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PERSONS, FREDERICK T., b. 1869; [CONGREGATIONAL LIBRARY, BOSTON].

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PERSONS, FREDERICK T., b. 1869; [CONGREGATIONAL LIBRARY, BOSTON].
A single-sheet TLS to Edward M. Chapman, on Congregational Library letterhead, April 30, 1935. Persons discusses what he has discovered in response to Chapman's antiquarian inquiry, stating the grasshopper in question is not an emblem of the Faneuil family, and refers to Shem Drown, a Deacon in the First Baptist Church, who fabricated the sign and was also "the creator of the Indian on the Province House." 11in. x 8 15/16in. Condition: One horizontal and two vertical folds, holes punched, paperclip marks, light spotting. PLEASE NOTE: 20TH CENTURY DOCUMENTS CAN HAVE VARIED TONING FROM AGE; IMAGES MAY APPEAR LIGHTER ON DIFFERENT SCREENS. EDWARD MORTIMER CHAPMAN (1862-1952) was a Connecticut pastor, academic, and author. He graduated from Yale Divinity School in 1890. Chapman was a descendant of Robert Chapman, one of the first settlers of Saybrook, Connecticut (c. 1635). He served as pastor of Old Lyme Church from 1906 to 1915. Chapman€™s works integrated his wide-ranging theological, literary, and historical interests. This lot and the other Chapman-related documents offered in this sale were part of a collection of his family papers.