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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | April 27, 1850 |
| From City | New Haven |
| From State | CT |
| To City | Clinton |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | Mrs. Sophia Dwight |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 511619 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
| Bisect | |
| Others |
Notes
1847 5c Red Brown (1) tied to small folded letters, VERY FINE
Apfelbaum sale 1097 (June 21-23, 2011) lot 36
Not listed in Alexander
Robert A. Siegel sale 1241 lot 1070 Balance lot of 14 1847 covers
Americana Stamps sale June 26-28, 2026 lot 3010 realized 240 (images)
PF 511619
SINGLE, TIED BY GRIDS, ON 1850 FOLDED LETTER TO CLINTON, N.Y., RED "NEW-HAVEN CT. 27 APR" PMK.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
IT IS A GENUINE SCOTT 1b, ORANGE BROWN SHADE, WITH SOME OXIDATION IN THE VIGNETTE; AND GENUINELY USED ON THIS COVER WITH TONED SPOTS.
Letter to Mrs Sophia Woodbridge (Strong) Dwight (1792-1861) from her husband Dr. Benjamin Woolsey Dwight (1780-1850). The letter is sent in care of their son, Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight (1816-1889), a clergyman, educator, and author. He ran a well-known boarding school for boys in Clinton, Dwiight’s Rural High School (1858-1865).
Dr. Dwight must have followed his wife to Clinton shortly after writing this letter because he died there from pleurisy on May 18th. Sophia continued to live in Clinton after her husband’s death and she died there in 1861. Another son, Theodore William Dwight (1822–1892) also had ties to Clinton, NY. He graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton in 1840. He served as a tutor and then a distinguished Professor of Law, History, Civil Polity, and Political Economy at Hamilton College from 1846 to 1858 before becoming the founding warden of Columbia Law School.
Apfelbaum sale 1097 (June 21-23, 2011) lot 36
Not listed in Alexander
Robert A. Siegel sale 1241 lot 1070 Balance lot of 14 1847 covers
Americana Stamps sale June 26-28, 2026 lot 3010 realized 240 (images)
PF 511619
SINGLE, TIED BY GRIDS, ON 1850 FOLDED LETTER TO CLINTON, N.Y., RED "NEW-HAVEN CT. 27 APR" PMK.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
IT IS A GENUINE SCOTT 1b, ORANGE BROWN SHADE, WITH SOME OXIDATION IN THE VIGNETTE; AND GENUINELY USED ON THIS COVER WITH TONED SPOTS.
Letter to Mrs Sophia Woodbridge (Strong) Dwight (1792-1861) from her husband Dr. Benjamin Woolsey Dwight (1780-1850). The letter is sent in care of their son, Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight (1816-1889), a clergyman, educator, and author. He ran a well-known boarding school for boys in Clinton, Dwiight’s Rural High School (1858-1865).
Dr. Dwight must have followed his wife to Clinton shortly after writing this letter because he died there from pleurisy on May 18th. Sophia continued to live in Clinton after her husband’s death and she died there in 1861. Another son, Theodore William Dwight (1822–1892) also had ties to Clinton, NY. He graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton in 1840. He served as a tutor and then a distinguished Professor of Law, History, Civil Polity, and Political Economy at Hamilton College from 1846 to 1858 before becoming the founding warden of Columbia Law School.
