Dear Daughter,I have sent some cards for you to dispose of as you please -
I would like to have Ma[r]y send the Bulletin, which I sent to you, to her mother as soon as you both have read it. Dont fail to send it. A letter from Vermont last night they were delighted with the contents of the box. Your present to Allie has not come yet? The beautiful bracket is over the sofa. It is a great ornament to our parlor - Many thanks for it; we prize it highly. Was Miss Warner pleased with the book, Did the Geneseo girls recieve [sic] boxes, I hoep they shared your goodies. Carrie will write as soon as she can. She and Cousin are making over her thick black dress, the Hannibal dress - Does your Calico dress fit? Auntie thought it was "very handsome calico" -
[The 1876-1877 catalog lists three students with a hometown of Geneseo, Illinois: Meta C Perry x1880, Mary Josephine Shaw x1880, and Sarah Ford x1880. This letter and another in this collection reference Hannibal. There is one student in the catalog with a hometown of Hannibal, Missouri: Mary C Pennibone x1880.]