MANUSCRIPT: AC. Ink. Dated: Wednesday night. 12 o'clock. Envelope addressed: Wm Austin Dickinson/Care of Joel Norcross. 31. Milk St./Boston./Mass. Postmarked: Amherst Ms. Dec 25.

PUBLICATION: Home 204-206.

ED's Mount Holyoke roommate, Emily Norcross, was the cousin now visiting them. Edward Dickinson was in Monson, the home of the Norcross family.