Poughkeepsie,     Friday Morning
May if* 1868,
My dear Miss Gilbert*
I embrace the earlest leasure moment after
the exercises of the "Founders-Day" to thank you for another testi-
mony of your goodness in remembrance of me through the beauti-
full Boqua of Florals sent by Express-Man yesterday Morning, and
if they were of a nature as lasting as the memory of the recipient
will be to the donor how delightfully it would add to his happiness &c.
Yours very truly &c. &c.
Matthew Vassar.
To
Miss Mary L. Gilbert
Vassar College
Pofkeepsie N.Y.
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