[Her handwriting is very hard to read. When there was a word or phrase I could not decipher, I inserted ellipses.]Mt. Holyoke College,
South Hadley, Mass.20 Feb. 1893.
My dear Mrs Baldwin.
Please permit my hearty congratulations to your ... Mrs Murray. You know I believe in marriage. I would have those whom I love know the ... happiness of true wedded love. No profession should exclude a woman or man from thus enjoying this blessing. It is as necessary to the full, complete development of the heart and soul as mental culture is to the development of the mind! Perhaps you wonder if I, a president of a young woman's College, have lost my wits! I do not give lectures on this subject, but in my heart I rejoice in every happy marriage!
You will be pained to hear of the death of Miss Colton's father. She will not be called home I hope, but cannot return next year. Would your association give her the ... of honoring a candidate for your scholarship for next year? We have a fine girl from Vermont whom I long to assist.
I hope you are ... as a household. You must enjoy having your daughter home from abroad. Please give my love to Mrs. ... and ... her ...
Yours
E. S. Mead.