R.R. Garrett, Marl Banks, to son George R. Garrett, Richmond College, Richmond, Virginia, 1850
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- Box 1, Folder 4
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Scope and Contents Is glad to hear he likes his school; advises him to "be studious, steady and moral, for your course will be watched with an eagle's eye"; reminds him that he should obey the rules and regulations for his school, for otherwise all his efforts to be good will fail him; informs him that Mr. S.G. Cook received his letter and was pleased to hear from him; praises the letter he wrote to Penny as being the "best written and dictated letter I have yet seen from you"; admonishes him to not "be led off from the path of rectitude by vicious young men, or the temptations by which you are surrounded"; will only bring in a half crop of corn this year as the crops are not doing well; sends the love of family and friends.
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