3pp. Folded 4to sheet
1888 · Farmington, [Ct.]
by (Miss Porter's School for Girls) Porter, Sarah (1813-1900)
Farmington, [Ct.], 1888. 3pp. Folded 4to sheet. Old fold lines. Near fine. 3pp. Folded 4to sheet. Letter written by Sarah Porter, founder of Miss Porter's School for Girls, to a friend (and possibly former student) regretfully declining an invitation to her wedding. Miss Porter studied privately with Yale Professors. and her brother, Noah, later became President of Yale. She was an opponent of women's suffrage.
She notes in this letter that affairs at the school will keep her far too busy to make the journey. Sarah Porter (1813-1900) founded her school in Farmington in 1843, setting it up as an institution at which girls could receive a well-rounded academic education. She writes, in part:
"My dear Mary, I thank you heartily that you have desired me as one of your wedding guests and I should be very happy in being with you at this so happy moment of your life. I could not easily under any circumstances easily leave school for so long a time as a journey to [Newton?] would require - but, now Mr. Brandt's wretched health renders him unable to teach, and his classes fall daily into my care, so that my place is daily here. Your own and your brother's wedding at once will not only doubly crown the day, but give promise to multiplied successive anniversaries.... (Inventory #: 253042)
She notes in this letter that affairs at the school will keep her far too busy to make the journey. Sarah Porter (1813-1900) founded her school in Farmington in 1843, setting it up as an institution at which girls could receive a well-rounded academic education. She writes, in part:
"My dear Mary, I thank you heartily that you have desired me as one of your wedding guests and I should be very happy in being with you at this so happy moment of your life. I could not easily under any circumstances easily leave school for so long a time as a journey to [Newton?] would require - but, now Mr. Brandt's wretched health renders him unable to teach, and his classes fall daily into my care, so that my place is daily here. Your own and your brother's wedding at once will not only doubly crown the day, but give promise to multiplied successive anniversaries.... (Inventory #: 253042)