Author: [College Lettersheet]. Carver, Henry, A. M. - Pricipal
Title: SUSQUEHANNA SEMINARY. Binghamton, Broome County, New York
Description: [Binghamton ?]: , (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1857. SIGNED by Carver. Printed self-wrappers, now housed in a clear mylar sleeve. Unpaginated bifolium, though 4 pp. P. 1 with printed, facility description, faculty & fee schedule, in 3 columns. Pp 2-3 blank. P. 4 with ALs, from Carver to a M. M. Tracy, Esq. Lettersheet opens from left side. P. 1 with woodcut of the "Seminary". 9-3/4" x 7-1/2". Age-toning, with the faculty column a bit darker. Fold-lines. A VG copy of this rare survivor. Opened in 1854 by the Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (now the United Methodist Church), the seminary was to last only 4 years. By the end of 1858, the seminary closed, mired in falling enrollment and heavily in debt.  [Binghamton Press, 20 Sept 2019]. It is this latter circumstance which Carver addresses in his interesting p. 4 ALs to Mr Tracy.. therein Carver assures Mr Tracy of a forthcoming $20 payment, acknowledging the institution's financial difficulties, noting ".. we have not paid interest to any one else but that is about 1/2 of the interest and principal of your claim. We do not get our Loan yet and, may not at all. Our school is pleasant." A rare document from this short-lived mid-19th C. New York State educational institution.

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