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October 21, 1877
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VC Ex 1879
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vassar:24467,,Box 70,VCL_Letters_Kiliani_Lillian_1879_005
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Vassar College,
Oct. 21, 1877.
My dear Grandmother:-
I was very glad to get your letter; you are one of the best correspondents I have, you answer sooner than anyone else, in spite of your rheumatism, and always write nice, long letters. The jasmine you sent is just as fragrant as it can be still, I am very much obliged for It I wish the children would write to me. I should like very much to have letters from them, and I would answer them too.
I had a visit from mother week before last, which I en
Oct. 21, 1877.
My dear Grandmother:-
I was very glad to get your letter; you are one of the best correspondents I have, you answer sooner than anyone else, in spite of your rheumatism, and always write nice, long letters. The jasmine you sent is just as fragrant as it can be still, I am very much obliged for It I wish the children would write to me. I should like very much to have letters from them, and I would answer them too.
I had a visit from mother week before last, which I en
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joyed very much, and which she said she did too. I expect to spend next Sunday at home. I will tell you a secret, only you mustn't let either mother or father know a word of It. You know the photograph of mother, just the head, which Kurty took. Well, I am going to enlarge that, and make it life-size, and do it in india-ink, as a Christmas present for father. Bat they are neither of them to know anything about it. Don't you think that will please him? I am delighted with the idea, and am going to begin tomorrow.
How is Rose Sickels? Does she seem any more cheerful, I sup
How is Rose Sickels? Does she seem any more cheerful, I sup
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pose not, as the time of Mary's and her mother's death is coming near. Do you think she would like it, if I should write to her? I feel rather shy of her, as I don't know what It is to suffer the loss she has had, and I can't talk to her about Mary, and I feel as if it would be almost mocking her to tell about all the good times I have been having.
I am very busy drawing now, and I like it very much; I go over to the studio for an hour and a half every day, and draw from plaster-casts of hands and feet, and so forth. I like the shading part ever so much, when I can see a hand getting round
I am very busy drawing now, and I like it very much; I go over to the studio for an hour and a half every day, and draw from plaster-casts of hands and feet, and so forth. I like the shading part ever so much, when I can see a hand getting round
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and looking more like a hand from day to day.
I know Miss Wickersham by sight, and have been intending already last year to call on her, as she seems to expect me to do so, as I am in a higher class. The "Partial Collegiate" Course is a polite way of saying she is a Preparatory, and hopes to be a Freshman next year.
Give my love to grandpap, Aunt Emma aad the children, and to the Carey family* With much love for yourself, and hoping your Rheumatism is not so bad, I remain
Your loving granddaughter
Lilian Taylor.
[Lillian (Taylor) Kiliani, ex-'79]
I know Miss Wickersham by sight, and have been intending already last year to call on her, as she seems to expect me to do so, as I am in a higher class. The "Partial Collegiate" Course is a polite way of saying she is a Preparatory, and hopes to be a Freshman next year.
Give my love to grandpap, Aunt Emma aad the children, and to the Carey family* With much love for yourself, and hoping your Rheumatism is not so bad, I remain
Your loving granddaughter
Lilian Taylor.
[Lillian (Taylor) Kiliani, ex-'79]
