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Miss Caroline Plummer ( - 1854) was the oldest daughter of Dr. Joshua Plummer; a noted Salem physician who graduated from Harvard in 1778. The home of the Plummers was in a house on Essex St., now the site of the Salem Public Library. Her oldest brother, Ernestus Augustus Plummer acquired a fortune in mercantile ventures in Russia. He returned to Salem in 1813 and lived with his sister until his death ten years later. She inherited all his estate and in her will carried out his wishes to not only endow the [[Plummer Home for Boys|Plummer Farm School]] with $26,191 but provided sufficient funds to defray the expense of building Plummer Hall on Essex St. in 1857, and in founding the Plummer professorship of morals at Harvard University. | Miss Caroline Plummer (1780 - 1854) was the oldest daughter of Dr. Joshua Plummer; a noted Salem physician who graduated from Harvard in 1778. The home of the Plummers was in a house on Essex St., now the site of the Salem Public Library. Her oldest brother, Ernestus Augustus Plummer acquired a fortune in mercantile ventures in Russia. He returned to Salem in 1813 and lived with his sister until his death ten years later. She inherited all his estate and in her will carried out his wishes to not only endow the [[Plummer Home for Boys|Plummer Farm School]] with $26,191 but provided sufficient funds to defray the expense of building Plummer Hall on Essex St. in 1857, and in founding the Plummer professorship of morals at Harvard University. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Vertical File in Salem Collection- Plummer, Caroline | Vertical File in Salem Collection- Plummer, Caroline | ||
[[Category:Browse Index]] | [[Category:Browse Index]] | ||
[[Category:People]] | [[Category:People]] | ||
Revision as of 14:07, 15 August 2008
Miss Caroline Plummer (1780 - 1854) was the oldest daughter of Dr. Joshua Plummer; a noted Salem physician who graduated from Harvard in 1778. The home of the Plummers was in a house on Essex St., now the site of the Salem Public Library. Her oldest brother, Ernestus Augustus Plummer acquired a fortune in mercantile ventures in Russia. He returned to Salem in 1813 and lived with his sister until his death ten years later. She inherited all his estate and in her will carried out his wishes to not only endow the Plummer Farm School with $26,191 but provided sufficient funds to defray the expense of building Plummer Hall on Essex St. in 1857, and in founding the Plummer professorship of morals at Harvard University.
See Also
Vertical File in Salem Collection- Plummer, Caroline
