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    The Boston Brahmins or Boston elite are members of Boston's historic upper class. In the late 19th century through the mid-20th century, they were often...
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  • subsets include Boston accents, Maine accents, and a cultivated or elite accent, sometimes known as a "Boston Brahmin accent" within Boston, that was associated...
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    artistic patronage. Members of old Boston families—eventually dubbed the Boston Brahmins—came to be regarded as the nation's social and cultural elites. They...
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  • was most consistently a feature of the New England upper class, the Boston Brahmins, but also promoted by theatrical teachers like McLean and Skinner....
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  • found in the Fallout video game series Boston Brahmin, a term often used to refer to the oldest families in Boston in Massachusetts, USA Brahm (disambiguation)...
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    politics and society became dominated by a financial elite known as the Boston Brahmins. This entrenched power base squared off against the political challenge...
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  • among the families who make up the "Boston Brahmins", also known as the "first families of Boston". The Boston Brahmin Lodge family are closely related with...
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    Presbyterians living in households with incomes of at least $100,000. The Boston Brahmins, who were regarded as the nation's social and cultural elites, were...
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  • family is one of the components of the Boston Brahmins—a wealthy extended American family long prominent in Boston, Massachusetts. The family's fortune...
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    or elite Northeastern U.S. accent, sometimes known as a "Boston Brahmin accent" within Boston, was once associated with members of upper-class Northeastern...
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    cemetery in the United States. It is the burial site of many prominent Boston Brahmins, and is a National Historic Landmark. Dedicated in 1831 and set with...
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    Cabot family (category People from Boston)
    The Cabot family is one of the Boston Brahmin families, also known as the "first families of Boston". The Boston Brahmin Cabot family descended from John...
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  • Coast establishment, along with other wealthy families such as Boston Brahmins of Boston and The Four Hundred of New York City. These families were influential...
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  • Power to the people Ruling party Status quo The Man The powers that be Boston Brahmins First Families of Virginia “The Establishment”, The New Fontana Dictionary...
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    Lowell family (category Boston Brahmins)
    one of the Boston Brahmin families of New England, known for both intellectual and commercial achievements. The family had emigrated to Boston from England...
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    the 17th century. The family is one of several known collectively as Boston Brahmins, a reference to old wealthy New England families of British Protestant...
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  • List of Brahmin dynasties and states List of Bengali Brahmins List of Chitpawan Brahmins List of Deshastha Brahmins List of Gaud Saraswat Brahmins List of...
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    in Boston, Massachusetts to Vivian Hervey Wessell and Alexander Lynde Cochrane, an investment banker who belonged to a family of Boston Brahmins. Her...
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    (WASP) finds its fullest expression in the Episcopal Church." The Boston Brahmins, who were regarded as the nation's social and cultural elites, were...
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    Saltonstall family (category Boston Brahmins)
    The Saltonstall family is a Boston Brahmin family from the U.S. state of Massachusetts, notable for having had a family member attend Harvard University...
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    perfectly manicured quads. Story, Ronald (1975). "Harvard and the Boston Brahmins: A Study in Institutional and Class Development, 1800–1865". Journal...
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    areas, like the North End. The residents of opulent homes, called the Boston Brahmins, were described by Oliver Wendell Holmes as a "harmless, inoffensive...
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    long-held cultural beliefs. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a prominent Boston Brahmin family, he moved to England in 1914 at the age of 25 and went on to...
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    20th century. Based in eastern Massachusetts, they formed part of the Boston Brahmin community. The family traces to Henry Adams of Barton St David, Somerset...
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    Somerset Club (category Beacon Hill, Boston)
    Boston, Massachusetts that opened to members in 1852, but had origins in related associations dating back to 1826. It is a center of Boston Brahmin families...
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    education.nationalgeographic.org. Retrieved 2022-07-17. "People & Events: Boston Brahmins". PBS. PBS Online. Retrieved 29 November 2015. Gates, David (June 29...
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  • Massachusetts aristocracy, sometimes referred to as one of the Boston Brahmins (the "First Families of Boston"). Philippe de Lannoy's sixth son Jonathan (about 1648–1720)...
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  • Hallowell family is frequently associated with Boston Brahmins. Benjamin Hallowell (1699–1773): A Boston merchant and one of the Kennebec Proprietors,...
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    Lawrence family (or Lawrance family) is a Boston Brahmin family, also known as the "first families" of Boston, who arrived in Watertown, Massachusetts...
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    The Thayer family is an American Boston Brahmin family. They are descended from early settlers and brothers Thomas Thayer (1596–1665) and Richard Thayer...
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