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Kidder, Henry P. (Henry Purkitt), 1823-1886.

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dates 1823-1886
city Boston
stateMA
sex M
historical notes Collector, banker, philanthropist and one of the founders of Kidder, Peabody & Co.

Kidder was the President of the American Unitarian Association, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Young Men's Christian Union, Treasurer of the Museum of Fine Arts (1870-1886), Trustee of the Massachusetts General Hospital, a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College, President of the Children's Mission to the Children of the Destitute, and a non-resident member of the New York Union League Club.

Kidder had three children with his first wife, Ms. Archibald of Boston. In He married his second wife, Miss Elizabeth Huidekoper of Meadville, PA.

Boston, MA.
According to The Art Treasures of America, Kidder owned works by A. Achenbach, Geo. Becker, Benzoni, L. Bonnat, W. A. Bouguereau, Cantalamas, C. Daubigny, M. F. H. De Haas, N. Diaz, Jules Duprém J. E. Freeman, E. Frère, E. Fromentin, A. A. E. Herbert, Geo. Inness, J. L. E. Meissonier, H. Merle, J. G. Meyer von Bremen, W. Roelef, Th. Rousseau, F. Roybet, A. Schreyer, A. Siegert, L. Spangerberg, C. Troyon, A. Van Ostade, E. and Klomback Verboekhoven, A. Vertunni, F. J. Voltz, A. Watteau, and E. Zamacoïs.
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1880-1890
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Massachusetts Historical Society
Henry P. Kidder papers, 1855-1886. see details...
Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street


May-Windship-Barker-Archbald photographs, ca. 1860-1900.
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Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street


Henry P. Kidder, Francis Howard Peabody, Mr. Spinney, Henry Rogers, and Oliver White Peabody [photograph], 1853. see details...