Letter, 9 January 1763.

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Letter, 9 January 1763.

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Letter written from New York to his sister, the wife of Judge Benjamin Pratt, detailing the circumstances of Pratt's death, the settling of his estate, doctors' bills, burial, etc. With this is a letter from James Bradley Thayer (1831-1902) to Miss (Georgiana?) Sargent, dated 23 Jan. 1897, re. the Auchmuty letter and noting that it had been found among the papers of Dr. Ripley of Concord.

1 folded sheet (4 p.) ; 31 cm.

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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SNAC Resource ID: 7111443

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Pratt, Benjamin, 1710-1763

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Pratt, graduate of Harvard College (1737), was a prominent Boston lawyer. He was appointed chief justice of New York in 1761. From the description of Motion for change of venue in the case of the Inhabitants of Massachusetts Bay Colony v. Charles Paxton, October 1761. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235132945 Benjamin Pratt (1710-1763) earned his Harvard AB 1737 and served Harvard as Librarian (1742-1743). Eventually, he became Chief Justice of...

Ripley, Ezra, 1751-1841

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Unitarian minister. A.B. Harvard, 1776. Installed as minister of the First Parish in Concord, Mass. in 1778. Remained minister there for 63 years, until his death in 1841. From the description of Sermons, 1783-1837 (inclusive). (Harvard University, Divinity School Library). WorldCat record id: 122592368 Sermon delivered by Ripley--Unitarian clergyman, pastor of the First Church in Concord, Mass., step-grandfather of Ralph Waldo Emerson--on Nov. 16, 1828, to commemorate the f...

Sargent, Georgiana W.,

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Auchmuty, Samuel, 1722-1777

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Auchmuty, a Harvard graduate (1742) and Anglican clergyman, was a son of Robert Auchmuty judge of the Vice Admiralty Court of Boston (1733-1741). In 1763 Samuel Auchmuty was assistant minister of Trinity Church in New York. From the description of Letter, 9 January 1763. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234338425 ...