it*** 
 
 ttfSo 
 
 Duke University Libraries 
 
 Young ladies of 
 Conf Pam 12mo #450 
 
«ntaw, 2Ua., JDce'r 25tlj, 1863. 
 
 Young Ladies of the History Class : 
 
 I received, on yesterday evening, the box of beautiful Books 
 and the elegant Inkstand, which you have done me the honor to 
 present to me as a Christmas gift. 
 
 Rarely, if ever, have I received a testimonial of any kind, 
 which has touched so strongly the grateful sensibilities of my 
 heart. I have, from the first, deemed it an honor, and esteem- 
 ed it a personal compliment, to be the director of your historical 
 studies. My association with you has been, not only peculiarly 
 agreeable to me personally, but highly instructive and entertaining. 
 The uniform kindness and courtesy witb which you have treated 
 me and the delightful character of our joint pursuits, have filled 
 tbe period, occupied by our historical studies, with pleasant mem- 
 pries which must abide with me through life. 
 
 For the agreeable labor which I bestowed upon tbe 
 efforts to make our meetings instructive and entertaining, I 
 feel doubly compensated by the kind and charitable spirit 
 in which you received my instructions, and by the diligent improve- 
 ment which you made of them. I feel that I can safely say, that 
 each member of the class made marked and most gratifying 
 progress in the acquisition of historical knowledge. Nor do I 
 bestow a groundless personal compliment when I assert, that the 
 Unusual amount of cultivated talent embraced in the membership 
 of the class and the thirst for knowledge, which usually accom- 
 panies the gift, will alone explain the unabated and ever increas- 
 ing interest in your studies which constituted the most character- 
 istic and striking feature of the cla»s. It was this unabated literary 
 zeal on your part, added to the uniform urbanity of your deport- 
 ment, that made the discharge of my duties so pleasant and 
 leaves the remembrance of our association unmingled with a 
 single regret. 
 
 To the intellectual associations which properly belong to the 
 class, you have now added a material tie, in the beautiful gift 
 with which you have honored me. No expression of good wishes 
 on your part could be more appropriate and graceful and, I assure 
 you, none could be more acceptable to me. Tbe books, though 
 dumb in themselves, will ever be eloquent mementoes of an agree- 
 able past. The inkstand will never be used without a grateful 
 remembrance of the fair young donors, in J ie U . one of whom I 
 have the happiness to recognize a cherished personal friend. 
 
 May Heaven bless each one of you, Young Ladies, with the 
 phoicest of its benefactions both here and hereafter, is the ardent 
 wish of f Your sincere and obliged friend, 
 
 JOS. W. TAYLOR. 
 
 i 
 
- - i S T "7 i - ~ - i ~ "r. 
 
 
 I 
 
 - r - — 
 
 - B £ - . _ 
 
 a >»"3 - ~ c 
 
 7-7 
 
 — I 
 
 £j-~ : i = - - 
 
 E f!|?J!ll 
 
 J-il§r..f f !| 
 
 , - ' =~.- ■- - 
 
 " -' ' - - r - ~ Z 
 
 « . E s S • ~ o 3 . — 
 
 £ ">~- •= ' i ?-= i " 5 "■= 
 ''Sri, = .,-"--' 
 
 . - _- | _. : i ;- z a 
 
 - 3. 7 — "J "3 — . — •— — . 
 = ~3 
 c — — 
 
 3§ 
 
 -3 
 
 - 3" 
 
 a * 
 
 - * 
 
 f3jg«s . 
 
 " = * .- 3 
 
 » 0.3.3-3 
 
 3-3 ~ '- 
 
 i 
 
 -a 
 
 4.' = 
 
 *- a 
 © 
 
 O 
 
 .3 -Sri 
 
 i- I i. J D i 3 
 I f J C X x. 
 
 -j ft^3— a a — 
 
 = ---3C"3 w i~i 
 <i> «* x ce 3 _ c 3 
 -:; s -= ^i! 3 -t 
 
 3SS§.=.*£2 
 £ 2§ s • « z. o 
 
 — - tz~ — r ~ = 
 
 
 = 
 
 u 
 
 « 
 
 Z 
 
 I! 
 
 £ jr © - s 3 S 6C5 
 
 ?■ o-H-s — * » 
 B -C i; ^SojS^ 
 
 S — -o — o >* w eu 
 3 »•?•- 3.jri> 2 
 
 !fs!s- s !2 
 
 <u m— ^— --r; ° 
 
 ►a. « -« --. 
 
 S '- 15 - - * IB O 
 
 - 2 o% ~ fr^a 
 
 - to>&- ™ > o 
 
 |g5i|g£.3 
 
 c; ' ~ __■— w '^ 
 ffi >>— 2 "3 ® — — 
 p-> ^- a; -^ — < +» o x 
 £ — j: — "o— 3 
 
 f« fe J" ■* 
 
 5— S « 
 
 X « a s* a> m 
 
 ' O OT W Cl rt CO 
 
 S2?< .3 BE 
 
 S _ i* S ® to cp 
 - "5 " r? - 1 " >.~ 
 
 o^^^a — _ 
 
 o'SglsS'is 
 
 c ^ M 5 -^ ^ 
 5"£ n> 2 
 
 CBJ3 3 gZ^'t. «5 
 
 S W >- fe 
 
peRimlife* 
 P H8.5