APPLETON, Nathan, (cousin of William Appleton), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in New Ipswich, N.H., October 6, 1779; attended the common schools, the local academy in New Ipswich, N.H., and Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.; clerked in his brother's importing house in Boston; one of the founders of the cotton-mill industry of Waltham, Mass.; also one of the founders of the city of Lowell in 1821; served in the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1815, 1816, 1821, 1823, 1824, and 1827; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1833); was not a candidate for renomination in 1832 to the Twenty-third Congress; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert C. Winthrop, and served until his resignation on September 28, 1842 (June 9, 1842-September 28, 1842); engaged in mercantile pursuits; died in Boston, Mass., July 14, 1861; interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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[ Top ]Appleton, Nathan. An examination of the banking system of Massachusetts, in reference to the renewal of the bank charters. Boston: Stimpson and Clapp, 1831.
------. Introduction of the Power Loom, and Origin of Lowell. Lowell, Mass.: Printed by B.H. Penhallow, 1858.
------. Labor, its Relations in Europe and the United States Compared. Boston: Eastburn's press, 1844.
------. Letter to the Hon. Wm. C. Rives, of Virginia, on slavery and the Union. Boston: J.H. Eastburn's Press, 1860.
------. Memoir of the Hon. Abbott Lawrence, prepared for the Massachusetts historical society. Boston: J.H. Eastburn's Press, 1856.
------. Minimum duties: remarks of Mr. Appleton, of Massachusetts, on Mr. Bouldin's resolution of inquiry, into the nature of minimum duties, House of Representatives, January 21, 1832. Washington: Printed at the office of J. Elliot, 1832.
------. Remarks on currency and banking; having reference to the present derangement of the circulating medium in the United States. Published in 1841, in two editions. Reprint, Boston: J. H. Eastburn's press, 1857.
------. Slavery and the union. Boston: J. Clark & company, [1860].
------. Speech of Mr. Appleton of Massachusetts on the bill to reduce and otherwise alter the duties on imports: delivered in the House of Representatives, in Committee of the Whole, Jan. 23, 1833. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1833.
------. What is a revenue standard? and a review of Secretary Walker's report on the tariff. Boston: Eastburn's press, 1846.
Gannett, Ezra S. Religion conducive to prosperity in this life. A sermon preached July 21, 1861, the Sunday after the funeral of the late Hon. Nathan Appleton, of Boston. Boston: J.H. Eastburn's press, 1861.
Gregory, Francis W. Nathan Appleton, Merchant and Entrepreneur, 1779-1861. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1975.
Palfrey, John Gorham. Correspondence between Nathan Appleton and John G. Palfrey intended as a supplement to Mr. Palfrey's pamphlet on slave power. Boston: Eastburn's press, 1846.
Sheppard, J. H. Sketch of Hon. Nathan Appleton, LL. D. [Boston?: Printed by D. Clapp & Son?, 1862].
Winthrop, Robert Charles. Memoir of the Hon. Nathan Appleton, LL.D. 1861. Reprint. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1969.
