Two letters from Forrest Shepard to Horatio Cilley dated New Haven Nov. 24th, 1826 and Yale March 22, 1827

Five pages total, some tears, but overall in good condition and very readable. Shepard speaks of attending multiple lectures of Silliman and the letters are full of information. He references a letter from a friend at Bowdoin, "Cleveland Oration was universally admired little was grand he said in part, for in speaking of the ladies & their tight lacing he said that there was melancholy to see...