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Barnes, Lucy (Sellers). Letters, 1870-1875

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Date
1870-1875
Abstract
17 letters from Barnes to family. The 5 letters to George Taylor Barnes are transcripts only; Vassar does not hold the originals. The letters describe the daily student routine, food and meal time, prayer requirements, final examinations, student government and class government, traditions relating to class parlors, acting in a Philaletheis play, lectures, a sermon by James Chaplin Beecher.
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vassar:barnes-lucy
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