Lincoln University 
Chester [County], [Pennsylvania] 

[November] 12th [1870] 

My Dear Friend, 

I received 
your letter and was glad 
to hear from you but I 
was very sorry to hear you 
was so sick, when I read 
your letter I could not 
keep the tears back from 
my eyes to think how 
much good you have done 
in Aiken and now cant 
get things to you own 
satisfacture I know and 
the people ought to know 
that the Baptist church 
is not clost enought for 


ladys to teach in winter 
especially such delicate 
ladys as you are. I hope 
you are better now 
and will succeed in getting 
you school house done to 
suit you for I think 
you have had trobble 
enought with it. 

I am well and enjoying 
very good health and I 
have a pleanty to do 
for my studies are very 
hard and I have more 
this session then I did last 
I am in the A class in the 
Pareparatory department 
and my studies are reading 
spelling arithmetic 
geography history grammar 
and writeing and pedagogy 
once week. I would have 
been to see you when 


you was on your way 
to back to Aiken for I 
know you would have 
been glad to seen the 
College but I hope you 
will be able to come here 
next summer. gave Miss 
Jennie and Miss Jacobs my 
love and Aunt Amy also. 
I have not heard from 
Mrs. Ash but once sence 
I left thir, Dr. Ash and 
Mrs. Ash was here some 
time ago to see me, and also 
Mrs. Ash's niece. Miss Garit 
[?] he said she lives two 
miles from here and 
she ask me to come to 
see them but I have 
not much time to go 
any where. [Obanyon] 
send love to all - 
I am yours truly A, A, S. 


[Penciled script] 

Allen Scott 
[Underlined: Keep]