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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsJames LOVELL
(1737-1814)
LOVELL, James, a Delegate
from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., October 31, 1737;
attended the public schools; was graduated from the Boston Latin
School in 1752 and from Harvard College in 1756; completed a
postgraduate course at the latter institution in 1759; taught in
the Boston Latin School 1757-1775 and was also master of the North
Grammar (now the Eliot) School; imprisoned by General Howe during
the Revolutionary War and conveyed to Halifax in 1775; Member of
the Continental Congress 1777-1782; receiver of continental taxes
1784-1788; collector of customs at Boston, Mass., in 1788 and 1789;
appointed naval officer of the port of Boston and Charlestown and
served from August 3, 1789, until his death in Windham, Maine, July
14, 1814.
Bibliography
Jones, Helen F. “James Lovell in the Continental Congress
1777-1782.” Ph.D. dissertation, Columbia University,
1968.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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