1851letter stampless cover MASSASOIT HOUSE SPRINGFIELD MA stationery JOSEPH VAIL For Sale

Scarce handwritten letter dated 1851, SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTSwritten on light blue colored stationery from the MASSASOIT HOUSEsent and signed fromJOSEPH VAILL (REV)
sent to OSMYN BAKER (US REPRESENTATIVE FROM MASSACHUSETTS)
contents relate moneys owed to Rev Vaill by a JOHN SHIPMAN
BOTH VAILL & BAKER WERE YALE GRADUATES
7X9, UNOPENED,in very good overall conditionsome discoloration on back edgesJoseph was married to Anne Kirtland on December 7, 1813 at Hadlyme, New London County, Connecticut at the Church of Christ where his father, Joseph, Sr. was the minister. After Anne\'s death, he married Mrs. Nancy (Pope)Howe on January 7, 1830, widow of Amos Howe of Brookfield. The marriage probably took place in Massachusetts. Joseph graduated from Yale as a minister in 1811 and a Doctor of Divinty from Amherst in 1851. He later became a member of the Massachusetts Legislature. His parents were Rev. Joseph Vaill,Sr. & Sarah Fowler (dau. of Rev. Joseph Fowler). His grandfather: Joseph Vaill married to Jerusha Peck, daughter of William Peck.(They are buried at West Cemetery at Litchfield County, Conn.) His great-grandfather: Daniel Vaill married to Hannah Griffing.

Joseph\'s parents had two other sons named Joseph and Timothy who died young. Look for them, they are buried at Hadlyme Church Cemetery where his parents are buried.
Osmyn Baker(May 18, 1800 – February 9, 1875) was aU.S. RepresentativefromMassachusetts.

Born inAmherst, Massachusetts, Baker attendedAmherst Academy. He was graduated fromYale Collegein 1822. He studied law atNorthampton Law School. He wasadmitted to the barand commenced practice in Amherst in 1825. He served as member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives1833, 1834, 1836, and 1837. County commissioner ofHampshire County, Massachusetts1834–1837.

Baker was elected as aWhigto theTwenty-sixthCongress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James C. Alvord. Baker was reelected to and served from January 14, 1840, to March 3, 1845. He served as chairman of the Committee on Accounts (Twenty-seventh Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1844. He resumed the practice of law at Northampton in 1845. Baker was the first president of Smith Charities, serving from 1860 to 1870. He died inNorthampton, Massachusetts, February 9, 1875. He was interred in Bridge Street Cemetery.

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