Letters

History

In 1904, Carrie has graduated from Pinkerton Academy and is leaving her hometown of Hudson NH to attend her first semester at Mount Holyoke. Her letters to her sister are happy and glowing about her Mount Holyoke experience.

The Images

All letters have at least their first page or a portion of the first page scanned, and comments about their contents are included below.

A Letter from Armine Marsh to Carrie and Mary Gowing, Jun 1903

envelope Addressed to Mary and Carrie Gowing in Derry NH. Postmarked in Pelham, and in Derry, NH on Jun ??, 1903. Stamp is missing.

first page On plain cream stationery: "Miss Armine Marsh regrets that she cannot accept the kind invitation of the Senior class of Pinkerton Academy to its graduation exercises to be held Friday, June nineteenth ninteen hundred three."

A Letter from H. S. Smart to Mary and Carrie Gowing, Jun 15, 1903

envelope Addressed to Mary L. Gowing at Pinkerton Academy. Postmarked Jun 16, 1903 3:30pm in Dover, NH, and Jun 17, 1903 9am in Derry, NH.

first page On lined white stationery. The text of the letter

A Letter from Carrie Gowing to Mary Gowing, Oct 2, 1904

envelope Addressed to Miss Mary L. Gowing in Hudson, NH, from her sister Carrie Gowing. Postmarks indistinct.

first page On plain cream stationery. The text of the letter

A Letter from Carrie Gowing to Mary Gowing, Oct 23, 1904

envelope Addressed to Miss Mary L. Gowing in Hudson, NH, from her sister Carrie Gowing. Postmarked Oct 26, 1904 12midnight in South Hadley, Oct 26, 1904 2pm in Holyoke, MA, and Oct 27, 1904 8am in Hudson NH.

first page On plain cream stationery. The text of the letter

A Letter from Auntie to Carrie Gowing, Nov 5, 1904

envelope Addressed to Miss Carrie E. Gowing at Mount Holyoke. Postmarked Nov 8, 1904 1pm in Lowell MA, and Nov 9, 1904 9am in South Hadley.

first page On plain cream stationery. The text of the letter. A second letter in a childish scroll is also enclosed in the envelope. The text of that letter

A Letter from Carrie Gowing to Mary Gowing, Nov 13, 1904

envelope Addressed to Miss Mary L. Gowing in Hudson, NH, from her sister Carrie Gowing. Postmarked Nov 16, 1904 5pm in South Hadley, and in Hudson NH.

first page On plain cream stationery. The text of the letter

A Letter from Carrie Gowing to Mary Gowing, Nov 26, 1904

envelope Addressed to Miss Mary L. Gowing c/o Mrs. M. Clifton-Puffer, Lowell, Mass, from her sister Carrie Gowing. Postmarked Nov 28, 1904 10am in South Hadley, and Nov 28, 1904 5:30pm in Hudson NH. Envelope is in Auntie's handwriting, not Carrie's.

first page On plain cream stationery. The text of the letter

A Letter from Carrie Gowing to Mary Gowing, Dec 13, 1904

envelope Addressed to Miss Mary L. Gowing in Hudson, NH, from her sister Carrie Gowing. Postmarked Dec 13, 1904 5pm in South Hadley, Dec [14], 1904 8am in Hudson NH. Some calculations in pencil on the back; looks like sums of monetary amounts.

first page On plain cream stationery. The text of the letter