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Letter: Laura E. Magruder to Emma Jones, November 24, 1856

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Identifier	mhbs006
Title	Letter: Laura E. Magruder to Emma Jones, November 24, 1856
Creator	Magruder, Laura E.
Subject	Boarding schools Education Fair Hill Boarding School Fair Hill (Md.) Girls Jones, Emma, 1837-1926 Letters Magruder, Laura E. Women
Description	Letter from Laura Magruder to Emma Jones. Emma is home sick, and Laura writes from the boarding school to ask Emma for a favor and to pass along greetings from Emma's other schoolmates.
Publisher (Electronic Version)	Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program
Holding Institution	Montgomery County Historical Society
Date Original	1856-11-24
Date Digital	2004-07-26
Type	Text
Format	Digital reproduction of 2-page document, 21 x 17 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	mhbs006_001
Title	Page 1
Transcript	Fair Hill Nov. 24th 1856 My Darling Emma , As Ellen intends writing to you I thought I would write you a short note, and send it in here, I would write you a long letter, but you know that I have not time. dear Emma I want to ask a favor of you, and if you will be so kind as to grant it, I will do something for you some of these days. Please get me 20 cents worth of strong alcohol, and bring it to me when you come back, I would send you the money, but am afraid that it would get lost, if you will get it and pay your money for it, I will pay you directly you come back. I think you can get it at Mrs. Peughs. If you can get it for me, I will be very much obliged to you, I want to try and finish Ginnis [sic] baskets before Christmas. I expect you are injoying [sic] your self very much, eating nice warm biscuits, I only with I was in your place. I am in hops [sic] that your eye has got better, and that it will soon get well, so as you can come back, you do not know how much I miss you. Alice cried a great deal when you first went away, but she soon got over it. If you see any of our family give

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