HERE’S AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY PRESBYTERIAN CLERGYMAN
JAMES HOYT
(1817 - 1866)
PRESBYTERIAN CLERGYMAN and THEOLOGIAN
1846-1866,
PASTOR OF THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, 1856-1866,
PASTOR AT TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA 1846-1849
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ACTING PASTOR AT HARLEM (1844) and
STANWICH, CT
(1845).
THIS
LETTER EXECUTED BY HOYT ON THE INTEGRAL LEAF OF A STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER COVER IS 2pp,, DATED AT NEW
YORK, SEPT 4, 1843 (WHILE HE WAS STILL IN SEMINARY), TO JOHN CADWALLADERM
COUNSELOR AT LAW IN PHILADELPHIA, CONCENRING SOME KIND OF LEGAL CLAIM and
INDEMNITY FOR EXPENSES IN SOME AFFAIRS…
THE
ADDRESS LEAF BEARS A RED ARCHED “PAID” POST OFFICE HANDSTAMP, NEW YORK CDS
POSTMARK, and 12½ CENT POSTAL RATE
THE LETTER MEASURES 8” x 10” AND IS IN VERY FINE
CONDITION.
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BIOGRAPHY
OF JAMES HOYT James Hoyt was
born in Greenfield, NY, in 1817. After attending Union College, he completed his
studies at Union Theological Seminary from 1841 to 1844. He was ordained as a
Presbyterian minister in April, 1846, and served as acting pastor in Harlem
(1844) and in Stanwich, CT (1845). From 1846-1849 he was a pastor in Tuskegee, Alabama, and
he later lived in Talladega, AL; Stamford, CT; and New London, CT. For the
last ten years of his life, he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church in
Orange, NJ; he died in December of 1866. Rev
James Hoyt Birth Oct 1817, Greenfield,
Saratoga County, New York, USA Death 16 Dec 1888
(aged 71), Orange, Essex County, New Jersey Burial Rosedale Cemetery, Montclair,
Essex County, New Jersey |
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