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Hobart, Nathaniel, 1758-1838 to Aaron Hobart

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06313.04.128 Author/Creator: Hobart, Nathaniel, 1758-1838 Place Written: Abington, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 January 1822 Pagination: 1 p. : address : free frank Height: 24.4 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Informs his nephew that he witnessed the ordination of Reverend Samuel Spring "and saw him inducted into the pastoral office over the church & congregation of the old parish." In regard to family news, he notes that that he was in Hanover for Christmas, "there appears to be a famine," and Mr. Whitman has moved into a new house. Asks about the progress of the bankruptcy law and if there will be a congressional investigation into "the controversy between General [Andrew] Jackson and the Spanish..."

Hobart, Nathaniel, 1758-1838
Hobart, Aaron, 1787-1858
Spring, Samuel Reverend, fl. 1822
Whitman, J., fl. 1813-1822
Elihu, fl. 1821-1822
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

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