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Carl, George F., fl. 1860 to Joseph M. Maitland

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.10.028 Author/Creator: Carl, George F., fl. 1860 Place Written: De Graff, Ohio Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 31 August 1860 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 31.5 cm Order a Copy

Tells his friend that he has left Urbana, and explains that he might have made an "impression" on a couple of women, noting however, that it was unintentional. Writes that when he left "I felt considerably like as if I had been drawn down a rainbow hauled by a pink angel, with 'shingled hair' did you feel so?" Discusses the merits of teaching as a profession. Proclaims, "May our friendship be 'lasting as the mountains rich' and 'as endurable as the waves of the ocean.' "

Carl, George F., fl. 1860
Maitland, Joseph M., 1839-1918

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