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1828 December 3 . Joshua Leavitt ALS to Roger Leavitt; New York [City, New York]

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Box 3
Abstract:
Written shortly after Leavitt's move to New York City to work as secretary of the American Seamen's Friend Society and editor of the Sailor's Magazine. Describes his plans for establishing various institutions to "repay a part of what we all owe to the poor sailors, by whose toils, dangers, and ruin we obtain almost all the comforts of civilized life." Description of home in New York. Preaching at the New Colony Church in the Bowery; preaching to sailors.
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3 pages

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