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| | Charles Tufts |
 | | TUFTS, Charles, donor, born in Medford, Massachusetts, 16 July, 1781; died in Somerville (formerly a part of Charlestown), Massachusetts, 24 December, 1876. |
 | | He received a common-school education, inherited a large property in land, became a manufacturer and active business man, promoted the prosperity of his town, and added to his fortune by sagacious investments. |
 | | He was a liberal friend of education, and gave the site and seventy acres of valuable land to foundTufts college, Medford, Massachusetts It stands on a site that was purchased in 1690 by Peter Tufts, the emigrant ancestor. |
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