Lincoln University
April 11th 1870.
Miss M. Schofield:
Yours of
the 7th of March
been on my table
for more than a month
and I hardly know
how to apologize for
not having answered
it at an earlier date.
I have been somewhat
at a loss to know what
to say to you; but have
concluded to write [underlined:something]
. The tone of your
letter is so earnest and
unselfish that I fear I
can make but an inadequate
response to its
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I shall be pleased to hear from you at any time.
[William Warren Woodruff]
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noble sentiments and its
divine spirit.
It gives me pleasure to
say that Mr. Posey and Mr.
Scott- for so we call them
- are here, are well, am
are doing well. Mr. [Posey]
I regard as a young man
of excellent mind. I have
not a more promising pupil
in my department of 51.
Mr. Scott is very attentive,
exceedingly well-behaved,
very modest and diligent.
He is not able to accomplish
as much intellectually
as Mr. Posey, but is,
I think, doing well.
I am so [?] that
I see but little of the
pupils except in school
hours, as they study at
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their rooms at other times.
[Underlined: Your] two boys walk a
little more than half
a mile to their boarding
house which gives them
over three miles of walking
every day. This exercise,
added to the favorite sport
here just now, of foot-ball
will, I think, give them
sufficient exercise.
I am quite well acquainted
with your uncle
Paxton Price, and with his
three brothers, Dr. Jacob was
our family physician when
I lived in West Chester.
I presume that you will
come north this summer,
Can you not be here
at our commencement June
15th? I hope the way
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will open for a little personal
acquaintance should
you come north. We, I mean
[President] Randall and myself, have
become very much interested in
you and your field of labor;
and if I can make it at all
convenient I shall hope to
see you when you come
north.
I am a [North East] Congregationalist
in faith, but am here associated
with Presbyterians. My wife was
brought up at Friend, and my
children are the "plain language".
Indeed I write so much in
that style that I have been
obliged to keep a constant
care on my mind whilst writing
this lest I should assume the
"form" of the Friends.
Very truly your friend, [William Warren] Woodruff
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[William Warren] Woodruff [Answered]
Miss [Martha] Schofield,
Aiken
[South Carolina]