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Collection Reference Number GLC06313.04.209
From Archive Folder Aaron Hobart Collection 
Title Nathaniel Hobart to Aaron Hobart regarding a widow's dower
Date 21 December 1822
Author Hobart, Nathaniel (1758-1838)  
Recipient Hobart, Aaron  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Describes the allotment of a widow's dower. "The Gentlemen appointed to set off the widows dower...have executed that business, they have set off 1 acre...on the West side of the lot..." Also relates family news.
Subjects American Statesmen  Politics  Government and Civics  Congress  Estate  Women's History  Land Transaction  
People Hobart, Aaron (1787-1858)  Hobart, Nathaniel (1758-1838)  
Place written Abington, Massachusetts
Theme Government & Politics; Banking & Economics; Women in American History
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859