3 AMHERST, MA LETTERS 1880-83

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Don't miss these 3 GD condition fine content personal letters with postal covers datelined Amherst, MA 1880-83 from George Wilson Brainerd. Very articulate and legible 19th century correspondence referencing academic subjects at Amherst College; Chi Phi Fraternity; about reports of Small Pox in Massachusetts and fears of it spreading; inquiries about Ella's school teaching; discusses a camping and fishing trip that he took and then had a fish fry; watched dancing at the Pavilion; took a trip to Southwick and had a jolly social there; also about taking the Steamer "Ida Lee" with a party of 19; later went back to the Pavilion "hoping to see a Darkey picnic there but we was just too late; how Miss Elliott had a severe nosebleed which gave everyone a fright; about a boat race; more nose bleeding troubles almost creaing an emergency; how George tumbled down an embankment; about the large number of men working on the Mass Central Road at Gilbertville using a steam shovel; about enjoying ice cream and lemonade in town; about the College and its academics; about President Sanford who lectured on the Mass Central R.R.; reference to affairs at the Agricultural College and holidays...CDV of Brainerd is not for sale. GEORGE WILSON BRAINERD b. 1858 in Warren, MA son of John C. And Mary Lovell Brainerd; attended Warren High School and Brimfield read more

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