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Letter: Kate to her aunt, January 8, 1864

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Identifier	mhbs011
Title	Letter: Kate to her aunt, January 8, 1864
Creator	Unknown
Subject	Boarding schools Education Fair Hill Boarding School Fair Hill (Md.) Girls Jones, Emma, 1837-1926 Letters Women
Publisher (Electronic Version)	Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program
Holding Institution	Montgomery County Historical Society
Date Original	1863-01-08
Date Digital	2004-07-26
Type	Text
Format	Digital reproduction of 4-page document, 21 x 13 cm.
Source	Jane C. Sween Research Library
Relation	Is Part Of the Fair Hill Boarding School Letters Is Part Of the Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program
Coverage (Time Period)	1861-1870
Rights	This item is owned by the Montgomery County Historical Society. Use of this item beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required. To view, or obtain copies of, the original letters, and for more information on Fair Hill, its students and teachers, and other schools in Montgomery County, please contact the Montgomery County Historical Society's Jane C. Sween Research Library (Rockville, MD) at 301-340-2974.

Identifier	mhbs011_001
Title	Page 1
Transcript	[upside down, top of first page:] I heard Lydia Baxley had gone to School is it so? I did intend writing to her but will not write now until I hear from you. which I hope will be soon . Fair Hill Seminary January 8th 1863 [she appears to have put the wrong year here, see end of letter] My dear Aunt , Nearly two long months have passed since I wrote to you, and from your long silence I think you have forgotten your little niece, but no I will not attribute such a reason to you it must be because you have been so fully occupied with your house-keeping affairs . I had a letter from Sister Annie yesterday saying she was going out to Cousin Mercer's to spend a week, than [sic] she was coming home. Martha Waters is coming with her she is delighted with her trip to the Eastern Shore.

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