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Waterbury: By the Author, 1854. Softcover. Manuscript, written in brown ink; 8 x 10; pp. 4; a few faint horizontal crease lines; several small ink spots; near fine.A heart-warming and somewhat sad letter by a young lady, signed Ursula, to her friend. She has, apparently, just moved from Haddam to Waterbury, CT to work in an establishment dealing with curtain bands, sacks, etc. Among talking about her job and asking about various relatives and friends back home, Ursula mentions she has gone to watch a local college's exams and graduation ceremonies. Anybody can feel her sadness and melancholy in her words: "I there wished I was a Normal Scholar. I think I should have been, had there been such an institute a few years since, but I shall give up the idea of ever being a Normal Scholar." One can speculate about the exact reasons for her not being able to attend school.

N/A, N/A. Softcover. Single sheet, recto only, n.d. (ca late 1920s/early 1930s); 3 x 6, unevenly trimmed; a few rubbed spots to verso; typed and signed in blue ink (last letter in signature a bit smudged); very good.An interesting little note by Margaret Deland in which she thanks an anonymous friend and asks for two tickets and a program for the performance of "The Peabody Players." She also explains she needs the tickets for a friend who is not familiar with the Players, thus her request for the program.