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Milton Mowrer correspondence to Ellen Mowrer, 1866-1868

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be surely diseased. There are balls here every night, the fire companies, the different Orders, Lodges, Associations,
Well Sister Ellen for a change I will send you a few pictures, and want you to keep them until I come home, did you preserve those old letters of mine in the cloth box. 
No 1 Photograph or rather ferrotype is Miss Beckie Schick, you tell William to kiss her if he wants very badly, she was very much disappointed at his not coming in to see us
No 2 Photogram is the faculty of the Iowa State University, the first is Prof. Parvin; 2d Prof. Roberts; 3d, Prof. (Rec.) Leon and; 4th or centre, Pres. Spencer; 5th Prof. Welles; 6th Prof. Heinrich; 7th, Prof. Eggert; Now I suppose you can reconize them all.  No 3, Photo, you must ask Mrs. M. H Perregault, some one sent my name well, sister I wish you could see the letter.  Her nam Meppie L. Corkins.

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be surely diseased. There are balls here every night, the fire companies, the different Orders, Lodges, Associations, Well Sister Ellen for a change I will send you a few pictures, and want you to keep them until I come home, did you preserve those old letters of mine in the cloth box. No 1 Photograph or rather ferrotype is Miss Beckie Schick, you tell William to kiss her if he wants very badly, she was very much disappointed at his not coming in to see us No 2 Photogram is the faculty of the Iowa State University, the first is Prof. Parvin; 2d Prof. Roberts; 3d, Prof. (Rec.) Leon and; 4th or centre, Pres. Spencer; 5th Prof. Welles; 6th Prof. Heinrich; 7th, Prof. Eggert; Now I suppose you can reconize them all. No 3, Photo, you must ask Mrs. M. H Perregault, some one sent my name well, sister I wish you could see the letter. Her nam Meppie L. Corkins.