Word: sidelight
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Dates: during 1887-1887
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...always interesting to have a sidelight thrown on the effect which a great political event has on a small community or on an individual living in it. In this way the following letter written by a Harvard student on "Sept'br ye 23d 1777" well portrays some of the effects of the Revolution on his mind and on the college community at large. He complains bitterly of the rise of prices. After a very short "family" sentence he goes on to say: "Wood is but twenty dollars pr. cord, the corporation meet to-morrow to determine upon a vacation...