Vassar College N.Y.
April 25th. 1866.

My Dear Mamie,

One of your ever welcome 
letters arrived this morning, I am very sorry to 
hear that Aunt Sarah has sprained her ankle, it 
seems as though she was to feeble to bear so much 
You did not say anything about those Contra-
bands please to do so in your next epistle. 
And now Miss Mary, it seems to me you 
are putting on to many airs for so young a 
child, then you don't want us to come right 
home, well then we will travel off on the 
Mountains two or three days, it was our in-
tention to start for home, nine weeks from 
to-day, the twenty-seventh of June, that being 
the time that school closes. Who knows 
best you or I, "praps" you do and then again 
"praps" I do.	

Friday Eve
We have been out practising our march 
for the coming Monday, as I believe I have told
you before, it is to be a Holiday, and a gay 
one we are going to make it, if such a thing is 
possible, when Mr Vassar arrives at the gate 
we are to march down and then close up at 
the back of the Carriage, and then on reaching 
the Entrance a Song of welcome, (composed by 
one of the Students) is to be sung, and such a 
time as it is going, so terribly stupid and
dull. We all go the Chapel, where we hear Es-
says, Poems, and Speeches, and nobody knows 
what all, then after that comes the best part, the 
Supper, which is to consist of Sandwiches, Cake 
Ice-cream and the such like. I suppose we 
shall have a small piece, so it won't make 
us sick. They are so careful to take such good 
care of us particularly in that respect. But
nevertheless we had a right nice Dinner to day 
Baked Shad, Mashed potatoes, bread and Ice water 
and we were to have Desert of some kind but 
it was not done in time. I shall probably 
finish this before Monday. So my dear sister
good-night from your every loving
Abbie
I have but little of the headache I am sorry you have so much my Ear does not discharge Is the Croquet ground prepared and where is it. I wish you were going to be here tomorrow night.