Description: This is a neat, uncommon cover sent from a Presbyterian missions organization in New York City, to a Reverend John G. Smart, in care of Reverend Dr. Jessup(Henry Harry Jessup!), Beirut, Syria, Ottoman Empire, on March 21, 1882! Reverend Smart was most likely working with the Reverend Henry Harry Jessup. Note the fascinating info found on him online pasted below. To continue, the blue, 5-Cent, "Taylor," U.S. definitive is in very fine condition! The duplex from the New York City P.O. is pretty good, though light/faded in some places. There is a very light/faded transit cancel(4/6/82) from an Ottoman Empire P.O., most likely one in Constantinople. The receiving cancel(4/20/82) from the Ottoman P.O. in Beirut is quite fine, though! Lastly, as for the envelope, it's in quite fine condition. It has been reduced some at the left side. There are some hinge remnants at the back. The back flap is about 90% intact. Noted imperfections aside, this remains a nifty piece of American and Ottoman Empire postal history related to Presbyterian mission work in Beirut in 1882! He spent his first four years of service in Tripoli, Lebanon, devoting much time to leaning Arabic at which he proved extremely deft. He married Caroline Bush during one trip back to America in 1857 and returned to Tripoli within a matter of months. During the Druse Revolts, the Jessups moved to Beirut and had three children. His wife took ill on sea voyage prescribed by a doctor and she died in Alexandria, Egypt. Jessup remarried in 1869 to Harriet Elizabeth Dodge with whom he had five children, though she too died in 1882. During one of his few trips back to America in 1884, Jessup married for the third and last time to Theodosia Davenport Lockwood. Jessup served as the acting pastor for the Syrian Church of Beirut and superintendent of its school for thirty years, teaching almost any grade. He also became the first secretary of the Asfuriyeh Hospital for the Insane, acted for a time as missionary editor for the Arabic journal El-Neshrah. Serving and teaching in Beirut tirelessly, he refused a professorship at Union Seminary in 1857, a position as secretary of the Presbyterian Board in 1870, and the post of United States minister to Persia in 1883.Jessup also authored numerous books about Syrian history, which culminated in the work for which he is best known, Fifty-Three Years in Syria published in 1910, a two-volume memoir and historical account of his life there. He died and was buried in Beirut. Ted Jessup, the American Television writer and producer is a great great grandson of Reverend Jessup.
Price: 25.99 USD
Location: Kitakyushu City
End Time: 2024-12-12T03:39:04.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.9 USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Denomination: 5 Cent
Year of Issue: 1871-1880
Place of Origin: United States
State: New York & Beirut, Syria
Quality: Used
Color: Blue
Grade: F/VF (Fine/Very Fine)
Topic: Religion
Cancellation Type: Duplex
Certification: Uncertified
