aug 14, 1877 - Amherst is alive
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In early 1850, Dickinson wrote that "Amherst is alive with fun this winter ... Oh, a very great town this is!" Her high spirits soon turned to melancholy after another death. The Amherst Academy principal, Leonard Humphrey, died suddenly of "brain congestion" at age 25.[45] Two years after his death, she revealed to her friend Abiah Root the extent of her depression:
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