Pratt, Mary (Morris) | to mother, Oct. 20, 1879
VC 1880
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VC 1880
8 letters from Mary Pratt to her mother, one dated Nov. 1874 and the remaining seven between April 1877 and May 1880. The 1874 letter recounts making molasses with her classmates at Vassar. Remaining letters describe making chicken costumes for the Philalethean entertainment, the junior class
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