Vassar College Student Letters
Eaton, Julia (Hammer). Letters, 1888
Date
1888
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Abstract
2 letters, one from Eaton to her sister Emma Hoadley Tenney, the other from Eaton to her father. Both letters describe Eaton's experiences during her spring 1888 semester at Vassar. Eaton describes the Washington's Birthday Party, for which students costumed themselves as colonial women, George
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