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and saw all that was to be seen. There are not more than two hundred students here, so you can imagine that it is a very small college. The buildings are very historic looking reminding me much of the different pictures I have seen of Yale. The campus is covered with immense cypress and pine trees and is a very inviting, shady

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Stanford, Feb. 24, 97

My dearest Mamma:

I received your long and loving letter yesterday - and not knowing whether I will have time to answer it this afternoon, at this early hour (before 7 A.M.) have seated myself before my table to reply to it. If I had not been away I would have received the letter Monday.

Washington's Birthday