Silas Peirce (February 15, 1793 – August 27, 1879) was an American grocer and politician who founded the wholesale grocer[4] Silas Peirce & Co, in Boston, Massachusetts.[2] in April, 1815.[5] The grocery firm of Silas Peirce & Co., Ltd. lasted 111 years.[4]
^ abcRoberts, Oliver Ayer (1897), History of the Military company of the Massachusetts, now called the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts Vol. II - 1738-1821, Boston, MA.: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, p. 449
^Clapp, John Bouvé (1915), A century of service, 1815-1915, Boston, MA.: Silas Peirce & Co Limited, p. 34
^ ab111-Year-Old Firm Loses Its Identity Silas Peirce & Co., Ltd., in New Consolidation, Boston, MA.: Christian Science Monitor, Apr 28, 1926, p. 4B
^Roberts, Oliver Ayer (1897), History of the Military company of the Massachusetts, now called The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts 1637-1888, Volume 2 1738-1821, Boston, MA.: The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, pp. 426, 449