The Susie Lawson Letters

History

These letters were written in 1891-1894, before Susie attends college in South Hadley. Susie is writing from the town of Blandford, Mass. in 1892-1893, where she is teaching school. I thought that was pretty remarkable, as she didn't graduate from Mount Holyoke until 1898. I was assuming she was a traditionally aged student at Mount Holyoke, but when I looked into it, I discovered she was born in 1874 and was about 24 when she graduated from Mount Holyoke. At the time she was teaching in Blandford she would have been 18 and presumably a high school graduate.

The Images

All documents have a portion of the first page scanned, and comments about their contents are included below.

A Letter written on Aug 4, 1891, to Susie's sister Mary, from cousin Marie L. Holman: envelope Postmarked Aug 4, 1891 10am in Rockford, Ill. Addressed to Miss Mary E. Lawson in Union, Tolland Co., Conn.; page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.
A Letter Written on Oct 12, 1892: page 1 Envelope is missing. Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.
A Letter Written on Nov 16, 1892: envelope Postmarked Nov 17, 1892 in Blandford, Mass. Addressed to Mr. E. N. Lawson in Union, Conn.; page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.
An Undated Letter, presumably dated around Dec, 1892: page 1 Envelope is missing. Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.
A Letter Written on Jan 18, 1893: envelope Postmarked Jan 19, 1893 in Blandford, Mass. Addressed to Miss Mary E. Lawson in Union, Conn.; page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.
A Letter written on Mar 29, 1894, from brother Harvey: page 1 Envelope is missing. Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.
A Letter written on Dec 11, 1894, to Susie's sister Mary and father Edwin Newton, from cousin Marie L. Holman: envelope Postmarked Dec 11, 1894 7pm in Rockford, Ill. Transit marked Dec 13, 1894 2pm in Stafford Springs on the reverse. Addressed to Miss Mary E. Lawson in Union, Conn., care of E. [Edwin] Newton Lawson. Return address 312 N. Court St., Rockford, Ill. Inscription: "answered Jan. 3, 1895."; page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.; page 1 A second letter in the same envelope. Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.