Silas Peirce

Silas Peirce (February 15, 1793 – August 27, 1879) was an American grocer and politician who founded the wholesale grocer[10] Silas Peirce & Co, in Boston, Massachusetts.[8] in April, 1815.[11] The grocery firm of Silas Peirce & Co., Ltd. lasted 111 years.[10]

Silas Peirce
City of Boston Chairman Board of Aldermen[1]
In office 1861[1] – 1862[2]
Preceded by	Otis Clapp[3]
Succeeded by	Thomas Phillips Rich[4]
City of Boston Chairman Board of Aldermen[5]
In office 1859[4] – 1860[4]
Preceded by	Joseph Wightman[6]
Succeeded by	Otis Clapp[3]
City of Boston Board of Aldermen[5]
In office January 1857 – January, 1862
City of Boston Board of Aldermen[7]
In office January, 1863 – January, 1864
Personal details
Born	February 15, 1793[4] Scituate, Massachusetts[4][8]
Died	August 27, 1879 (1879-08-28) (aged 86)[9] Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation	Grocer[10] and politician
Signature

Political offices

Peirce served as Chairman and a member of the Boston Board of Aldermen.

Military service

From 1816 to 1822, Peirce served in the First Regiment, Third Brigade, Fourth Division of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia.[8] In 1821 Peirce joined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts.[12]

Archives and records

• Silas Peirce & Company records at Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School.

• 
  Silas Peirce's Business card circa 1822

See also

• List of grocers

References

1. City Clerk Statistics Department (1882), Municipal Register containing the City Charter the Rules and Orders of the City Council and a List of Officers for the City of Boston, For the Year 1882, Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, p. 328
2. City Clerk Statistics, 1882. p. 329.
3. City Clerk Statistics, 1882. p. 327.
4. City Clerk Statistics, 1920. p. 210.
5. City Clerk Statistics, 1882. p. 326.
6. City Clerk Statistics, 1882. p. 325.
7. City Clerk Statistics, 1882. p. 330-331.
8. Roberts, Oliver Ayer (1897), History of the Military company of the Massachusetts, now called the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts Vol. II - 1738-1821, Boston, MA.: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, p. 449.
9. Clapp, John Bouvé (1915), A century of service, 1815-1915, Boston, MA.: Silas Peirce & Co Limited, p. 34.
10. 111-Year-Old Firm Loses Its Identity Silas Peirce & Co., Ltd., in New Consolidation, Boston, MA.: Christian Science Monitor, Apr 28, 1926, p. 4B.
11. Clapp, 1915. p. 8.
12. Roberts, Oliver Ayer (1897), History of the Military company of the Massachusetts, now called The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts 1637-1888, Volume 2 1738-1821, Boston, MA.: The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, pp. 426, 449.

Political offices
Preceded by Joseph Wightman	Chairman of the Board of Aldermen of Boston, Massachusetts 1859–1860	Succeeded by Otis Clapp