Lincoln University 
Chester [County], [Pennsylvania] [December] 30th 1870 

My Dear Friend, 
I will now 
take the pleasure to answer 
your last letter and to 
wish you a merry new year 
hoping you may live to see 
a good many. I received the 
Christmas presants you sent 
me, and that is all the 
Christmas I have had. I was 
very glad of the neck-tie and 
the little book and I thank 
you most kindly for them 
but Miss Martha I think 
you might have sent me 
your photograph for I would 
have been glad of it. Our session 
closed on the twenty first and 

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Obanyon 
sends 
kind 
regards 


we are having vacation of 
two weeks and I have seen 
a good many Christmass but 
this one beat my time but 
I am thankly to God to see 
the day come. I was examined 
at the closing of the session on 
Catechism Arithmetic geography 
grammar and orthography, 
I don't know how high my 
grade will be, but Mr. 
Rendall toled me I did pritty 
well - when I get my greade 
I will send it to you. 
They are 135 students here 
now and they are all gone 
away to take Charistmas 
but about 25 or 30 and they 
cant get away. Mr Rendall 
gave me 5 [dollars] to pay my board 


during vacation. 
I have been working some 
here this vacation, I helped 
to clean out the ice house 
and I have been scrubing 
some rooms in the old 
building. I made 3.75 [dollars] cents 
and that is money enough 
to pay for my washing 
and to buy oil with. 
I went out skating last 
week for the first time 
I ever had a pair of skats 
on my feet but when 
I got on the ice my feet 
did not stay under me 
and I skated more on my 
back then I did on my feet, 
the other boys who could 
skate had their fun off 
of me and my name sake 
E. S. Scott. the ice is about 


to two foot thick and the 
snow is about one foot thick 
the people about here are 
sleigh rideing every day. 
You wanted to know if I 
was growing any I cannot 
tell myself wether I grow any 
or not if I do it is very lettle 
I get up very early [Crossed out: in] every 
morning and take a walk 
about a half mile before 
breakfast. I am boarding 
in the union [?] in the 
same building I seep in. 
My hand trumbles so much 
that I cannot write good. 
I had to stope drinking 
coffee and tea I got so nerver 
I have not heard from Mrs 
Ash for some time, gave my 
love to all I am yours truly 
Allen A. Scott