Letter fragment to Laura Ann Arnold (Jackson), 1846

Containers:

Box 1, Folder 5

Language:

English

Physical description:

This letter fragment has sustained damage at the edges. Some words are completely missing.

Other descriptive data:

...is a little excitement owing to the proximity of Furlough & graduation.

I have been expecting a letter from you in answer to my last but not knowing what might have occurred I have deemed it best to attempt another hoping that it will meet with better success than the former. [Futile?] may be the effort and feeble it must be [missing word or words] -ation that I but seldom turn my atten[tion] [missing word or words] elegance of [missing]. I hope that you will [missing] it to pass unnoticed. Thought it be divested of ev[ery] artificial merit yet it [be possessed of] a natural....

Subjects:

Correspondence

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