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Percival Merritt

Boston, 1860 - 1932

BiographyEdward Percival Merritt
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Edward Percival Merritt, American author. Member visiting committee department of English, Harvard, Boston Public Library.
Background
Merritt, Edward Percival was born on March 28, 1860 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Washington and Almira (Curtis) Merritt.

Education
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1882.

Career
Began as private banker, Boston, 1882. With Blake Brothers & Company, 1882-1886. Partner Adams, Blodget & Company, 1886-1892.

Member Blodget, Merritt & Company, 1893-1910 (retired).

Works
Author: An Account of Strawberry Hill Catalogues, 1915. The Parochial Library of the 18th Century in Christ Church, Boston, 1917. Piozzi Marginalia, 1925.

True Story of the So-Called Love Letters of Mistress Piozzi, 1927.
Membership
Member visiting committee department of English, Harvard, Boston Public Library.

Connections
Married Elisabeth Birdseye, October 6, 1886.

father:
George Washington Merritt
mother:
Almira (Curtis) Merritt
spouse:
Elisabeth Birdseye
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Person TypeIndividual

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