Frederic Kidder

Frederic Kidder (April 16, 1804 – December 19, 1885) was an American writer and antiquarian. He was born in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, was mainly self-educated, and engaged in various business ventures in Boston and New York. He made special researches into the history of early New England times and families. He wrote:

• The History of New Ipswich, a New Hampshire Town (1852)
• The Expeditions of Captain John Lovewell (1865)
• Military Operations in Eastern Maine and Nova Scotia during the Revolution (1867)
• History of the First New Hampshire Regiment in the War of the Revolution (1868)
• History of the Boston Massacre (1870)

Sources

• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 42, 1888
• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

Media related to Frederic Kidder at Wikimedia Commons

• Works by Frederic Kidder at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Frederic Kidder at Internet Archive