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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | September 10, 18xx |
| From City | Brattleboro |
| From State | VT |
| To City | Easthampton |
| To State | MA |
| Addressee | Miss M. M. Williston |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 483383 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Lot 2230 5c Red Brown (1). Large margins to clear, rich color, cancelled by blue diamond grid, matching "Brattleboro Vt. Sep. 10" circular datestamp on cover front only to Easthampton Mass., Very Fine E. 200-300
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 980 realized 500 (image)
PF 483383
1 1847 5¢ brown SINGLE, BLUE DIAMOND SHAPED GRID CANCEL, ON COVER FRONT TO EAST HAMPTON MA, BLUE BRATTLEBORO VT PMK AT RIGHT.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
IT IS GENUINE
Alexander listed as 9/10/xx
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 512 lot 101 realized 375
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 325 lot 197 realized 65
Letter sent in care of Revd. P. Williston.
Rev. Payson Williston (1763-1856) was first pastor of the Easthampton Congregational Church (1789-1833). Reverend Payson Williston and his wife, Sarah Birdseye, had several children. Their son, Samuel Williston, became the incredibly wealthy button industrialist who essentially built modern Easthampton and founded the Williston Seminary.
Letter addressed to Margaret Miller Williston (1833-1858), a student at the academy in Easthampton around 1849–1850. She was the daughter of Nathan Birdseye Williston and Margaret Miller. Nathan was Reverend Payson Williston's son who left Easthampton as a young boy and moved to Brattleboro, Vermont, where he became a highly successful merchant and bank president.
The Williston Seminary ran on a three-term schedule and school started in late August of the first week in September. This letter was probably sent at the start of the fall term as a "check-in" by her parents. Margaret and her younger sister, Maria Williston (1835-1865), were officially enrolled in the school in the fall of 1849 (and the likely year of mailing).
Sloppy handwriting on the cover points to her father being the writer of this letter (ha, ha).
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 980 realized 500 (image)
PF 483383
1 1847 5¢ brown SINGLE, BLUE DIAMOND SHAPED GRID CANCEL, ON COVER FRONT TO EAST HAMPTON MA, BLUE BRATTLEBORO VT PMK AT RIGHT.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
IT IS GENUINE
Alexander listed as 9/10/xx
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 512 lot 101 realized 375
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 325 lot 197 realized 65
Letter sent in care of Revd. P. Williston.
Rev. Payson Williston (1763-1856) was first pastor of the Easthampton Congregational Church (1789-1833). Reverend Payson Williston and his wife, Sarah Birdseye, had several children. Their son, Samuel Williston, became the incredibly wealthy button industrialist who essentially built modern Easthampton and founded the Williston Seminary.
Letter addressed to Margaret Miller Williston (1833-1858), a student at the academy in Easthampton around 1849–1850. She was the daughter of Nathan Birdseye Williston and Margaret Miller. Nathan was Reverend Payson Williston's son who left Easthampton as a young boy and moved to Brattleboro, Vermont, where he became a highly successful merchant and bank president.
The Williston Seminary ran on a three-term schedule and school started in late August of the first week in September. This letter was probably sent at the start of the fall term as a "check-in" by her parents. Margaret and her younger sister, Maria Williston (1835-1865), were officially enrolled in the school in the fall of 1849 (and the likely year of mailing).
Sloppy handwriting on the cover points to her father being the writer of this letter (ha, ha).
