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Stevens, Moses T

manufacturer, banker, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 10, 1825, in North Andover, Mass. Since 1843 he has been engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods in North Andover. He was a member of the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1861; and of the senate in 1868. He is president of Andover National bank; and was elected to the fifty-second and re-elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat.

STEVENS, ROBERT LIVINGSTON, builder, was born Oct. 18, 1787, in Hoboken, N. J. In 1842 he built the first ironclad steamboat. He died April 20, 1856, in Hoboken, N. J.

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