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School Composition on 'Friendship' (Version 1), Page 1

School Composition on 'Friendship' (Version 1), Page 1
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Transcription of School Composition on 'Friendship' (Version 1)
MLA citation style
Wilson, M. E. D. School Composition On 'friendship' (Version 1), Page 1. no date. 1851Sept .
APA citation style
Wilson, M. E. D. (1851). School Composition on 'Friendship' (Version 1), Page 1. Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A277828
Chicago citation style
Wilson, Mary E. D. “School Composition On 'friendship' (Version 1), Page 1”, Centre County Library & Historical Museum - Mary E. D. Wilson Composition Collection, September 22, 1851. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A277828.
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Title

School Composition on 'Friendship' (Version 1), Page 1

Subject

Women in 19th Century Higher Education

Description

'A man without a single requisite assumes the character of a faithful and long tried friend.' Composition written by Mary E. D. Wilson of Bellefonte, PA at the age of 17 years of age while at the Lawrenceville Female Seminary, a private educational institution for women.

Creator

Wilson, Mary E. D.

Date

1851-09-22

Location Covered

Lawrenceville (NJ)

Type

Text

Original Format

Reports

Digital Format

image/tiff

Identifier

D-3935h1A

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/

Contact

paroom@centrecountylibrary.org

Contributing Institution

Centre County Library & Historical Museum

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Notes

Composition was a required course of study at the Lawrenceville Female Seminary for all three classes. According to an 1867 publication by the Lawrenceville Female Seminary, Mary E. D. Wilson never graduated. Known records indicate that she attended only three sessions from May 1851 - Sept. 1852.