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May 31, 1867
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VC 1868
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Vassar College
May 31 1967
My dear [?],
My pencil again you
see, don't be alarmed however, you know
that all my ailments tend directly to
make me shaky. I hope to be able to
write you a natural letter before I go.
Home. Oh! how glad I am that the time
is so near! I don't intend to come home
infirm if I can help it and I think
thats Miss Avery's powders and a total
absence from books for a period, will
fully restore me to my pristine vigor.
There isn't any thing in particular the
matter with me. I eat and sleep as well
as could be desired, but I seem to have
"given out" physically and mentally.
However I intend to give up all attempts
to go to my classes for a little while
and then I shall come home looking
May 31 1967
My dear [?],
My pencil again you
see, don't be alarmed however, you know
that all my ailments tend directly to
make me shaky. I hope to be able to
write you a natural letter before I go.
Home. Oh! how glad I am that the time
is so near! I don't intend to come home
infirm if I can help it and I think
thats Miss Avery's powders and a total
absence from books for a period, will
fully restore me to my pristine vigor.
There isn't any thing in particular the
matter with me. I eat and sleep as well
as could be desired, but I seem to have
"given out" physically and mentally.
However I intend to give up all attempts
to go to my classes for a little while
and then I shall come home looking
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like and Amazon. Don't be at all wore
ride about me, for if I was much sick
I should immediately leave for home.
Many thanks to father for that
paper containing and notice of Carrie's
marriage. Did you know that she is
coming to see me? I am so delighted
that I don't know who to display my
joy. I think I verged very near a
flood of tears when I read her letter.
I had almost given her up and I do
want so sorely to see her. I am very
impatient to hear about the wedding.
Did she look pretty? Don't you like
Mr. Howards? Of course though you
don't know him very much and he rarely
talks in company, but he is more for
tunate than the majority of young men
in possessing a brain and a desire to
fill it he has read a great deal, and
converses very well. I saw him several
times last summer and being partic
ularly interested in him watched him
ride about me, for if I was much sick
I should immediately leave for home.
Many thanks to father for that
paper containing and notice of Carrie's
marriage. Did you know that she is
coming to see me? I am so delighted
that I don't know who to display my
joy. I think I verged very near a
flood of tears when I read her letter.
I had almost given her up and I do
want so sorely to see her. I am very
impatient to hear about the wedding.
Did she look pretty? Don't you like
Mr. Howards? Of course though you
don't know him very much and he rarely
talks in company, but he is more for
tunate than the majority of young men
in possessing a brain and a desire to
fill it he has read a great deal, and
converses very well. I saw him several
times last summer and being partic
ularly interested in him watched him
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closely. Far between you and me, I
have known the particulars of the case
even since a year about last March.
Don't say that I ever denied a knowle
dge of it. I only asked you if you
were quite sure. Mr. Howard is a
good Christian man, and I am
sure will make his wife very happy
and I am very glad that she is
married. They will or here two weeks
from Yesterday, Thursday June 13 and
will be in Detroit the fifteenth I think
Did you read that article in the "Free
Press" on Detroit forty years ago.
It was very interestingg and sounded
like C I Walker.
We jab a lively representation of
our beautiful city here in the person
of a [?], vulgarly called
[?] unproperly styled "Liza and" her
is attracting much attention and calm.
He waves his breathing apparatus for
the benefit of admiring young ladies.
have known the particulars of the case
even since a year about last March.
Don't say that I ever denied a knowle
dge of it. I only asked you if you
were quite sure. Mr. Howard is a
good Christian man, and I am
sure will make his wife very happy
and I am very glad that she is
married. They will or here two weeks
from Yesterday, Thursday June 13 and
will be in Detroit the fifteenth I think
Did you read that article in the "Free
Press" on Detroit forty years ago.
It was very interestingg and sounded
like C I Walker.
We jab a lively representation of
our beautiful city here in the person
of a [?], vulgarly called
[?] unproperly styled "Liza and" her
is attracting much attention and calm.
He waves his breathing apparatus for
the benefit of admiring young ladies.
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with as much nonchalance as if he
had done it all his life and earn
ed his daily wooms in that summer.
No one would imagine from his ap
prance that he had [?} five
hundred miles in a tin pail pack
ed in grass in ice. When Minnie
was at home she brought back too
large creatures preserved in alcohols
for the collections. Prof. Jenny was very
much interested in them and was anx
ious to see a living specimen. [?]
Darwell (Nettie's brother) who procured
the others for her, with a good deal of
trouble got this one and sent it out to
her. I regret to say that it has
called forth a good many remakes not
quite complimentary to the state of our
water pipes. The girls are busy as
ever. I hope that the w[?] of their hour
ry will be over week after next.
Our class chose rooms to day . We
remain in twenty three.
Love to all the friends. It hardly
seems worth while to send messages
when we shall see them so soon
had done it all his life and earn
ed his daily wooms in that summer.
No one would imagine from his ap
prance that he had [?} five
hundred miles in a tin pail pack
ed in grass in ice. When Minnie
was at home she brought back too
large creatures preserved in alcohols
for the collections. Prof. Jenny was very
much interested in them and was anx
ious to see a living specimen. [?]
Darwell (Nettie's brother) who procured
the others for her, with a good deal of
trouble got this one and sent it out to
her. I regret to say that it has
called forth a good many remakes not
quite complimentary to the state of our
water pipes. The girls are busy as
ever. I hope that the w[?] of their hour
ry will be over week after next.
Our class chose rooms to day . We
remain in twenty three.
Love to all the friends. It hardly
seems worth while to send messages
when we shall see them so soon
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excuses the [?] but I thought you would want to know just how
I am. The seniors
and Juniors are
invited to the Pres
to tea tonight I
expect it will be
delightful
Good bye. I hope
that you have
a girl. Do take
a stick anything
rather than now
The girls send
much love one
of whom is your
loving daughter
Martha S Warner
I am. The seniors
and Juniors are
invited to the Pres
to tea tonight I
expect it will be
delightful
Good bye. I hope
that you have
a girl. Do take
a stick anything
rather than now
The girls send
much love one
of whom is your
loving daughter
Martha S Warner
