Letter : New Preston, Connecticut, to Rev. Elisha Rexford, Huntington, Connecticut, 1800 Apr 10.

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Letter : New Preston, Connecticut, to Rev. Elisha Rexford, Huntington, Connecticut, 1800 Apr 10.

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ALS discussing an enclosed signed deathbed confession by Abigail Barnes, a New Preston woman, stating that she had slandered a Nathanial Wheeler (now deceased) by stating under oath thirty years hence that he was the father of her illegitimate child. Day requests that Rev. Rexford make her confession public in Huntington so that Wheeler's "injured character" is restored. Accompanied by the confession in an unidentified hand signed by Barnes and witnesses; the verso contains Day's statement dated March 23, 1800, that he had read the confession publicly before his congregation.

1 item (2 p.) ; 33 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Wheeler, Nathaniel, 1906-1979

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Day, Jeremiah, 1773-1867

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President of Yale College. From the description of Jeremiah Day letter, 1837 Mar. (Litchfield Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 747722580 From the description of Autograph, signed : Yale College, 1838 Apr. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270535739 Author of Algebra (1814). President of Yale University, 1817-1846. From the description of Letter of recommendation, Connecticut, [18--?]. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122529651 ...

Barnes, Abigail.

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Rexford, Elisha, 1737-1808.

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