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Mrs. Ross Takes a Trip to New Haven

Ross, Mehitabel. "Mrs. Ross Takes a Trip to New Haven." Vanity Fair. 17 Aug. 1861: 82.
Type: 
magazine
Genre: 
letter to the editor
Abstract: 

The narrator breaks her own rule and dons a hoop-skirt to go see the boys on the battlefield. This turns her melancholy, but a boat ride cheers her soul.