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Clare Reynolds to Walt Whitman, 13 April [1891]

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  • Title: Clare Reynolds to Walt Whitman, 13 April [1891]
  • Date: April 13, [1891]
  • Creator(s): Clare Reynolds
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.03631
  • Source: The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. . Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Andrew David King Cristin Noonan Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Reynolds, Clare. "Clare Reynolds to Walt Whitman, 13 April [1891]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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 loc.03631.001_large.jpg Newnham College Cambridge April 13th

The books arrived safely the other day; we thank you so much for sending them. I enclose a post office order payable to you, Camden, New Jersey from Clare Reynolds Newnham College, Cambridge & hope it will arrive safely. The order is for £2.12s.

Clare Reynolds  loc.03631.002_large.jpg  loc.03631.003_large.jpg  loc.03631.004_large.jpg see notes August 10 1891

Correspondent:
Clara (or Clare) Reynolds (1865–1937) was an educator from Clackmannanshire, Scotland. In 1888, she entered Cambridge University's Newnham College to read for the Medieval and Modern Languages Tripos—Cambridge's qualifying exam for a bachelor's degree—which she passed in 1891 with first class honors, the highest honors possible for takers of the exam. Though she was denied her degree due to Cambridge's policies on educating women, Reynolds's career in education spanned roughly thirty years and included a lecturing appointment at New Cross Training College.

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