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Elgin, March 31st, 1863
M. Vassar, Esq.
Dear Sir,
Seeking information in relation to the Female Institute founded by yourself in Poughkeepsie, I burden you with a letter of my inquiries and statements.
I do not know as you are the proper individual to address in order to obtain the information. Your name is the only one I have seen in the prints, when reference has been made to the school. From the statements made by the papers, I should hope to receive pecuniary advantages, if I could attend your school.
I have not reliable information in relation to it- I am not aware whether the school is in operation or not. I would like to obtain some knowledge of it, as I am desirous of entering school somewhere next fall.
My parents were missionaries to India, they spent ten years there til health caused their return but the necessary rest had been to long delayed- My father died on the passage home and was buried in the deep, deep sea.
My Mother with five little children, soon after landing, settled in Elgin, with her parents, here she still resides.
Shiloh bloody field has drank my brothers life blood- he is the only one called above from our home circle since.
My mother kindly received
assistance from the Missionary Union for some time, now with a little hoarded store she is trying to live independently of help.
It is my great desire to fit myself for a teacher and so be able to assist my mother.
My means to obtain an education are quite limited. I have fondly dreamed, that somewhere, I might be able to teach, and by paying some after the course, be only dependent on my Mother, for my expenses outside of school bills.
I understand by the papers that deductions were made in some cases, if mine, is one of that class, I should be glad to avail myself of your benevolence.
I have been tracking a small district school this Winter, and expect to in the Summer.
If you would like references, as to the correctness of my statements, you can enquire of Rev. Chandler who is in Poughkeepsie, or of Rev. S. M. Osgood and Rev. Smith of Chicago.
Please write me as soon as convenient and oblige
Yours
Ruthie E. Barker.
P.O. Address
Ruthie E. Barker
Elgin
Kane Co.
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M. Vassar, Esq.
Dear Sir,
Seeking information in relation to the Female Institute founded by yourself in Poughkeepsie, I burden you with a letter of my inquiries and statements.
I do not know as you are the proper individual to address in order to obtain the information. Your name is the only one I have seen in the prints, when reference has been made to the school. From the statements made by the papers, I should hope to receive pecuniary advantages, if I could attend your school.
I have not reliable information in relation to it- I am not aware whether the school is in operation or not. I would like to obtain some knowledge of it, as I am desirous of entering school somewhere next fall.
My parents were missionaries to India, they spent ten years there til health caused their return but the necessary rest had been to long delayed- My father died on the passage home and was buried in the deep, deep sea.
My Mother with five little children, soon after landing, settled in Elgin, with her parents, here she still resides.
Shiloh bloody field has drank my brothers life blood- he is the only one called above from our home circle since.
My mother kindly received
assistance from the Missionary Union for some time, now with a little hoarded store she is trying to live independently of help.
It is my great desire to fit myself for a teacher and so be able to assist my mother.
My means to obtain an education are quite limited. I have fondly dreamed, that somewhere, I might be able to teach, and by paying some after the course, be only dependent on my Mother, for my expenses outside of school bills.
I understand by the papers that deductions were made in some cases, if mine, is one of that class, I should be glad to avail myself of your benevolence.
I have been tracking a small district school this Winter, and expect to in the Summer.
If you would like references, as to the correctness of my statements, you can enquire of Rev. Chandler who is in Poughkeepsie, or of Rev. S. M. Osgood and Rev. Smith of Chicago.
Please write me as soon as convenient and oblige
Yours
Ruthie E. Barker.
P.O. Address
Ruthie E. Barker
Elgin
Kane Co.
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