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- GLC#
- GLC06313.04.128-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 3 January 1822
- Author/Creator
- Hobart, Nathaniel, 1758-1838
- Title
- to Aaron Hobart
- Place Written
- Abington, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : free frank Height: 24.4 cm, Width: 18.7 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- The First Age of Reform
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..."
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