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[Identification of item], in the Mary E. Bachelder Papers, MC022, Marion B. Gebbie Archives and Special Collections, Wallace Library, Wheaton College, Norton MA, U.S.A.
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Mary E. Bachelder attended Wheaton Seminary, Class of 1873.
Mary E. Bachelder Papers contains a note titled "A Reminiscence of School Life" written by Mary E. Bachelder on June 14th, 1872. The letter describes her life at Wheaton Seminary and recounts her arrival and first year at the Seminary. Also included is Mary's Composition No. 5, "What shall be our Motto?," of which Miss Parker, her teacher, wrote "What a horrid thing" and gave her a mark of 10. The final part of her correspondence is a letter addressed to her mother on February 1873. The letter discusses the reception of her artwork by foreign artists and Seminary teachers, concerns about graduation, excursions with friends, and a reminder for her mother to come to Boston on Wednesday the 19th. The correspondence spans the years 1872-73.
WCA General Files, Class of 1873
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