HOWARD CROSBY - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 06/20/1883 - HFSID 68025

HOWARD CROSBY
The Presbyterian preacher and professor writes letter to an acquaintance, asking to be reminded of a church organ later in the fall
Autograph letter signed: "Howard Crosby" in black ink. 1 page front and verso, 5x8. New York City, New York. June 20, 1883. In full: "My dear Mr. Brooks, [illegible] be on in a church for your Florida organ now, and the people are all away for the summer. But if you will remind me in the fall, I will try to help you in the matter. Yours ever [illegible]". Presbyterian preacher, scholar, and professor Howard Crosby (1826-1891) came from a prominent American family, being the great-grandson of Judge Joseph Crosby of Massachusetts and General William Floyd of New York (a signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence). He graduated from New York University in 1844, where he was one of the founding fathers of the Gamma Chapter of the Delta Phi Fraternity, later becoming a professor of Greek in 1851, and eventually chancellor of the University of 1870. An American reviser of the English New Testament, Crosby wrote many influential books about political and religious affairs based on his Presbyterian views including The Lands of the Moslem (1851), Jesus: His Life and Works (1871), and True Temperance Reform (1879). Furthermore, he served as president of the American Philological Association in 1871. Normal mailing folds. Toned. Paper affixed on verso, stained throughout. Slightly worn and soiled. Otherwise, fine condition.