Transcribe Fenn, S. P. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1852-07-01)

</s history > histories of England and Gibbons Rome. I am not much afraid of my being troubled with a prize yet it is something to be chosen as one of twelve out of a class of 33 members. It will come rather hard for me as I am not accustomed to "speak in public on the stage" yet I mean to do as well as I can. On Tuesday Eve our Orator and Poet are to hold forth and on Wednesday we are to have a grand levee by way of </u tail freise >.S P Fenn and his Brother expect to go to Maryland about second week of the vacation, where we expect to have a fine time. It will be a great pleasure to us to visit the places where Mother passed her childhood hours. We expect to visit Washington city, Baltimore, Harper's >/s Ferey > Ferry &e, &e, &e We may possibly get around your way and if we do I shall try to get up to Wms town if your college is in session.

    Last vacation which was one of three

weeks, Condron and myself started off on