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| Scott Number | 2 |
|---|---|
| Date | January xx, 18xx |
| From City | Unknown |
| From State | Unknown |
| To City | Rochester |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | Charles Perkins |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 91683 |
| Fake | NG |
| Quantity 1 | 0 |
| Quantity 2 | 1 |
| Bisect | |
| Others |
Notes
PF 91683 #2, did not originate on this cover
Not listed in Alexander
The CDS is too faint to read although the month looks like JAN.
There is a 3/31/51 cover from NYC to Charles Perkins in Rochester in this census.
Charles Perkins (1792-1856) was a lawyer. He attended Bacon Academy, Yale College, and the Litchfield Law School. While in Litchfield, he met and married Clarissa Deming on April 20, 1817. They had eight children together. After two years practicing law in Norwich, Perkins moved his family to Rochester, New York in 1826 and joined the law office of E. Pomeroy on Carroll Street. Perkins was amongst the founders of the Mechanics Institute in 1830 and a member of the Rochester Board of Manufacturers. He also engaged in real estate investment and development.
Perkins only stayed in Rochester a few years before returning to Litchfield. Sources differ as to how long he resided in Rochester; Dexter's Biographical Sketches says he was in Rochester for only two years, but letters in this collection are addressed to him in Rochester as late as 1832. Regardless, addresses show him back in Litchfield by 1834. Perkins continued to practice law in Litchfield, but never gave up his Rochester land holdings and continued developing buildings in Rochester for the rest of his life. For example, an 1847 article in the Rochester Daily Democrat discusses a large new building that Perkins was developing on the banks of the Genesee Valley Canal.
Not listed in Alexander
The CDS is too faint to read although the month looks like JAN.
There is a 3/31/51 cover from NYC to Charles Perkins in Rochester in this census.
Charles Perkins (1792-1856) was a lawyer. He attended Bacon Academy, Yale College, and the Litchfield Law School. While in Litchfield, he met and married Clarissa Deming on April 20, 1817. They had eight children together. After two years practicing law in Norwich, Perkins moved his family to Rochester, New York in 1826 and joined the law office of E. Pomeroy on Carroll Street. Perkins was amongst the founders of the Mechanics Institute in 1830 and a member of the Rochester Board of Manufacturers. He also engaged in real estate investment and development.
Perkins only stayed in Rochester a few years before returning to Litchfield. Sources differ as to how long he resided in Rochester; Dexter's Biographical Sketches says he was in Rochester for only two years, but letters in this collection are addressed to him in Rochester as late as 1832. Regardless, addresses show him back in Litchfield by 1834. Perkins continued to practice law in Litchfield, but never gave up his Rochester land holdings and continued developing buildings in Rochester for the rest of his life. For example, an 1847 article in the Rochester Daily Democrat discusses a large new building that Perkins was developing on the banks of the Genesee Valley Canal.
