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Milton Mowrer letters to sister Ellen Miller Mowrer, 1866-1868

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be surely diseased. There are balls here every night, the fire companies, the different Orders, Lodges, Assverations. 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 [illegible] is Miss Beckie Schick, you tell William [illegible] 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; 2nd Prof. Roberts; 3rd, Prof. ([illegible].) Leon and; 4th or centre, Pres. Spencer; 5th Prof. Welles; 6th Prof. Heinrich; 7th Prof. Eggert; Now I suppose you can recognize 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 name, Meppie L, Corkins.

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be surely diseased. There are balls here every night, the fire companies, the different Orders, Lodges, Assverations. 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 [illegible] is Miss Beckie Schick, you tell William [illegible] 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; 2nd Prof. Roberts; 3rd, Prof. ([illegible].) Leon and; 4th or centre, Pres. Spencer; 5th Prof. Welles; 6th Prof. Heinrich; 7th Prof. Eggert; Now I suppose you can recognize 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 name, Meppie L, Corkins.