Letter from Sanborn Tenney of Vassar College in regards to a zoological cabinet to aid in teaching Natural History. Letter proposes cost of cabinet and a contingent agreement of purchase.
Loose notes containing information and sketches about various plant life. Most likely goes with Sarah Field's botany notebook. Measures: 9.5"x6" and fits into matching manila envelope that has writing on both front and back sides.
This is one of two account books that belonged to Madame Sarah Abbot. The significance of the earlier account book shows the financial planning of an academy for girls before Abbot Academy became a reality and officially opened in 1829. Hand bound…
This is the second of two account books that belonged to Madame Sarah Abbot. Hand-bound parchment book with string tie. Many of the lower corners are missing. There is a crease from where the book has been folded. Measures: 8"x6.5"
Marcie Rickenbacker and friends Adrienne Snelling and Sandra Thorpe at the Abbot Academy 150th anniversary celebration held at Phillips Academy Paresky Commons.