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Inventory of the Henry B. Worth PapersIn the New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library
Biographical NoteHenry Barnard Worth was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1858. He attended school in Nantucket and later at Amherst College. He passed his bar exam in 1885, and began practicing law in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Specializing in real estate law, and devoting his spare time to historical and genealogical research. He was an active member of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society, contributing numerous articles to the Society’s published historical sketches, as well as serving as secretary of the organization from 1913 until his death in 1923. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThe Henry B. Worth Papers are arranged as a single series consisting of notebooks that are listed by title as it appears in the notebooks. Researchers should note that the Research Library also has Mss 59, a larger collection of Henry B. Worth Papers containing similar research. Arrangement of CollectionReturn to the Table of Contents Information for Researchers
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Preferred Citation New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library Mss 132, [folder], [item]
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Provenance Material in this collection was acquired by the Old Dartmouth Historical Society as part of Accession 00.265. Additional materials may have been given by Henry B. Worth prior to 1923 while he was an active member and secretary of the Society.
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Subject Headings Dartmouth, Mass.
Dartmouth, Mass.--History
Dartmouth, Mass.--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Fairhaven, Mass.
Nantucket, Mass.
New Bedford, Mass.--History
Worth, Henry B., 1858-1923
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