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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | December 29, 1847 |
| From City | New Haven |
| From State | CT |
| To City | Monson |
| To State | MA |
| Addressee | Rev. James L. Merrick |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 70321 |
| Fake | NG |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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| Others |
Notes
PF 70321 #1b, genuine #1, did not originate on this cover
Alexander listed as 12/29/48 from New Haven Ct to Monson Ma
Scott #1 on cover with grid cancel and New Haven, Ct DEC 29 cds at lower left and forwarded from Monson, Ma on Jan 1 based on Monson Jan 1 cds at upper left and Forw 5 written under stamp and above address. Monson crossed out.
Endorsed at left Rev. Isiah Brewer, Recd 1 Jan 1848, Ans 3 Jan 1848 which means this cover was mailed on Dec 29, 1847
Letter to Rev James L. Merrick in Monson Mass. James Lyman Merrick (1803 in Monson, Massachusetts – 1866 in Amherst, Massachusetts) was the first American missionary to Muslims in Persia, and in 1852 became Professor of Oriental Literature at Amherst College. After graduating from Amherst in 1830, Merrick began theological studies at Princeton, then completed his education at the newly formed theological seminary in Columbia, South Carolina. In 1834 he was appointed by the American Board to pioneer missionary work among Persian Muslims. He went to Istanbul in 1835 and then to Iran, returning to the US in 1845.
Josiah Brewer (1796 – 1872) was an American minister and author. He was ordained at Springfield, Mass, May 10, 1826, as a missionary, and in the following September embarked for the East, under the direction of the Boston Female Society for the promotion of Christianity among the Jews. He spent about two years in laboring in Smyrna and Istanbul, and then returned to the U. S. In 1830 he went back to Smyrna, where he remained for eight years as a missionary of the Ladies Greek Association of New Haven, Conn.
After his final return to this country, in 1838, he was for three years chaplain of the Connecticut State Prison, at Wethersfield, and for a short time afterwards agent of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and editor of an anti-slavery paper in Hartford, Conn. In 1844 he opened a Young Ladies' Seminary in New Haven, Conn, which was afterwards removed to Middletown, Conn., and which occupied him until 1857.
Listing corrected to Dec 29, 1847.
Alexander listed as 12/29/48 from New Haven Ct to Monson Ma
Scott #1 on cover with grid cancel and New Haven, Ct DEC 29 cds at lower left and forwarded from Monson, Ma on Jan 1 based on Monson Jan 1 cds at upper left and Forw 5 written under stamp and above address. Monson crossed out.
Endorsed at left Rev. Isiah Brewer, Recd 1 Jan 1848, Ans 3 Jan 1848 which means this cover was mailed on Dec 29, 1847
Letter to Rev James L. Merrick in Monson Mass. James Lyman Merrick (1803 in Monson, Massachusetts – 1866 in Amherst, Massachusetts) was the first American missionary to Muslims in Persia, and in 1852 became Professor of Oriental Literature at Amherst College. After graduating from Amherst in 1830, Merrick began theological studies at Princeton, then completed his education at the newly formed theological seminary in Columbia, South Carolina. In 1834 he was appointed by the American Board to pioneer missionary work among Persian Muslims. He went to Istanbul in 1835 and then to Iran, returning to the US in 1845.
Josiah Brewer (1796 – 1872) was an American minister and author. He was ordained at Springfield, Mass, May 10, 1826, as a missionary, and in the following September embarked for the East, under the direction of the Boston Female Society for the promotion of Christianity among the Jews. He spent about two years in laboring in Smyrna and Istanbul, and then returned to the U. S. In 1830 he went back to Smyrna, where he remained for eight years as a missionary of the Ladies Greek Association of New Haven, Conn.
After his final return to this country, in 1838, he was for three years chaplain of the Connecticut State Prison, at Wethersfield, and for a short time afterwards agent of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and editor of an anti-slavery paper in Hartford, Conn. In 1844 he opened a Young Ladies' Seminary in New Haven, Conn, which was afterwards removed to Middletown, Conn., and which occupied him until 1857.
Listing corrected to Dec 29, 1847.
