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final year, it’s my pleasure to write in support of Ashish who seeks to study for Masters in Chemical Engineering. I, Dr…., Head of Chemical Department and I would like to express my best recommendation for my student, Ashish. Please check my LOR and could you help me out with my mistakes. Check out Letter of Recommendation – Do’s and Don’ts. They shed additional light on your background, character and experiences from a third-party perspective. Recommendation letter is incredibly important when determining your admission status. He has requested HSB readers to comment on his Letter of Recommendation (LOR).ĭo you know why schools require recommendation letter? If I succeed in my undertakings I will send you all the good news when I get home.Following sample LOR for MS in US is shared by Ashish. My Dear Mother this all I can think of at present. I expected to come back to see you all again but as I bid you all good bye I thought I would not Baily met me at the lot gate and was wondering who I was untill I got up to her when she knew me. Bailys expecting to meet My Old Master as he said he would be there. I do not think I can leave Virginia without carrying out a Virginia wife with me. since I was in Rappahanock, I have been in Faquier at the Widow Bailys and have seen all my friends. there is a young lady here that I am very much taken with and I think that my Master will buy her and take her out with us. I take this opportunity of writing to you to let you know that I am still in Alexandria. It would be wonderful to be able to put a name to the author and his mother.
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Hopefully the answers are in an archive in Virginia or Alabama. Perhaps the author knew the letter might be read by slaveholders? And what about the last line: "If I succeed in my undertakings I will send you all the good news when I get home"? Washington III? John Washington was "hiring out" slaves in 1859 perhaps Robert Smith was only a temporary "master." The tone of the letter is upbeat and positive, not exactly what one would expect from a slave moving or returning to the Deep South, where life in slavery was more difficult. Were they secretly taught to read and write? Were they highly trained and educated because of their duties? Or did someone write the letter for the author and would someone read it to his mother? Was the author owned by John A. He sold Mount Vernon and 200 acres of property to the Mount Vernon Ladies Association in 1858–1859 but retained ownership of other Washington family property near Mount Vernon.ĭid the sender of the letter write it himself? Would his mother have been able to read it herself? Educating slaves was illegal in Virginia and Alabama. Washington, George Washington’s great-grandnephew who inherited Washington’s home at Mount Vernon (near Alexandria) and Waveland (in Fauquier County). Baily, but there are a lot of Baileys in Fauquier, too many for us to pin down her identity.Īnother tantalizing clue-a note in the provenance file for this document-indicates that the letter was once in the papers of Colonel John A.
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Perhaps Robert Smith was visiting his brother and purchasing slaves for his plantation or had asked his brother to purchase slaves for him. Genealogical records show that he had a brother, Francis Lee Smith, who lived in Alexandria, Virginia. Smith had a plantation with 74 slaves in Portland, Alabama. The 1860 census indicates that a Robert W.