | |
| Robinson, J.D. | Toledo Blade (F2) | Resigned as president of the Toledo Park Board | ||
| Robinson, John | pg. 61, pg. 76c | Treasurer of the Peabody Academy of Science | Wrote a series of articles about trees in the region, Harrison wanted to make a pamphlet. Trustees Member. | |
| Roche, James Jeffrey | NE Magazine (F1) | Journalist; Poet | Metropolitan Park Commission Member | Became editor and chief of the Irish newspaper in Boston |
| Rogers, Sherman Skinner | pg. 121 | Lawyer; Politician | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | Member of the New York State Senate |
| Rosebery, [unknown] | pg. 111, pg. 112 | Part of the National Trust | ||
| Ross, D.A. | pg. 61 | Took part in discussions concerning public land | ||
| Russell, John J. | pg. 33, pg. 34, pg. 36, pg. 41b, pg. 41c, pg. 42 | Trustees member | ||
| Russell, Joseph | pg. 4 | In a list of citizens from New Bedford who owned beautiful lands | Possibly related/is Joseph Russell [see link] | |
| Russell, William E. | pg. 58-59, pg. 91, pg. 94, pg. 113, pg. 114, pg. 115, pg. 117, pg. 123, pg. 124-125 | Governor of Massachusetts (1891-1894) | Part of the creation of the Metropolitan Park System | |
| Saltonstall, Leverett | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8, pg. 9, pg. 16, pg. 31, pg. 33, pg. 34, pg. 36, pg. 41b, pg. 41c, pg. 42, pg. 49, pg. 71, pg. 136 | Politician | Attended the May 24 meeting at the AMC. Made a speech at Trustees . Trustees member. | Served as Collector of Customs for the Port of Boston |
| Saltonstall, Richard M. | Thompson's Island (F1) | Manager of the Board of Managers of the Boston Farm School | ||
| Sanger, George Patridge Jr. | pg. 123* | Chairman of the Committee of Metropolitan Affairs | ||
| Sargent, Charles Sprague | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8, pg. 11, pg. 16, pg. 31, pg. 33, pg. 34, pg. 36, pg. 39, pg. 41b, pg. 41c, pg. 42, pg. 46, pg. 49, pg. 62*, pg. 63a-b*, pg. 87c, pg. 138 | Botanist | Committee of Trustees . At the AMC May 24 meeting. Chairman of the committee to study forest conditions in the U.S. | First Director of the Arnold Arboretum |
| Sargent, William P. | pg. 19a | Secretary of the Lynn Woods Trustees | Member of the Indenture for Lynn Woods | |
| Savery, [unknown] | pg. 74 | Special Agent | Surveyed Mt. Hood for preservation | |
| Sawtell, [unknown] | Thompson's Island (F1) | Alumnus of Boston Farm School | ||
| Sawyer, Henry N. | pg. 67, pg. 68 | Attended a Metropolitan Park System meeting | ||
| Schell, Augustus | pg. 134-135 | Politician; Lawyer | Former New York Park Commission member | Chairman of the Democratic National Committee |
| Schenck, M.D. | pg. 36 | Leading citizen of Greensboro for the preservation of Civil War battlefields | ||
| Schenley, [unknown] | pg. 107 | Owned a blockhouse related to the American Revolution | ||
| Schofield, John McAllister | pg. 120 | Soldier | In an article about Fort Mackinac | Major commander during the Civil War. U.S. Secretary of War 1868-1869) |
| Scott, Charles | pg. 80, pg. 83 | Colonel, Civil War | In charge of the plan to create Pack Monadnock State Park. Represented Peterboro to the Legislature. | |
| Scott, John | pg. 83 | Signed a petition to create a highway to Pack Monadnock | ||
| Scott, John Winterfield | pg. 126 | Secretary of the Association of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects | ||
| Scott, Walter | NE Magazine (F1) | Writer | Lauded in an editorial about historical novelists | Known for Ivanhoe and Waverly |
| Scudder, S.H. | pg. 92, pg. 93-94 | Entomologist; Paleontologist | At a conference about the preservation of New Hampshire forests. Delegate from the Appalachian Mountain Club | Studied under Louis Agassiz at Harvard. Studied and described Fossil Insects. Cofounder, editor, and guide of the Appalachian Mountain Club. |
| Searles, Edward Francis | pg. 125 | Designer | Donated three tracts of land to Great Barrington | Interior and architectural designer. Designer of Searles Castle. |
| Sessions, [unknown] | pg. 61 | Part of the Board of Agriculture? | ||
| Severing, Henry M. | pg. 76a | Trustees Member | ||
| Shaler, Nathaniel S. | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 34, pg. 36, pg. 41b, pg. 41c, pg. 42, pg. 49, pg. 59, pg. 71, pg. 84, pg. 88, pg. 92, pg. 93-94, pg. 136 | Paleontologist; Geologist | Attended the May 24 Meeting at AMC. Trustees member. Opposed to state ownership of land in New Hampshire. | Studied under Louis Agassiz at Harvard and served as a lecturer. Appointed to the U.S. Geological Survey (1884) in charge of the Atlantic division. Served two years as a Union officer in the Civil War. |
| Shattuck, George O. | pg. 123, pg. 131 | Had a petition to create an esplanade on the Charles River. Wrote a report on the Charles River basin drainage. | ||
| Shaw, Francis | Thompson's Island (F1) | Lyman, Theodore's great nephew, manager of Thompson's Island | ||
| Sheldon, George | pg. 6, pg. 8, pg. 31, pg. 34, pg. 36, pg. 41b, pg. 41c, pg. 42, pg. 87a | Preservationist | Committee of Trustees | Leader in historic preservation. Made a Civil War memorial in Deerfield. Created the Potumtuck Valley Memorial Association, one of the first historical preservation societies in the country |
| Shepard, Harvey N. | pg. 67 | Signed a petition to appoint a special committee to investigate open spaces in Boston | ||
| Sherman, Daniel | pg. 107 | Built the first hotel near Trenton Falls | ||
| Shurtleff, William S. | pg. 5, pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8, pg. 11, pg. 14, pg. 29, pg. 31, pg. 34, pg. 36, pg. 39, pg. 41b, pg. 41c, pg. 42, pg. 87a, pg. 87c, pg. 126, pg. 127, pg. 136, pg. 137 | Judge | Active member of the Connecticut Valley Historical Society, at the conference on May 24, 1890. Vice President of the Trustees of Reservations. Part of first Trustees committee. | |
| Silas, George W. | pg. 83 | Signed a petition to create a highway to Pack Monadnock | ||
| Simpkins, John | pg. 72a, pg. 76a | Politician | Went to a hearing for the Province Lands. Trustees Member. | U.S. Representative from Massachusetts |
| Slade, Daniel D. | pg. 41b, pg. 42 | Trustees member | ||
| Sloan, George B. | pg. 35 | Politician; businessman | Helped preserve the Adirondacks | Member of the New York State Assembly and Senate. |
| Slocum, W.S. | pg. 110, pg. 113, pg. 114, pg. 117, pg. 119 | Politician; Lawyer | Chosen as chairman of the Metropolitan Park District Commission | City Solicitor of Newton. Part of the Massachusetts Legislature. Practiced law with his father. |
| Small, David A. | pg. 72a | Went to a hearing on the Province Lands | ||
| Small, James A. | pg. 50, pg. 69 | Part of the group that surveyed the Province Lands. | ||
| Smeaton, Walter S. | Thompson's Island (F1) | Mica Business | Alumnus of Boston Farm School | |
| Smith, [unknown] | Thompson's Island (F1) | Alumnus of Boston Farm School | ||
| Smith, A. | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | In a comedy at the Boston Farm School's Thanksgiving Event | |
| Smith, B.M. | pg. 83 | Selectman in New Hampshire for Pack Monadnock | ||
| Smith, Charles C. | pg. 98 | Vice President of the Massachusetts Park Defense League | ||
| Smith, E.M. | pg. 83 | Surveyed Pack Monadnock State Park | ||
| Smith, J.O. | pg. 131 | On a committee of Newton and Watertown residents appearing before the Massachusetts Legislature about the improvement of the Charles River | ||
| Smith, James H. | pg. 38 | U.S. Commercial agent at Mayence | Used in an article about New York tenants | |
| Smith, John | pg. 72a | Ship Captain | Went to a hearing on the Province Lands | Captains the steamer Longfellow |
| Smith, John Butler | pg. 93-94 | Manufacturer; Politician | At a conference about the preservation of New Hampshire forests | Governor of New Hampshire (1893-1895) |
| Smith, M. | pg. 83 | Signed a petition to create a highway to Pack Monadnock | ||
| Smith, Michael Hoke | pg. 109, pg. 138 | Politician; Newspaper Owner | Protected lands as Secretary of the Interior | Secretary of the Interior (1893-1896) and Governor of Georgia (1907-1909, 1911) |
| Smith, Seth | pg. 48 | Provincetown clerk | ||
| Smith, Thomas | pg. 111 | Made the first land gift for public use in 1680 | ||
| Smock, John Conover | pg. 128, Palisades (F1) | Geologist | New Jersey State Geologist attempting to preserve the Palisades | |
| Smyth, Thomas | pg. 97* | Wrote an article about the Province Lands | ||
| Snow, Charles E. | pg. 74 | Petitioned to discontinue a road near Tom Nevers Pond on Nantucket | ||
| Snow, Jesse B. | pg. 74 | Member of the board of lot layers on Nantucket | ||
| Spaulding, Elbridge S. | pg. 121 | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | ||
| Spofford, A.A. | pg. 83 | Mentioned in connection with Pack Monadnock State Park. | ||
| Spooner, William H. | pg. 35 | Supported the incorporation of the Trustees of Public Reservations | ||
| Sprague, Henry H. | pg. 3, pg. 4, pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 11, pg. 14, pg. 31, pg. 95, pg. 100 | Lawyer; Politician | Presided over a meeting at the AMC on May 24. Introduced an amendment for the Metropolitan Park Commission. | Served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives |
| Sproat, Earl | pg. 5 | Benjamin Franklin stayed in his house when he visited Massachusetts | The Earl Sproat House was bequeathed to Dr. Henry Hamilton Sproat, where Lafayette also spent a night. | |
| Stackpole, [unknown] | pg. 95 | |||
| Talbot, Marion | pg. 7, pg. 8, pg. 11, pg. 16, pg. 31 | Educator | Committee of Trustees | Dean of Women at University of Chicago. Taught at Wellesley College |
| Tallmadge, Frederick S. | pg. 121 | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | ||
| Tappen, Frederick D. | pg. 121 | Businessman | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | President of the Gallatin National Bank |
| Tate, James | pg. 36 | Soldier, Revolutionary War | Killed at the Guilford Courthouse, which is being preserved. | At the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, a British victory, the Captain died. |
| Taylor, [unknown] | pg. 136 | Wants to protect Indian Ridge outside of Andover, MA | ||
| Taylor, James M. | pg. 121 | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | ||
| Teague, [unknown] | Thompson's Island (F1) | Teacher | Created an athletic club on Thompson's Island | |
| Temple, Thomas F. | Thompson's Island (F1) | Vice President of the Board of Managers of the Boston Farm School | ||
| Templeton, P. Blodgett | pg. 67, pg. 69, pg. 75 | Politician | Appointed to the Joint Committee on Public Reservations. Surveyed the Province Lands with the Committee | Chairman on the part of the House |
| Thayer, John E. | Thompson's Island (F1) | Manager of the Board of Managers of the Boston Farm School | ||
| Thoreau, Henry David | pg. 82 | Poet; Abolitionist | Quoted about the Province Lands | Leading transcendentalist, wrote on natural history. |
| Thornycroft, William Hamo | pg. 109 | Sculptor | Part of the National Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising, but passed away | Known for many sculptures around London |
| Thurston, Charles B. | Palisades (F1) | New Jersey Commissioner for the Palisades Commission | ||
| Tiffany, Charles Lewis | pg. 134-135 | Jewelry Businessman | Former New York Park Commission member | Founded Tiffany & Co. |
| Tinkham, George A. | pg. 67, pg. 68 | Politician | Attended a Metropolitan Park System meeting | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Served as a member of the Boston Common Council (1897-1898). |
| Tinkham, S. | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | Head of the news committee of the Squanto Club on Thompson's Island | |
| Torrey, Everett | pg. 124-125 | At a meeting about putting a bridge on the Charles River | ||
| Tracy, Benjamin F. | pg. 121 | Politician | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | Served as Secretary of the Navy (1889-1893) |
| Tracy, Cyrus M. | pg. 19a | President of the Lynn Woods Trustees | Member of the Indenture for Lynn Woods | |
| Trask, William | pg. 136 | An article discussed the history of Plymouth | Settled in Salem | |
| Tryon, Elizur | pg. 60b* | Wrote an article about the Province Lands for Boston Commonwealth | ||
| Tsanoff, [unknown] | Toledo Blade (F2) | Established a playground at the Toledo City Park | ||
| Tucker, [unknown] | pg. 54 | On the committee for getting rid of signs in the Berkshires | ||
| Tucker, George H. | pg. 34, pg. 36, pg. 41b, pg. 41c, pg. 42 | Trustees member | ||
| Tucker, Joseph | pg. 31, pg. 41b, pg. 42 | Politician | Committee of Trustees | Served as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1869-1873) |
| Tucker, Nathaniel | pg. 33 | Trustees member | ||
| Tucker, Thomas B. | pg. 83 | Signed a petition to create a highway to Pack Monadnock | ||
| Tudor, Fanny Foster | pg. 73, pg. 74, pg. 101, pg. 136 | Gave Trustees Virginia Wood | ||
| Turner, Ross | pg. 6 | Attended the May 24 Meeting at AMC | ||
| Tuttle, Hiram A. | pg. 80, pg. 83, pg. 93-94 | Merchant; Politician | Selectman in New Hampshire creating Pack Monadnock State Park. | Served as Governor of NH in 1890 |
| Tyler, H.M. | pg. 126, pg. 127 | Professor at Smith College | At a meeting for the Trustees of Public Reservations | |
| Tylly, John | pg. 136 | An article discussed the history of Plymouth | Settled in Salem | |
| Upham, George P. | pg. 98 | At a meeting of the Massachusetts Park Defense League. Committee for the Park Defense League | ||
| Valentine, H.C. | pg. 54 | On the committee for getting rid of signs in the Berkshires | Possibly a farm owner in the Berkshires | |
| Vanderbilt, Cornelius II | pg. 136 | Businessman | Rumored purchaser of Fisherman's Field in Gloucester | Built the Vanderbilt mansion, "the Breakers" in Newport |
| Vandusen, Matthew | pg. 68 | Discussion of public parks in Pennsylvania | ||
| Viaux, F.H. | pg. 114 | At a hearing for the Charles River Dam | ||
| Wadleigh, Horace W. | pg. 67, pg. 68 | Attended a Metropolitan Park System meeting | Possibly a dealer of hide and leather | |
| Walcott, Henry P. | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8, pg. 11, pg. 31, pg. 34, pg. 35, pg. 39, pg. 41b, pg. 42, pg. 46, pg. 62*, pg. 63a-b*, pg. 87c, pg. 98, pg. 114, pg. 117, pg. 123 | Chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Health | Chairman of Committee of Trustees . Committee for the Parks Defense League | On the Massachusetts State Board of Health |
| Walker, Charles Howard | pg. 108 | Architect | Gave a lecture in the Old South Church | Taught at MIT. Worked as a chief architect of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition, 1898 |
| Walker, Francis Amasa | pg. 3, pg. 4, pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8, pg. 11, pg. 16, pg. 31, pg. 33, pg. 34, pg. 36, pg. 41b, pg. 41c, pg. 42, pg. 49, pg. 64, pg. 66, pg. 71, pg. 130, pg. 136 | Economist | At the original AMC meeting. Presided over a meeting on the Metropolitan Park System. Trustees member. Part of the Boston Park Commission. | Soldier during the Civil War, awarded the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general United States Volunteers. Served on the editorial staff of the Springfield Republican. President of MIT. Other TTOR connections include: his neighbor during his youth was Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., so his child and Francis were playmates. He studied Greek and Latin under Lucy Stone. |
| Walker, Joseph B. | pg. 24, pg. 92, pg. 93-94 | President of the New Hampshire Forestry Commission | ||
| Ward, Humphrey | A Beautiful World (F1) | Part of the Society for Checking Abuses of Public Advertising | ||
| Ward, Julius H. | pg. 92, pg. 93-94 | At a conference about the preservation of New Hampshire forests | ||
| Ware, [unknown] | pg. 71 | Went to a hearing for the Metropolitan Park Commission | ||
| Waring, Charles E. Jr. | pg. 115, pg. 117 | Sanitary Engineer | At a hearing on the proposed lock and dam on the Charles River | Advocate of sewer systems that keep domestic sewage from storm runoff. Engineered Central Park's drainage system. |
| Warner, Charles F. | pg. 67, pg. 68 | Attended a Metropolitan Park System meeting | ||
| Washington, George | Palisades (F1) | Politician; soldier | Used the Palisades during the Revolutionary War | First U.S. President |
| Waterhouse, Alfred | pg. 109, A Beautiful World (F1) | Architect | Chair of the Society of Arts. SCAPA member | Associated with Victorian Gothic Revival Architecture. Known for his design of the Natural History Museum in London. |
| Watson, T.A. | pg. 50, pg. 55 | Visited Provincetown to survey the Province Lands | ||
| Wayne, Anthony | Palisades (F1) | Politician; soldier | Used the Palisades during the Revolutionary War | Nicknamed "Mad Anthony" during the Revolution |
| Webb, Henry Walter | Palisades (F1) | Railway Executive | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | New York Central Railroad |
| Webb, Seward | pg. 121 | Businessman | Businessman who had an interest in the Adirondacks. Owner of a tract of land in the Adirondacks. | Inspector General of the Vermont militia. Founder and former president of the Sons of the American Revolution. His Mohawk and Malone Railway was instrumental in opening the Adirondacks to tourism. |
| Webb, William H. | pg. 121, pg. 126 | Shipbuilder; Philanthropist | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York. Trustees of the Association for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects. | Called America's first naval architect. |
| Welch, Thomas Vincent | pg. 121 | Politician | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | New York State Assemblyman. First Superintendent of the New York State Reservation at Niagara. |
| Wellman, Arthur H. | pg. 105, pg. 132 | Politician; Lawyer | At a meeting about the Metropolitan Park Commission | State Representative, MA |
| Wells, E.M.P. | Thompson's Island (F1) | Superintendent | Planted trees on Thompson's Island | |
| Wells, Kate Gannett | pg. 7 | Philanthropist; reformer; writer | Wrote a letter in support of the May 24 AMC meeting | Pro-women's education and professional life, as well as equal wages, but anti-woman suffrage. |
| Wells, Oliver J. | pg. 19b, pg. 21 | Trustee of the Brooklyn Society for Parks and Playgrounds | ||
| Wells, William K.G. | pg. 6 | Wrote a letter in support of the May 24 AMC meeting | ||
| Welsh, Herbert | pg. 23a-b | Politician; Welfare worker | Member of the American Forestry Association Committee | Worked for the welfare of the indigenous peoples of North America. Political reformer. In 1894, he became chair of the committee to plan the National Municipal league at the meeting of civil reformers, which included Frederick Law Olmsted. |
| Werts, George Theodore | pg. 121, pg. 125-126, pg. 128 | Governor of New Jersey (1893-1896) | In office at the time of the Palisades preservation | Created the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, which saved the New Jersey Palisades from being quarried for their rock. |
| West, E. | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | Secretary and Treasurer of the Squanto Club on Thompson's Island | |
| Wheaton, Carl N. | pg. 95 | Went to a hearing on Metropolitan Parks | ||
| Wheeler, Alexander S. | Thompson's Island (F1) | President of the Board of Managers of the Boston Farm School | ||
| Wheelwright, John T. | pg. 113, pg. 114, pg. 117, pg. 123, pg. 124 | At a hearing on the construction of a dam on the Charles River | Ex-Governor | |
| White, Clinton | pg. 113 | At a hearing on the construction of a dam on the Charles River | Boston Associated Board of Trade | |
| White, D.M. | pg. 83 | Signed a petition to create a highway to Pack Monadnock | ||
| White, John | pg. 136 | Colonist; Priest | An article discussed the history of Plymouth | Promised Roger Conant a new charted and financial backing if he stayed in New England to found colonies. |
| Whiting, Henry L. | pg. 114 | Surveyor | At a hearing for the Charles River Dam | Worked for the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. |
| Whiting, William | pg. 76c | Politician | Trustees Member. | Organized the Collins Paper Co. and built a paper mill in North Wilbraham, MA. Member of the MA Senate in 1875. |
| Whitman, Henry (wife) | pg. 105 | Gave a reception to raise funds for the preservation of Roanoke Island. | ||
| Whitney, Henry Melville | pg. 114 | Industrialist | At a hearing for the Charles River Dam | Founder of the West End Street Railway Company |
| Whitney, Josiah Dwight | pg. 121 | Geologist | California State Geologist, made a map of Yosemite Valley | Became the foremost authority on the economic geology of the U.S. Mount Whitney was named after him. |
| Whitney, W.H. | pg. 69 | Representative from Pittsfield | ||
| Whittier, John Greenleaf | pg. 34, pg. 35, pg. 36, pg. 80, A Beautiful World (F1)* | Poet; Abolitionist | Attempt to preserve a place in Newburyport as a memorial to him. Supported the incorporation of the Trustees of Public Reservations. | One of the Fireside Poets, remembered for his anti-slavery writings and book Snow-Bound. |
| Whittier, T.G. | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 31 | Sent a letter to Trustees | ||
| Wigglesworth, George | pg. 2, pg. 7, pg. 8, pg. 11, pg. 13, pg. 14, pg. 29, pg. 30, pg. 33, pg. 34, pg. 36, pg. 39, pg. 41b, pg. 41c, pg. 42, pg. 46, pg. 54, pg. 62*, pg. 63a-b*, pg. 126, pg. 127 | Lawyer; President of the York Manufacturing Co. | Treasurer of the Trustees of Reservations | Served on several boards, including the Massachusetts General Hospital committee. |
| William, Jeffrey | pg. 136 | An article discussed the history of Plymouth | Settled in Salem | |
| Williams, [unknown] | Thompson's Island (F1) | Student | In a comedy at the Boston Farm School's Thanksgiving Event | |
| Williams, C.A. | pg. 110, pg. 119, pg. 120 | Part of a meeting of the Metropolitan Park Commission | ||
| Williams, Israel | pg. 43 | Selectman; Chairman of the Board of Health (1800) | Salem town selectman | |
| Williams, Mornay | pg. 126 | Trustee of the Association for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects. | ||
| Williams, Moses | pg. 14, pg. 29, pg. 31, pg. 34, pg. 35, pg. 76a | Massachusetts State Representative | Sub-Committee of Trustees on Legislation in the Massachusetts State Legislature. Trustees Member. | |
| Williams, T.D. | pg. 43 | Israel Williams' grandson | ||
| Willis, [unknown] | pg. 107 | Expanding hotels near Trenton Falls | ||
| Willson, James Sr. | pg. 80 | Jurist | Read law with General James Miller, who was honored in a New Hampshire State Park | |
| Wilson, Jonathan | pg. 104-105 | Soldier | In conjunction with the preservation of "commons" in towns. | Captain of a company of Minutemen at Lexington and Concord who was killed during the battle. |
| Wilson, William Power | pg. 67 | Signed a petition to appoint a special committee to investigate open spaces in Boston | ||
| Winn, Henry S. | pg. 6, pg. 8 | Attended the May 24 Meeting at the AMC | ||
| Winslow, W.C. | pg. 35 | Supported the incorporation of the Trustees of Public Reservations | ||
| Winsor, Justin | pg. 6, pg. 7 | Writer; librarian; historian | Wrote a letter in support of the May 24 AMC meeting | Authority on the early history of North America. Elected as the first president of the American Library Association. |
| Winton, Henry D. | Palisades (F1) | President of the Palisades Commission from New Jersey | ||
| Witt, [unknown] | pg. 105 | Alderman | Prepared a plan for the establishment of parks in the Metropolitan Park System. | |
| Wolcott, Roger | pg. 6, pg. 7, pg. 8, pg. 67 | Lawyer; Politician | Wrote a letter in support of the May 24 AMC meeting. Signed a petition to appoint a special committee to investigate open spaces in Boston. | Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1893-1897, and elected Governor in 1897. Leading figure in the Young Republican Club. |
| Wood, Eli | pg. 135 | Owned property that was vandalized | ||
| Woodbury, Humphrey | pg. 136 | An article discussed the history of Plymouth | Settled in Salem | |
| Woodbury, John | pg. 126, pg. 127, pg. 128, pg. 136, NE Magazine (F1) | Secretary of the Trustees of Public Reservations. Secretary of the Metropolitan Park Commission | ||
| Wooley | Thompson's Island (F1) | Alumnus of Boston Farm School | ||
| Worth, H.B. | pg. 75 | Part of the Nantucket Improvement Association | ||
| Worthington, Robert | pg. 68 | Discussion of public parks in Pennsylvania | ||
| Wright, Ebenezer K. | pg. 121 | Named in the measure to protect the scenery of the state of New York | ||
| Wright, Elizur | pg. 78, pg. 81a, pg. 88, pg. 108, pg. 130 | Mathematician; Abolitionist | Helped preserve Middlesex Fells. | Instrumental in creating the Forestry Act of 1882, and attempted to save the Middlesex Fells when he was alive. |
| Wright, Ellen | pg. 78, pg. 96-97 | Attempted to save the Middlesex Fells. Wrote a pamphlet on wire fences in landscapes. Daughter of Elizur Wright | ||
| Wright, George Frederick | pg. 136, pg. 137 | Geologist | Wants to protect Indian Ridge outside of Andover, MA | Defender of Darwinism |
| Wright, Theodore F. | pg. 96-97 | Went to a meeting about the Metropolitan Parks | ||
| Wright, Walter C. | pg. 71, pg. 78, pg. 95, pg. 96-97 | Went to a hearing by the Legislative Committee on Public Reservations and Lands | Son of Elizur Wright, helped to preserve the Middlesex Fells | |
| Yard, William | pg. 68 | Discussion of public parks in Pennsylvania | ||
| Young, Alexander | pg. 6, pg. 7 | Wrote a letter in support of the May 24 AMC meeting |