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1797, Portland, Maine, John Abbott, letter to brother, families and women issues
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This item is an original letter 1797, Portland, Maine,where John Abbott, has written to his brother Ezra, regarding various family members, business ventures and seeking out women ...signed John Abbott. Letter is 6x8 inches, three pages, addressed on verso, overall good condition.John ABBOT, 3d , Son of Capt. John Abbot and Abigail Abbot; born, Andover, April 8, 1759; Phillips Academy, 1778–80; Harvard College, 1784, and tutor, 1787–92; studied divinity and approbated to preach by “Wilmington Association of Ministers,” Nov. 6, 1792, but prevented by ill health from preaching; cashier of Portland (Me.) Bank; connected with Bowdoin College from its foundation in 1802 till 1829, as professor of Ancient Languages and Classical Literature, librarian, trustee and treasurer; resided afterward Waterford, Me., Somerville; died at the ancestral homestead in Andover, July 2, 1843.
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