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Johnson, Caroline (Curtiss) — from father, "Alijah Curtiss," October 16, 1878

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16 Oct 1878
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Johnson, Caroline (Curtiss). Letter, 1878

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1 letter, dated 16 Oct 1878, to Johnson (VC 1883) from her father Abijah Curtiss. Curtiss writes that he cannot bring Johnson home from Vassar College for vacation the following week, remonstrating that "life is not all pleasure" and that she has already visited Hyde Park without his permission. He

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Marshall, Katherine (Manson) — to Emma Stewart, February 11, 1910

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11 Feb 1910
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Marshall, Katherine (Manson). Letter, 1910

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1 postcard, postmarked 11 Feb 1910, from Marshall (VC 1910) to Emma Stewart. Referring to the image of the Vassar College campus on the back of the postcard, Marshall asks Stewart how many of the depicted buildings she could identify. Marshall explains that she is too busy at Vassar to write to

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