MS 120
Correspondence and receipts, 1858-1869.
13 items.
Minister of the Congregationalist Church in Durham.
Five receipts that document Alvan Tobey’s payment of local and federal taxes, six receipts
from the Durham Post Office that record postage paid by Tobey for his numerous newspaper
subscriptions, a telegram, and a letter to Tobey from Samuel G. Adams that describes the early
history of the Congregational Church in Durham and provides biographical information about
Reverend Hugh Adams (1676-1748) and Reverend John Adams (1725-1792).