Collection	Abbot Hall Collection
Abstract	A four page biography/history of Uriel Crocker, Marblehead native and donor of Crocker Park. He was born in 1796 and educated in Marblehead. He became a successful printer and businessman in Boston as well as director of many companies and a well-known philanthropist. Crocker donated much of the land to the Town of Marblehead in 1886 that became the Town's first public park, Crocker Park. A portrait of Crocker was donated to the Town of Marblehead by the Crocker Family in 2011. It is hanging in the Selectmen's Office in Abbot Hall.
Home Location	IS Box 18 X 13 Charlie Shelf #5
Object ID	2012-039-00133
Object Name	Papers, Personal
People	Crocker, Uriel
Search Terms	Crocker Park
Title	Uriel Crocker

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Last modified on: February 22, 2013