The Ipswich Letters

History

These letters are related to Ipswich Female Seminary, where Mary Lyon taught before starting off on her own to found Mount Holyoke. You can read other Ipswich-related letters in these collections:

• Zilpah Grant
  
• Mary Lyon
  

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 Written on Jul 4, 1864, from Laura to Emma T. Barnes

envelope Postmarked Jul 5 [1864] in Ipswich, Mass. Addressed to Miss Emma T. Barnes, Woolwich, Maine. Inscription: "Have read to E.T.B. / Letter written just before graduation / save"

page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.