March 8, 1858

Foster, fl. 1858

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his cousin

He received his cousin's paper, but has not written earlier because his studies, at Brown University, have kept him busy. Reports of a local stable fire in which eight of sixty horses died and nearly all their carriages were destroyed. Two days later, their was an attempt to set fire to another stable. A hackman was suspected. Mentions good weather and discusses skating. A note on the back, possibly a response to a letter from Annie mentioned in the letter's main body, records a day's schedule a Brown.

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1858

Foster, fl. 1858

Header Record

Title: [Two Letters] [Decimalized .01- .02]

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June 14, 1858

Foster, fl. 1858

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his cousin

Foster describes Class Day at Brown University and an upcoming event called Whately Burial, in which juniors carry a coffin through the streets containing one of their textbooks, Whately's Logic. Comments on last year's Whately Burial and getting caught in the rain. Mentions hot air ballooning in Providence, in which a the balloon reached heights of 1000 feet and a rabbit was dropped down in a parachute. Describes the parachuting process.

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