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Lucinda Palmer to Alice Mary Longfellow, 29 December 1896
Manuscript letter
[printed letterhead: Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute]
Hampton, Va., December 29, 1896.
Dear Friend,-
It gives me much pleasure to write to you to thank you for my Christmas present that you sent me, and I was very glad to receive such a nice Christmas present from you.
I have been home to spent [sic] the Christmas with my Mother and Father which was a very pleasant Christmas, It is the first time have been home since I have been to Hampton Normal School.
[p. 2] I only spent three day [sic] home with my people, I went home on Thursday morning December 24, 1896, and returned back to Hampton Normal School on December 28, 1896. I enjoyed being home with my people very much.
But it was very cold on Thursday morning when I went home, and I left Hampton Normal School Thursday morning seven O'clock, and when I got home it was four O’clock in the after noon.
They all very glad to see me, I went to church on Christmas Day, and spent a very happy Christmas Day.
[p. 3] I left home on Monday morning December 28, 1896, half past six in the morning for Hampton Normal School, and reached the school half past five Monday after noon.
I was very sorry to come away from on Monday morning because it always give me a sad feeling.
Christmas Day was such a beautiful day, and it was a pleasant day, and my Christmas present was such a nice present, and I like it so much.
[p. 3] Yours respectfully,
Lucinda Palmer.
Hampton, Va., December 29, 1896.
Dear Friend,-
It gives me much pleasure to write to you to thank you for my Christmas present that you sent me, and I was very glad to receive such a nice Christmas present from you.
I have been home to spent [sic] the Christmas with my Mother and Father which was a very pleasant Christmas, It is the first time have been home since I have been to Hampton Normal School.
[p. 2] I only spent three day [sic] home with my people, I went home on Thursday morning December 24, 1896, and returned back to Hampton Normal School on December 28, 1896. I enjoyed being home with my people very much.
But it was very cold on Thursday morning when I went home, and I left Hampton Normal School Thursday morning seven O'clock, and when I got home it was four O’clock in the after noon.
They all very glad to see me, I went to church on Christmas Day, and spent a very happy Christmas Day.
[p. 3] I left home on Monday morning December 28, 1896, half past six in the morning for Hampton Normal School, and reached the school half past five Monday after noon.
I was very sorry to come away from on Monday morning because it always give me a sad feeling.
Christmas Day was such a beautiful day, and it was a pleasant day, and my Christmas present was such a nice present, and I like it so much.
[p. 3] Yours respectfully,
Lucinda Palmer.
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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)
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Manuscript letter in Alice Mary Longfellow Papers, Series II. Correspondence, C. Scholarship Student Correspondence, 1874-1925
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