Letters, 1827 June 16 and 1828 June 17; Boston, [Mass.], to John Pickering, Boston, [Mass.].

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Letters, 1827 June 16 and 1828 June 17; Boston, [Mass.], to John Pickering, Boston, [Mass.].

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Davenport describes his problems with indebtedness and the effects it has had on his body and mind and asks advice on his plans to study law "as a panoply of self defense against the threatened enmity of my principal creditor."

2 ALS ; 25 cm.

New England Historic Genealogical Society

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New England Historic Genealogical Society

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Pickering, John, 1777-1846

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The son of statesman Timothy Pickering, John Pickering was a lawyer and philologist who practiced law in Salem and Boston. He compiled a lexicon of the Greek language (1826) and the first dictionary of Americanisms. From the description of Letter to Henry Dearborn, 5 February 1836. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339494 ...

Davenport, Rufus

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