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Letter from John Witherspoon Woods

September 14, 1835 Antebellum (1820-1861)

Letter from John Witherspoon Woods (class of 1837) to his mother, describing a student-led attack against an abolitionist.

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Source

John Witherspoon Woods Letters, Student Correspondence and Writings Collection, Folder 10, Box 7, Princeton University Archives, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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https://findingaids.princeton.edu/collections/AC334/c042

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Nassau Hall Sept 14th —35   Dear Mother   I received yours of the 8th on the 11th & I was very glad on account of two thing —  the pleasure of hearing from home & the money that was it — My foot is entirely well now, & I
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