Richard Holloway Steele to Mary Frances Steele,, 1841, January 28

Studies are proceeding rapidly. "Mr. Furgeson intends to leave the Grammar school in the Spring and he is preparing a class of ten to enter college at that time of which I am a member. And probably before I come home I shall be a member of Rutgers College." Steele moved to a rooming house which charges only $2 per week. As Ganse did not move with him, his new chum is Mr. Cole. Ganse is sick in New York with an ulcer in his throat and will probably not return this term.