Poughkeepsie
Tuesday May 81]} 1866
My dear Miss. Stilson
I was favor fA with a Copy of your pretty
little poem diliverfC* on the occasion of the "Founder5 day" or
Festival in commemoration of his Birth-day April SGtt1 1866, and
have perused it over and over, and cannot express ray feelings at
the present moment for this little gem of your poetic genious
Please to accept my best thanks till oppertunity xkk offers
to do better,
I am Dear Miss S.
Yours truly &c
M. Vassar
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