McGraw, Maria (Dickinson) | to Harriette Warner, Helen Warner, and Martha Warner, Dec. 23, 1866
VC 1867
VC 1867
VC 1867
1 letter from McGraw to her [future] husband Thomas S. McGraw, 1 from McGraw to her friends Harriette Warner, Helen Warner, and Martha Warner. The letter to her future husband includes details about Commencement, most notably her winning the Salutatory. She also describes a photographer on campus
VC 1897; first page of letter is missing.
1 letter recipient unknown. Stockton describes her Latin, Greek, Mathematics, and English classes along with her opinions of each professor, and asks for a specific book for her Greek class. Stockton writes positively about the girls she is meeting and her friendships. She also discusses auditioning
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