Letter, 1839 May 22, Poultney [Vt], to Rev. William Jenks D.D., Boston.

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Letter, 1839 May 22, Poultney [Vt], to Rev. William Jenks D.D., Boston.

Handwritten letter from Sarah to her brother Rev. Jenks. Includes a record of the family of John and Sarah (Jenks) Ruggles from 1775-1838.

1 ALS ; 34 cm.

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Ruggles, Sarah, 1782-

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Jenks, William, 1778-1866

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William Jenks was born in Newton, Massachusetts on November 25, 1778. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1797, an A.M. in 1800 and an S.T.D. in 1842. He also received two degrees from Bowdoin College: an S.T.D. in 1825 and an L.L.D. in 1862. Jenks served as pastor of churches in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Bath, Maine before joining the faculty of Bowdoin College as professor of Oriental and English literature. He later returned to Boston, where he founded a mission for seamen and took...

Ruggles family.

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