COLLECTION OF 10 SIGNED AND SEALED LEGAL DOCUMENTS FROM THE PROBATE COURT IN HAMPSHIRE, COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS (1864-1872). INCLUDING A CERTIFICATE OF EXECUTOR?S APPOINTMENT FOR THE ESTATE OF SOPHIA SMITH (SMITH COLLEGE), TO GEORGE WARNER HUBBARD.

Lyman, Luke (1824-1889).

Publication Date: 1864

About this Item

All 10 x 8 inches. Creased at folds with embossed and revenue stamps, signed by Lyman. In fine condition. Luke Lyman, Lieutenant Colonel and commander of the 27th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War (1861-1863), brevetted Brigadier General for gallant and meritorious services in 1865. judge of insolvency, Northampton Town clerk and for twenty-four years he was Register of Probate in Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Luke Lyman was a descendant of one of the earliest settlers of Northampton, Massachusetts, Lieutenant John Lyman (1623-1690), who emigrated to America with his parents Richard (1580-1640) and Sarah Lyman (1585-1641) in 1631, aboard the ship ?Lion? All are buried at the Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton. Includes certificate dated December 26, 1870, naming George W. Hubbard of Hatfield, executor of Sophia Smith?s estate. Deacon George Warner Hubbard (1818-1888) was a close friend of Sophia Smith (1796-1870) and was named in Smith?s last will and testament as one of two executors. It is widely believed that Hubbard had persuaded Smith to establish Smith College in Northampton, rather than Hatfield. [Northampton, Massachusetts ? History].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: COLLECTION OF 10 SIGNED AND SEALED LEGAL DOCUMENTS FROM THE PROBATE COURT IN HAMPSHIRE, COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS (1864-1872). INCLUDING A CERTIFICATE OF EXECUTOR?S APPOINTMENT FOR THE ESTATE OF SOPHIA SMITH (SMITH COLLEGE), TO GEORGE WARNER HUBBARD.
• Publication Date: 1864
• Language: English
• Binding: No Binding
• Condition: Fine