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Letter: Hallie to Emma Jones, July 1, 1857

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Identifier	mhbs008
Title	Letter: Hallie to Emma Jones, July 1, 1857
Creator	Unknown
Subject	Boarding schools Education Fair Hill Boarding School Georgetown (D.C.). Girls Jones, Emma, 1837-1926 Women
Description	Letter from Hallie to Emma Jones. In this letter, Hallie speaks of some of the recent social activities of her life, including a late night serenade from a crowd of Brookville boys.
Publisher (Electronic Version)	Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program
Holding Institution	Montgomery County Historical Society
Date Original	1857-07-01
Date Digital	2004-07-26
Type	Text
Format	Digital reproduction of 3-page document, 22 x 18 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)	1851-1860
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	mhbs008_001
Title	Page 1
Transcript	Georgetown July 1st 1857 Darling Emma , I believed I promised to write the first letter and as this is the best opportunity I shall have for sometime, I will make use of it, every body has gone to bed but me, and I am up writing to my chick. I was disappointed this evening got all ready to go over to Washington, and it had to rain, so I have not been over there since my return, I must tell you about our ride down but first of all about our serenade. You know Mame and Maria went to Brookeville, well they said they had a jollie [sic] time walking in the woods with the boys, got home just as Mrs. Kirk was dismissing us Helen and I had a delightful evening to our selves went down to Olney and walked about in every direction Mary Ann tryed [sic] to kick up a fuss about Helen sleeping with me. In the middle of the night we were awakened by some singing, got up and went to the window, and there was a crowd of Brookeville boys

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