File:Lucinda Palmer to Alice Mary Longfellow, 29 December 1896 (6871fc9e-db6b-4e65-a28a-2d90729b1568).jpg

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Manuscript letter

Archives Number: 1007.001/002.003-001#072

[printed letterhead: Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute]
Hampton, Va., December 29, 1896.
Dear Friend,-
It gives me much pleasure to write to you to thank you for my Christmas present that you sent me, and I was very glad to receive such a nice Christmas present from you.
I have been home to spent [sic] the Christmas with my Mother and Father which was a very pleasant Christmas, It is the first time have been home since I have been to Hampton Normal School.
[p. 2] I only spent three day [sic] home with my people, I went home on Thursday morning December 24, 1896, and returned back to Hampton Normal School on December 28, 1896. I enjoyed being home with my people very much.
But it was very cold on Thursday morning when I went home, and I left Hampton Normal School Thursday morning seven O'clock, and when I got home it was four O’clock in the after noon.
They all very glad to see me, I went to church on Christmas Day, and spent a very happy Christmas Day.
[p. 3] I left home on Monday morning December 28, 1896, half past six in the morning for Hampton Normal School, and reached the school half past five Monday after noon.
I was very sorry to come away from on Monday morning because it always give me a sad feeling.
Christmas Day was such a beautiful day, and it was a pleasant day, and my Christmas present was such a nice present, and I like it so much.
[p. 3] Yours respectfully,
Lucinda Palmer.

  • Keywords: long archives; document; alice m. longfellow papers (long 16173); education; organizations; hampton institute; correspondence; Manuscripts (1007.001); (LONG-Subcollection); Correspondence (1007.001/002); (LONG-SeriesName); Scholarship Student Correspondence (1007.001/002.003); (LONG-SubseriesName); Letters to Alice Longfellow (1007.001/002.003-001); (LONG-FileUnitName)
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English: NPGallery
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English: Lucinda Palmer
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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English: Organization: Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Address: 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Email: LONG_archives@nps.gov
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LONG
NPS Museum Number Catalog
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LONG 16173
Recipient
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English: Alice Mary Longfellow, 1850-1928
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English: Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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6871fc9e-db6b-4e65-a28a-2d90729b1568
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English: U. S. National Park Service

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