Caroline F. Putnam and students letters to Emily Howland

Written from Lottsburg by students at the freedman's school of Howland's friends Sallie Holley and Caroline F. Putnam. Putnam's letter at the start notes that the students wrote to Howland for their composition exercise. The students mostly wish Howland and her sick father well and offer brief descriptions of life in Lottsburg. List of students: Florence Bailey, Elizabeth Carter, Ellen Smith, Novela Middleton [sp], Pyramus Johnson, Fanny Nutt [sp], Matilda Ann Carter, Mary Ann Johnson, Lusanna [sp], William J. Middleton [sp], Henrietta Middleton, Henry Washington, Codar North [sp].