Daniel Grosvenor letters 1819-1848 1819-1833 Grosvenor, Daniel letters

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Daniel Grosvenor letters 1819-1848 1819-1833 Grosvenor, Daniel letters

This collection contains 17 letters that former Congregational minister Daniel Grosvenor of Petersham, Massachusetts, wrote to his son, Reverend Moses Gill Grosvenor, and to a relation, Payson Grosvenor, between 1819 and 1833. He provided local news, shared advice, and commented on his religious views. Also included is a descriptive travel letter by "Lansingh" from Darien, Georgia (1838), and a satirical essay by Charles J. Wood entitled "Portrait of an Alarmist" (1848).

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SNAC Resource ID: 6390981

William L. Clements Library

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Grosvenor, Payson.

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Newton, D. H. G.

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Grosvenor, Moses G. (Moses Gill), 1796-1879

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Daniel Grosvenor was born in Pomfret, Connecticut, on April 20, 1750, the son of Ebenezer Grosvenor (1713-1793) and Lucy Cheney (1720-1792). He had nine siblings: Ebenezer (1739-1788), Elizabeth (b. 1740), Oliver (b. 1743), Asa (1766-1834), Lucy (b. 1747), Lemuel (b. 1752), Ezra (b. 1755), Chloe (b. 1757), and Nathan (b. 1764). After graduating from Yale College in 1769, Daniel Grosvenor served as pastor of the Congregational Church at Grafton, Connecticut (1774-1787), a...

Grosvenor, Daniel, 1750-1834

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Wood, Charles J. H.

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Grosvenor, Deborah Hall, 1756-1841

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