Nathaniel B. Shurtleff

Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff, Sr. (June 22, 1810 - October 17, 1874) was an American politician, serving as the twentieth mayor of Boston, Massachusetts from January 6, 1868 to January 2, 1871. Shurtleff, who had been defeated as the Know Nothing candidate for mayor in 1855 and as a Democrat in 1865 and 1866, was elected in 1867 as a Democrat. Elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1849. He was chosen to serve on the society's board of councilors from 1853 to 1874.