1816-09-07 DETROIT M.T.*****W--WAYNE CO.--RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 18 1/2 RATE----TO MISS MARY STEAD C/O MRS GAZZAM AT PITTSBURGH PENN----FROM B STEAD AT DETROIT M T----SHE WILL HAVE TOM WRITE AS A SCHOOL EXERCISE; SHE WILL PAY FOR MARY'S TUITION; ADVISES HER TO TAKE DANCING LESSONS, DESPITE HER BASHFULNESS, TO PREPARE HER FOR SOCIETY AND HER FUTURE; ASKS HOW HER DRAWING AND NEEDLEWORK ARE PROGRESSING---"YOUR MOTHER WISHES YOU TO EXECUTE SOMETHING IN THAT WAY THAT MAY BE A FUTURE EVIDENCE THAT ALL YOUR TIME WAS NOT WASTED, YOU MUST WORK ON A BOUQUET OR AN HISTORICAL PIECE IF THE LATTER, DON'T TAKE FOR A COPY SOMETHING THAT IS SO HACKNEYED AS TO HAVE BEEN WORKED BY EVERY OTHER BOARDING SCHOOL MISS THESE TWENTY YEARS BUT SHOW YOUR OWN TASTE IN REFLECTING SOMETHING MOVING---MENTIONS JOHN, MRS. GAZZAN, MR. DORAN---GENEALOGY 2------4 pg--ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N

Year: 1816
Date: 1816-09-07
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 4

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