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Date
2008-02-13 00:00
Creation Date
1881-12-12
Description
Handwritten letter on lined paper from Laura Dewey Bridgman to Mrs. Abbie Foster, dated December 12th, 1880.
Digital Collection
Laura Dewey Bridgman Letters Collection
Collection Number
SpC MS 0002
Finding Aid
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/7/
Object Type
Correspondence
Image Format
Text
Location
Massachusetts -- Suffolk County -- Boston
Repository
Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library, Pittsburg State University
Publisher Digital
Pittsburg State University, Axe Library, Special Collections
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Transcript
have a couple of mats & a tiny pitcher [and] a pair of doll-mittens knit by her delicate hands, so precious to my choice. She was instructed to articulate with her mouth as a deaf mute. She is a most charming & loving little lady. Please to excuse a mistake. I mean that my birth[day]. come[s] 1 week from Tuesday 21 of Dec. instead of Monday. I now compr[e]hend that
Keywords
Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1889--Correspondence; Foster, Abbie--Correspondence; Deafblind people--Massachusetts--Boston
Notes
Pittsburg State University, Special Collections, 2, Bridgman, Laura D., Letters, Folder 1, Letter 3