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Letter from Sallie E. Bolton, Millersville, Pennsylvania to her mother, Mary Ann Brosius Bolton. Contents relate to the winter weather and Bolton's thoughts on the novel "Dred: a tale of the Great Dismal Swamp" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Bolton also discusses her future plans, including the pros and cons of public school teaching regarding salary and working conditions, and the advantages of teaching at Lancaster County Normal School.

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Title Sallie E. Bolton letter, January 18, 1856
Creator Bolton, Sallie Eva, 1836-1916.
Millersville University of Pennsylvania.
Date 1856-01-18
Date (Text) 1856-01-18
Geographic Coverage Millersville (Pa.)
Extent Letter. Paper, 24.5 cm. x 38 cm. (folded in half to make 4 pages)
Note Handwritten letter.
Series Sallie E. Bolton letters.
Language English
Standard Rights Statement http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Type Text
Repository Millersville University Archives and Special Collections.
Relation Sallie E. Bolton letters and autograph book, MS-56, Millersville University Archives and Special Collections.
Subject (Corporate) Lancaster County Normal School (Millersville, Pa.)
Subject (Person) Bolton, Sallie Eva, 1836-1916--Correspondence
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. Dred
Subject (Topic) Correspondence
Women college students--Pennsylvania
Teachers--Social conditions--Pennsylvania
Teachers--Salaries, etc.--Pennsylvania
Women college teachers--Pennsylvania
Reproduction Note JPEG2000
Record appears in Special Collections > Letters and Manuscripts > Sallie Bolton Letters and Autograph book, 1855-1864
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System Control No. (bolton)4

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