Christina Van Raalte wrote her mother, Mrs. Christina J. Van Raalte, that she has received the five dollars and was very appreciative of it. She will use the money to buy a locket. She made several comments about her life and work. Mrs. Pijster is her landlady who is very thrifty. The other girls in the shop think that they are superior to the Dutch girls. It was the talk of the town that Rev. Roelof Pieters may have declined a call.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1860s/1152/thumbnail.jp
