Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Thomas Lee, February 3, 1916
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Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Thomas Lee, February 3, 1916
Subject
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Thomas Lee, February 3, 1916
Description
Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Tommy Lee. States a letter from Mrs. A.F. Daab states a bill for room and board is due from last year. Paid room and board for time period indicated but to a Mrs. Shea. States a bill from Mrs. Daab was paid last year for a portion of the time period. Asks Lee to clarify situation.
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My dear Tommy:
I have just received from a Mrs. A.F. Daab of High Street in New Haven a letter in which she encloses a bill amounting to $43.46 which she has carefully itemized and which she maintains you contracted with her for board last year. According to the bill you owe her for board from October 28th to December 11th. She admits having received last November from me a check for $16.40 covering board from October 12th to October 28th. She says, however, that she has not been able to get the balance.
On looking up your accounts I find that board was regularly paid by me to a Mrs. Shea covering the period which Mrs. Daab specifies on her bill. Indeed I am even wondering if the mistake was not made when I paid Mrs. Daab the $16.40 in question. I had your O.K. on the bill, however, and supposed it was all right.
Frankly, this looks to me like a hold-up. I have written to Mrs. Daab indicating as much, though in more polite language. What can you tell me about it?
Faithfully yours,
I have just received from a Mrs. A.F. Daab of High Street in New Haven a letter in which she encloses a bill amounting to $43.46 which she has carefully itemized and which she maintains you contracted with her for board last year. According to the bill you owe her for board from October 28th to December 11th. She admits having received last November from me a check for $16.40 covering board from October 12th to October 28th. She says, however, that she has not been able to get the balance.
On looking up your accounts I find that board was regularly paid by me to a Mrs. Shea covering the period which Mrs. Daab specifies on her bill. Indeed I am even wondering if the mistake was not made when I paid Mrs. Daab the $16.40 in question. I had your O.K. on the bill, however, and supposed it was all right.
Frankly, this looks to me like a hold-up. I have written to Mrs. Daab indicating as much, though in more polite language. What can you tell me about it?
Faithfully yours,
Creator
Dr. Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
February 3, 1916
Rights
All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence