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September 20, 1866
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VC 1867
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Vassar College, Sept. 20, 1866.
My dear dear Mother;
If you could
have heard the joyful exclamations
which greeted the sight of your
letter you would have felt repaid
for the labor of writing it when
you was so busy. We are
very happy here though not
very busy as yet. I suppose that
recitations will not begin reg-
ularly before Monday but yet
we have some things to do before
in visiting old and new students
sewing & general exercise we
find enough to do. I have
seen Miss Pope two or three
times and like her very much.
She is about nineteen and quite
pretty and lady like. She is a
good scholar too I believe.
My dear dear Mother;
If you could
have heard the joyful exclamations
which greeted the sight of your
letter you would have felt repaid
for the labor of writing it when
you was so busy. We are
very happy here though not
very busy as yet. I suppose that
recitations will not begin reg-
ularly before Monday but yet
we have some things to do before
in visiting old and new students
sewing & general exercise we
find enough to do. I have
seen Miss Pope two or three
times and like her very much.
She is about nineteen and quite
pretty and lady like. She is a
good scholar too I believe.
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I have seen but little of Cousin
Emma's niece. She Is a very
quiet girl. I am very glad to
hear of the little Miss Pomeroy's
safe arrival. I am very glad
that you did not invite the
Popes to stop over, for I think
you are tired enough. It must
be very pleasant to have so good
a girl. Your storm has travelled
eastward I guess, for today
it is cold and drizzly. The
new students are some of them
very pleasant, but I long for
the old ones. Miss Stoddard
is a very lovely girl. I like very
much indeed. I am very sorry
that I did not see Mrs. Osborne
when she was at our house. Isn't
it strange that Gilpatrlck should
have been there just before I
came home and Mrs. Osborne
just after I left. I think
Emma's niece. She Is a very
quiet girl. I am very glad to
hear of the little Miss Pomeroy's
safe arrival. I am very glad
that you did not invite the
Popes to stop over, for I think
you are tired enough. It must
be very pleasant to have so good
a girl. Your storm has travelled
eastward I guess, for today
it is cold and drizzly. The
new students are some of them
very pleasant, but I long for
the old ones. Miss Stoddard
is a very lovely girl. I like very
much indeed. I am very sorry
that I did not see Mrs. Osborne
when she was at our house. Isn't
it strange that Gilpatrlck should
have been there just before I
came home and Mrs. Osborne
just after I left. I think
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she is very pleasant and good,
if not prepossessing in her
appearance. What a nice visit
you must be having with
Auntie and little Mary. We
knew Willie's habits & feelings
& did not any of us suppose that
Uncle [Sephas] made any great
demands upon his time. I
don't think Mrs. Sumner need be
troubled for fear you will not
miss us enough. I only hope that
it will not seem very lonely at
home and that you will enjoy the
year as much as we shall. They
are going to have very hard work
in the classical departments for
they have two less teachers than
last year and fully as many
classes. We all miss Miss Gil-
bert more than we thought
we should. I am very glad that
you have a good girl again.
if not prepossessing in her
appearance. What a nice visit
you must be having with
Auntie and little Mary. We
knew Willie's habits & feelings
& did not any of us suppose that
Uncle [Sephas] made any great
demands upon his time. I
don't think Mrs. Sumner need be
troubled for fear you will not
miss us enough. I only hope that
it will not seem very lonely at
home and that you will enjoy the
year as much as we shall. They
are going to have very hard work
in the classical departments for
they have two less teachers than
last year and fully as many
classes. We all miss Miss Gil-
bert more than we thought
we should. I am very glad that
you have a good girl again.
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You will feel the relief from
the cares of the kitchen, and
I hope find it pleasant. Mrs
Town is not here I am very sorry
to say. I am provoked too for if ap-
pearances are not deceitful she is
vastly superior to most of the new
teachers in that department.
I think it is so strange that none
of her friends have heard from Miss
Leach for so long. I have not
since last March. Miss Mitchel
is going to have me take spots on
the sun for my observing. If
we don't have pleasanter weather than
we have had lately there will not
be much for me to do. I can't
tell yet what I am to study. I sup-
pose that I shall know in the course
of the next week. The time has passed
very rapidly. I never knew a place
where time would glide away as
it does here. If all our letters
pass as quickly as these two have
we shall have reason to be thankful.
I was in hopes that you would
receive my letter that Saturday morning
the cares of the kitchen, and
I hope find it pleasant. Mrs
Town is not here I am very sorry
to say. I am provoked too for if ap-
pearances are not deceitful she is
vastly superior to most of the new
teachers in that department.
I think it is so strange that none
of her friends have heard from Miss
Leach for so long. I have not
since last March. Miss Mitchel
is going to have me take spots on
the sun for my observing. If
we don't have pleasanter weather than
we have had lately there will not
be much for me to do. I can't
tell yet what I am to study. I sup-
pose that I shall know in the course
of the next week. The time has passed
very rapidly. I never knew a place
where time would glide away as
it does here. If all our letters
pass as quickly as these two have
we shall have reason to be thankful.
I was in hopes that you would
receive my letter that Saturday morning
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but hardly expected it. They were
all ready to take students at the
College when we came & there were
over an hundred here. The circulars
all send Wednesday Sept. 13, which
was one reason for our making
the mistake. What do you think[!]
Prof. Chancy tried to make the
girls from the High School go out
to Kalamazoo instead of coming
here & told them that he did not
think that I had made any thing in
leaving Kal. & going to Vassar. I
wonder if he remembered what
he said about Kal before I went
out there. The Detroit girls are all
well & seem quite happy. I hope
they will all do well here.
I don't want you to send me
your watch. Helen has hers and
I am in this room all the time
all ready to take students at the
College when we came & there were
over an hundred here. The circulars
all send Wednesday Sept. 13, which
was one reason for our making
the mistake. What do you think[!]
Prof. Chancy tried to make the
girls from the High School go out
to Kalamazoo instead of coming
here & told them that he did not
think that I had made any thing in
leaving Kal. & going to Vassar. I
wonder if he remembered what
he said about Kal before I went
out there. The Detroit girls are all
well & seem quite happy. I hope
they will all do well here.
I don't want you to send me
your watch. Helen has hers and
I am in this room all the time
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& they have a clock in the other room
so I think I shall not want it in
the least. When you send the things
by express I guess you had better
send Helen's fruit knife though
I don't believe she needs it but
she wants it I believe. Please
send those pictures Miss Gilbert
gave me, and that vase we
had before. I don't think of any
thing else. I must stop now &
prepare to go over to the observatory
in the rain. Miss Mitchell liked
my pictures pretty well but
thought, as I knew she would, that
they were not good looking
enough. All send love to all.
Tell Nellie I will write soon.
With any amount of love my
dear, dear Mother,
Good by your own
Hattle.
[(Writing on the side)I wish Father would write to us]
so I think I shall not want it in
the least. When you send the things
by express I guess you had better
send Helen's fruit knife though
I don't believe she needs it but
she wants it I believe. Please
send those pictures Miss Gilbert
gave me, and that vase we
had before. I don't think of any
thing else. I must stop now &
prepare to go over to the observatory
in the rain. Miss Mitchell liked
my pictures pretty well but
thought, as I knew she would, that
they were not good looking
enough. All send love to all.
Tell Nellie I will write soon.
With any amount of love my
dear, dear Mother,
Good by your own
Hattle.
[(Writing on the side)I wish Father would write to us]
