The Julia Hyde Letters
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History
These letters were written by Julia Hyde 1842 to her family while she was at the Seminary. She had several sisters who also attended the Seminary. They are mentioned in her letters, and one of these letters is addressed to her sister Adeline.
The Images
All documents have a portion of the first page scanned, and comments about their contents are included below.
- A Letter Written on Mar 16 [1838], from Julia Hyde to father Lavius Hyde
- envelope The letter is folded and addressed on an exposed portion of the paper. Postmarked Mar 17 [1838] in South Hadley. A dealer penciled in a notation about the postmark: "No year date / Period of 1838 & 35" Julia was listed as a student in the 1837-1838 catalog, and I have also noted that this postmark is distinctively 1838 when compared to other dated letters I have in my collection.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Jan 29, 1841, from Julia Hyde to father Lavius Hyde
- envelope The letter is folded and addressed on an exposed portion of the paper. Postmarked Feb 1 [1841] in South Hadley.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Mar 14, 1841, from Julia Hyde to sister Adeline Hyde
- envelope The letter is folded and addressed on an exposed portion of the paper. Postmarked Mar 15 or 16 [1841] in South Hadley.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned. The corner cut from the letter damaged some of the text on page 2.
- A Letter Written on Mar 22, 1849, from Abigail (Bradley) Hyde to daughter Adeline Hyde
- envelope The letter is folded and addressed on an exposed portion of the paper. Postmarked Mar 23 [1849] on Boston & Albany RR. Addressed to Mrs Adeline H. Farrar in Lincoln, Mass.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.