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Franklin P. Wheelis to Alice Mary Longfellow, March 1893
Manuscript letter
[printed letterhead: Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute]
[Date and address line appear to have been filled in by Sara Peake]
Tuskegee, Ala., March – 1893
Miss A. M. Longfellow –
Boston, Mass. –
Dear Friend:-
It is with pleasure I write you. I spent last summer very pleasantly on the farm trying to earn some money with which to go to school on this term. I did not make very much money through the summer for money in the south has been very scarce for two years.
I sought a school after commencement here in May. I secured one, but there was not enough money in it to pay my expenses so I entered the farm. I attended church and sunday school nearly every sunday through vacation. I am now in the A. Middle Class. I am trying to do my whole duty and trust in God for success. My way at times becomes very gloomy. Sometimes I think I shall have to quit school, then away [sic] opens for me to go further. I have no one to look to for help, but the good Lord. I donot [sic] know whether I can go through this term or not. I trust you are well ^and giting [sic] along through life nicely.
Yours truly.
Franklin P. Wheelis
[Date and address line appear to have been filled in by Sara Peake]
Tuskegee, Ala., March – 1893
Miss A. M. Longfellow –
Boston, Mass. –
Dear Friend:-
It is with pleasure I write you. I spent last summer very pleasantly on the farm trying to earn some money with which to go to school on this term. I did not make very much money through the summer for money in the south has been very scarce for two years.
I sought a school after commencement here in May. I secured one, but there was not enough money in it to pay my expenses so I entered the farm. I attended church and sunday school nearly every sunday through vacation. I am now in the A. Middle Class. I am trying to do my whole duty and trust in God for success. My way at times becomes very gloomy. Sometimes I think I shall have to quit school, then away [sic] opens for me to go further. I have no one to look to for help, but the good Lord. I donot [sic] know whether I can go through this term or not. I trust you are well ^and giting [sic] along through life nicely.
Yours truly.
Franklin P. Wheelis
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Manuscripts (1007.001), (LONG-Subcollection)
, Correspondence (1007.001/002), (LONG-SeriesName)
, Scholarship Student Correspondence (1007.001/002.003), (LONG-SubseriesName)
, Letters to Alice Longfellow (1007.001/002.003-001), (LONG-FileUnitName)
, Correspondence (1007.001/002), (LONG-SeriesName)
, Scholarship Student Correspondence (1007.001/002.003), (LONG-SubseriesName)
, Letters to Alice Longfellow (1007.001/002.003-001), (LONG-FileUnitName)
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Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Code: LONG
Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Latitude: 42.3769989013672, Longitude: -71.1264038085938
Latitude: 42.3769989013672, Longitude: -71.1264038085938
NPS Museum Number Catalog : LONG 16173
Title: Finding Aid to the Alice Mary Longfellow (1850-1928) Papers, 1855-1965 (bulk dates: 1873-1928)
URL: https://www.nps.gov/long/learn/historyculture/archives.htm#AML
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03/01/1893 - 03/30/1893
Manuscript letter in Alice Mary Longfellow Papers, Series II. Correspondence, C. Scholarship Student Correspondence, 1874-1925
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