GERRY ELBRIDGE Autograph Letter Signed E Gerry to the Revere

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SIGNER FROM MASSACHUSETTS GERRY, ELBRIDGE. Autograph Letter Signed, "E Gerry," to the Reverend William Jenks of Cambridge, MA, concerning instruction of Gerry's children and proper maintenance of his house in his absence. With postscript signed "EG." 3 pages, 4to; small seal hole in margin. New York, 13 June 1801

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Gerry later became Governor of Massachusetts and then Vice President. During a social visit to New York, Gerry wrote this letter to Jenks, a recent Harvard graduate then working as a private tutor in Gerry's large Cambridge household. He extends thanks for the fine instruction being given to his children, and asks Jenks to pass on specific instructions to other household staff. In a postscript, he offers condolences on the death of Jenks's father.