of shining & dazzling in the world, the desire, even of pleasing, should be all held subordinate to the great destiny of the sex, their controul over the infant intellect, & to a preparation for their fitness to discharge this great, this all important duty. Intellectual habits, the influence of science, & literature, & accomplishments; the formation of the temper, all should be bent in a direction towards this one object. With these views, my aim in life, has not been so much to form scientific & literary ladies, as useful members of society, & to show to my pupils that their greatest happiness should be found in the quiet domestic circle, & their greatest exertion a preparation for all the duties of forbearance, patience, and fortitude, which they are called upon to exhibit in life. Hence I have always felt, that the moral influence of their studies was of more importance than the intellectual, & that the formation of character was superior in its value to the cultivation of intellect— PITTSFIELD MASS. June 3^{rd} 1892 MY DEAR MRS. SKINNER I was very much pleased to get your letter last week. I look back at my school days with so much pleasure—and regret, and so much gratitude to your father, that I am glad indeed to be remembered by you. I owe to your father[76] the greater share of whatever power to write I possess, and I have often wished I could see the notes he used in his composition class lectures. I think they would make such a useful book. I should like to attend the reunion but I am not able.... I thank you much for your letter and am Yours cordially ROSE TERRY COOKE. LITCHFIELD FEMALE SEMINARY. The summer term of this Institution will commence on Wednesday May 15^{th}. Terms of instruction in the highest department including Natural and Moral Philosophy, Logic, Chemistry, Principles of Taste, Criticism and Rhetoric ... $10.75 Second department, embracing History, Grammar, Arithmetic, and Composition ... $8.75 [Illustration: PL. LX.—LAST SCHOOL DIPLOMA, WHITE SATIN BOUND WITH BLUE RIBBON Engraved by Pelton ] The lowest department, including Writing, Reading, Spelling and Geography ... $6.75 French per quarter 5.00 Drawing do 5.00 Music do 10.00 No pupil will be received for less than one term and no deduction made except for sickness. The morals and manners of the young ladies will receive particular attention. Board in respectable families may be obtained from $1.75 to $2.00 per week exclusive of lights and washing. Litchfield, April 25^{th} 1833. LETTERS OF MISS SARAH PIERCE FROM 1802–1842. Jan. 4. 1802