Poughkeepsie   September 151 1860
Dear Miss Cleveland
Your Note of this Morning is before me which
among many others like import I have carefully filed away as a testi-
mony of the numerious wants of an Institution as that contemplated by
the "Vassar Female College,11 &c         If in the good Providence of God
my life and health should be spared untill next spring I hope to commence
building, but considering the magnitude of the work it may require some
two years from this time before it can be opened for practical uses.
Be assured dear Miss Cleveland your name will be early enrolled upon
its records for admission &c
With much regards I subscribe myself
Yrs very Respectfully
M. Vassar
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