Whitman, Jared (1784-1878) to Aaron Hobart
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06313.04.109 Author/Creator: Whitman, Jared (1784-1878) Place Written: Abington, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 February 1821 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket : free frank ; 25.2 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy
Updates Hobart with news. Indicates that "Elihu has an expectation of eventually reducing all his property" and that Wilkes Wood has been appointed Judge Thomas' successor.
Jared Whitman graduated from Brown University in 1805 and was admitted to bar in 1808, he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1827-8), the state senate (1839-41), a commissioner of Plymouth County (1828-34), and a delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention (1853).
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