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19A16 Amherst, Mass
Dec. 8, 1912.
Dear Pa:-
I went to the Banquet
last night, so if you had about ten
dollars it would come in handy as
I have eight cents left. I borrowed $5 of
Natalie in Boston so I got by allright.
I would have been allright except some
special business cost me $4. which
the class will repay but I dont know
how soon I can get it.
There is no chance of
my staying because I flunked 2 exams
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Thomas Ashley wrote this letter in 1912, during the early part of his freshman year at Amherst College. Ashley laments about his poor grades (he has failed two exams) and his lack of spending money (he has, at the moment, eight cents!). He makes a plea to his father, Charles Hart Ashley, of Deerfield, for ten dollars to cover expenses. College students have been writing similar letters from the time Harvard College was founded in 1636 to the present.
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Letter to Charles Hart Ashley
author Thomas Williams Ashley (1894-1918) |
date Dec 8, 1912 |
location Amherst, Massachusetts |
width 5.25" |
height 6.75" |
process/materials manuscript, paper, ink |
item type Personal Documents/Letter |
accession # #L01.035 |
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