Minnesota, 1885

File — Box: 4, Volume: 2

Identifier: II

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Douglass taught school and between terms attended Pillsbury Academy for teachers in Owatonna and worked at odd jobs.

20 November--"Sent for a Microscope .... This is a humble beginning in microcosopy but I intend to get a higher priced instrument if I get so that I can afford it. I have longed and wished and hoped for a microscope for years and dreamed of the pleasure and instruction it would afford."
5 December--"Not withstanding my almost vows always to remain as I am and my resolves never to be tied by that hard knot of wedlock, yet the heart that loves loses all resolve but to obtain the object of that love. Yet it probably will pass off like the aurora at dawn and the heart be freer yet sadder."

Dates

1885

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection materials are in English.

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