The Autobiography and Letters of Matthew Vassar is a book published in 1916 that provides a comprehensive insight into the life of Matthew Vassar. Vassar was a successful businessman and philanthropist who founded Vassar College, a prestigious liberal arts college for women in Poughkeepsie, New York. The book is a compilation of Vassar's personal letters and his autobiography, which was written in the last years of his life. The autobiography covers...