The Mary Townsend Letters
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History
These letters are from Mary Candace Townsend 1862, when she was a professor at Mount Holyoke. None of them are dated, but from the stamps and from the few clues she dropped, they date to around 1878.
The Images
All documents have a portion of the first page scanned, and comments about their contents are included below.
- A Letter Written on Dec 3, 1877[?]
- envelope Postmarked Dec 4 in South Hadley. Addressed to Miss Fanny Meily.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Jan 22, 1879
- envelope Postmarked Jan 22 in South Hadley. Addressed to Miss Fanny Meily.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only a portion of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Sept 30, 1879
- envelope Postmarked Oct 1 in South Hadley. Addressed to Miss Fanny Meily.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only a portion of the first page is scanned.