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LEMUEL SHATTUCK (1793-1859) LAY ADVOCATE OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
Lemuel Shattuck
American politician
Lemuel Shattuck (15 October 1793, in Ashby, Massachusetts – 17 January 1859, in Boston, Massachusetts) was an American educator, politician, historian, bookseller, and publisher.
Biography
Shattuck taught at Troy and Albany, and from 1818 to 1821, he was at the frontier outpost of Detroit, where he taught at a Lancasterian school affiliated with the Catholepistemiad, which later became known as the University of Michigan.[1]
Shattuck became a merchant as a bookseller and publisher in Concord, Massachusetts, in 1823 and was elected as a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1831.[2] He was a member of the Boston City Council and served for several years as a representative in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
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In 1844, he co-founded the New England Historic Genealogical Society, serving as its vice president for five years. He was also a member of various similar societies.
At the age of 46, Shattu