Below is link to the essay about the letters and letter writers in the 2015 Journal of Southern Jewish History, reprinted with permission of the Southern Jewish Historical Society.
Emanuel and Henry Meyer sent their children to Silliman Female Collegiate Institute in Clinton, one of the best schools in the South during the period. This is a receipt from 1883 for $106.14, tuition for Emanuel's oldest daughter, Mathilda. (Reprinted courtesy of Mildred P. Worrell from her book, Silliman.)
