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1851 ANTIQUE LETTEROriginal handwritten family letter
dated mid October eighteen
hundred and fifty one.
Complete with original matching
embossed paper seal envelope.HISTORICAL PROVENANCEWritten by Elizabeth Daggett
Prescott to her daughter
Elizabeth Susan Hotchkiss in
New Haven Connecticut area.
Sent in care of
Henry Hotchkiss Esquire who
was a direct descendant
of immigrant Samuel Hotchkiss.
Samuel arrived in sixteen
hundred and thirty eight
and was a founder
of New Haven Colony.LETTER CONTENTSFascinating content describing autumn
New England foliage and
family house fall cleaning.
Explicitly mentions reading news
about the London Peace
Congress of eighteen fifty
one in the paper.
Features direct family mentions
of Caroline and Martha.HISTORIC NAMES MENTIONEDDetails the church installation
of the Evangelical Society
held at New Market Hall.
Names ministerial figures including
Mr. Peabody Calvin Lincoln
and Mr. Clapp.
Also names local citizens
Mrs. C. Bemis Mr.
Barry Abby B. Hopkins
and the Podes family. ITEM CONDITION. Paper displays original folds
and minor edge wrinkling.
Envelope has small tears
from being opened historically.
Ink remains dark crisp
and completely legible throughout.
