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Title |
Letter to Secretary Henry M. Parker from Dr. Jacob Bigelow, April 24th, 1844. |
Date |
1844 April 24 |
Scope & Content |
Handwritten letter to Secretary Henry M. Parker from pro tem Secretary Dr. Jacob Bigelow dated April 24th, 1844. The letter is written in black ink on one side of a single page; the addressee information and remnants of a red wax seal are on the verso. Bigelow addressed it to Parker at the Brazer Building on State Street in Boston. Bigelow informed him that a group of Trustees including Bigelow, Joseph Story, George Brimmer, James Read, and George W. Crockett, had voted and approved of a site for building "the Chapel" near Cypress and Pine avenues and that the Trustees would purchase lots to clear the way for an entrance to the chapel. |
Object Name |
Letter |
Physical characteristics |
Fragile document - see scan in M:Historical Collections\Archives\Business records\Petition re conservatory 1855 |
Collection |
Bigelow |
Catalog Number |
1831.014.005 |
Search Terms |
Bigelow Chapel Lot Trustee Committee |
People |
Parker, Henry Melville Bigelow, Jacob (1787-1879) Crockett, George (1789-1859) Story, Joseph (1779-1845) Brimmer, George Watson (1783-1840) Read, James |