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WILLIAM MINOT TO WIFE LOUISA 1842,INTERESTING LETTER,BOSTON TO STOCKBRIDGE MASS.

$ 22.17

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Place of Origin: United States
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Condition: very fine, fresh.....folded lettersheet..... a vertical fold middle of stampless cover.....
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Year of Issue: 1842
  • Topic: Minot Correspondence, Stockbridge
  • Sedgewick Family: Jamaica Plain, Boston
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • State: Massachusetts
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back

    Description

    William Minot had enclosed a deed for a piece of land in Jamaica Plain, Boston
    (which is no longer with the lettter).
    "A letter to William this morning announces the death of Mr. Watson."
    Son William "passed his nights at Jamaica Plain."
    Talks about the Sedgewicks, Jamaica Plain,
    Mr. and Mrs. Davis going to Niagara Falls
    (Louisa's maiden name was Davis)
    He dined with J. P. Davis yesterday.....  much more.
    add .00 for 1st class/Insured to U.S.....
    William Minot, 1783 - 1873
    William Minot
    was born in
    1783,
    Massachusetts, to
    George Richards Minot
    and
    Mary Minot
    .
    George
    was born on December 22 1758, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    Mary
    was born on September 26 1754, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    William
    had one sister:
    Jane Sedgwick (born Minot)
    .
    William
    married
    Louisa Minot (born Davis)
    1810, at age 26.
    Louisa
    was born in 1788, in Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts.
    William Minot (1783-1873) graduated from Harvard College in 1802 and became a lawyer in Boston, Massachusetts.
    On July 29, 1810, he married Louisa Davis (1787 or 1788-1858); they had at least five children: George R., William
    (1817-1894), Francis, Mary (ca. 1812-1882), and Julia
    Minot.