Excerpt from Letters of Ann Gillam Storrow to Jared Sparks The smith college studies IN history aims primarily to afford a medium for the ublication Of studies in History and Government by investigators who have some re ation to the College, either as faculty, alumnae, students or friends. It aims also to ublish from time to time brief notes on the field of History and Gov ernment whic may be of special interest to alumnae of Smith College and to others interested in the higher education of women. Contributions of studies or notes which romise to further either of these aims will be welcomed, and should be addressed to rofessor john S. Bassett, Northampton, Mass. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.