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Hobart, Nathaniel, 1758-1838 to Aaron Hobart

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06313.04.209 Author/Creator: Hobart, Nathaniel, 1758-1838 Place Written: Abington, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 December 1822 Pagination: 1 p. : address : free frank Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Describes the allotment of a widow's dower.
"The Gentlemen appointed to set off the widows dower...have executed that business, they have set off 1 acre...on the West side of the lot..." Also relates family news.

Hobart, Aaron, 1787-1858
Hobart, Nathaniel, 1758-1838
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
American Statesmen
Politics
Government and Civics
Congress
Estate
Women's History
Land Transaction
The First Age of Reform

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