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Letter. [Oliver Waldo West], Dansville, New York, to "Ma Petite Hindoo Demoiselle" [Sarah Stilson], Nunda, New York
Part of: Sarah Stilson Correspondence
Rare Books & Special Collections, Hesburgh Libraries
West recalls the circumstances of his first meeting Sarah Stilson, at Mt. Morris Teachers Institute in October 1860; responds to Stilson's theories about marriage; explains the game of baseball (with attendant diagram); muses on nature and religion.
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![Letter. Thomas Simons, Rome, New York, to "My dear Sarah [Stilson]," Nunda, New York](https://iiif-image.library.nd.edu/iiif/2/RareBooks%2Fcollections%2Fead_xml%2Fimages%2FMSN-CW_5061%2FMSN-CW_5061-02.a.150/full/!300,300/0/default.jpg)
![Letter. C. K. Sanders, Nunda, New York, to "Miss [Sarah] Stilson," [Nunda, New York]](https://iiif-image.library.nd.edu/iiif/2/RareBooks%2Fcollections%2Fead_xml%2Fimages%2FMSN-CW_5061%2FMSN-CW_5061-03.a.150/full/!300,300/0/default.jpg)
![Letter. Mary and Lucy [Pratt], Mount Hope, New York, to "Dear Friend Sarah" [Stilson]](https://iiif-image.library.nd.edu/iiif/2/RareBooks%2Fcollections%2Fead_xml%2Fimages%2FMSN-CW_5061%2FMSN-CW_5061-04.a.150/full/!300,300/0/default.jpg)
![Letter. [Sarah Stilson], Nunda, New York, to "Associate ruler[?] of the 'Two Gut News'" [Oliver Waldo West]](https://iiif-image.library.nd.edu/iiif/2/RareBooks%2Fcollections%2Fead_xml%2Fimages%2FMSN-CW_5061%2FMSN-CW_5061-06.a.150/full/!300,300/0/default.jpg)
![Letter. L[yman] D. Stilson, "Battlefield of Williamsburg Va," to "Dear Cousin S[arah Stilson]"](https://iiif-image.library.nd.edu/iiif/2/RareBooks%2Fcollections%2Fead_xml%2Fimages%2FMSN-CW_5061%2FMSN-CW_5061-07.a.150/full/!300,300/0/default.jpg)
![Letter. [Oliver] W[aldo West], Dansville, New York, to "Dear Sis" [Sarah Stilson], Rochester, New York](https://iiif-image.library.nd.edu/iiif/2/RareBooks%2Fcollections%2Fead_xml%2Fimages%2FMSN-CW_5061%2FMSN-CW_5061-08.a.150/full/!300,300/0/default.jpg)