“Remarks and Observations” by Justin Hitchcock

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Justin Hitchcock’s 87-page autobiography, transcribed by his grandson, begins with a philosophical “enquiry into the cause of introducing surnames among Mankind” and ends with a heartfelt lament over the death in 1799, of George Washington, who “came the nearest to perfection in my opinion of any man.” A hatter by trade, Hitchcock wore many hats in his life; he was a husband and a father, a church deacon and a town clerk, a teacher of singing and a sometime farmer, a friend of government and a Revolutionary War patriot. He devotes many pages to the state of the nation, but only a very few sentences to his marriage and the birth of his five children.

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Item typePersonal Documents
AuthorHitchcock, Justin
Date1770–1799
PlaceDeerfield, Massachusetts
EraColonial settlement, 1620–1762
Revolutionary America, 1763–1783
The New Nation, 1784–1815
MaterialPaper
Process/FormatHandwriting
Dimension detailsProcess Material: manuscript, paper, ink Height: 12.25 in Width: 8.00 in
Catalog #L99.019
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Hitchcock, Justin. Remarks and Observations. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l99-019/. Accessed on October 11, 2024.

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