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Sweethearts
Brigham Hall
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Massachusetts
Mr. Charles Callahan
Rural Route 2
Canal Dover, Ohio
November 11, 1898
Dear Charlie,
As I write to you, there are about four inches of snow on the ground! The campus is truly beautiful in winter, just as it was in fall. Three of the girls and I went sliding earlier this morning, and we laughed like children. I suppose we still are children, in some ways.
I can't tell you how proud I am of you for going back to school! You're right; Mr. Hawkes can be tough, but you will do just fine. Chemistry is never easy, I suppose. I know you are disappointed about not playing football this fall, but I think you made the correct decision. After all, if you were to get hurt, your base ball career might be over before it really began.
I love getting so many letters from you, Charlie. Please never worry that you don't have much to write about. Even the details you think are silly to me are fun to read, because they remind me of home. I love it here, but I miss home, too, and I cannot wait to get back home for Christmas!
That will be here before you know it, and we will be able to do all the things we have been dreaming of: sleigh rides, singing Christmas carols, bonfires, seeing all our friends again.
Please write to me again soon, Charlie. I will probably start another letter to you as soon as I mail this one.
Fondly, I remain,
Yours,
Kate
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