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College YearsFrom 1846 to 1852, James S. Griffing was enrolled at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Wesleyan was one of the first Methodist colleges established in the United States. While enrolled, James did not constantly attend the university. Lacking resources, he was compelled to drop out of his classes from time-to-time to teach Select Schools. In fact, throughout most of 1849 and 1850, he was away from college teaching schools in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and New York. While struggling to earn an education, James corresponded semi-regularly with his hometown sweetheart, Augusta Goodrich. When not living with her family in Owego, New York, Augusta lived with her Uncle Elizur Goodrich in Hartford, Connecticut -- just a few miles up the Connecticut River from Wesleyan University. This set of letters describe James' college days, his teaching days, and his various sight-seeing excursions to see family and friends in places like Windsor Connecticut, Sheffield Massachusetts, Baltimore Maryland, and Washington D.C.
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