Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, New Haven, Conn., April 4, 1930
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Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, New Haven, Conn., April 4, 1930
Subject
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, New Haven, Conn., April 4, 1930
Transcription
Dear Mary:
Enclosed find check for three hundred dollars to replenish your bank account and in accordance with your request.
Your letter is very deeply appreciated, and I have read with the keenest interest of your work among the Jews and Italians of New haven. You showed good judgment in going slow on the wine and spaghetti combination.
Tom was here yesterday and talked over with me his plans for next year. Also his desire to secure a car. When I talked with him before, I understood that he was to hope for a second-hand and very cheap Ford, and that he had arranged with you to share its use with him during the summer and help him on the expense. At first I was all against the proposition, but in view of the kind of work that he planned to do it seemed not altogether an unreasonable proposition. That is why I tentatively consented to the arrangement. I balked, however, when I learned that he expected to pay over five hundred dollars for the car in question, and I concluded on receipt of your letter with its statement that you were not planning to divide the expense with him that we must abandon the idea entirely. I am not sorry, either, for as I explained to Tom, I am pretty sure it would have been practically impossible for him to prevent others from using the car and involving him in extra expense and possibly even in greater troubles.
It was great to see Charlie in London, and I am sure that he is getting in a little happier frame of mind as he goes on further with his work there. He has just written me that he plans to move to the Legation shortly. That pleases me immensely, for I did not like his earlier rooming arrangements.
With all good wishes, believe me
Ever sincerely yours,
Enclosed find check for three hundred dollars to replenish your bank account and in accordance with your request.
Your letter is very deeply appreciated, and I have read with the keenest interest of your work among the Jews and Italians of New haven. You showed good judgment in going slow on the wine and spaghetti combination.
Tom was here yesterday and talked over with me his plans for next year. Also his desire to secure a car. When I talked with him before, I understood that he was to hope for a second-hand and very cheap Ford, and that he had arranged with you to share its use with him during the summer and help him on the expense. At first I was all against the proposition, but in view of the kind of work that he planned to do it seemed not altogether an unreasonable proposition. That is why I tentatively consented to the arrangement. I balked, however, when I learned that he expected to pay over five hundred dollars for the car in question, and I concluded on receipt of your letter with its statement that you were not planning to divide the expense with him that we must abandon the idea entirely. I am not sorry, either, for as I explained to Tom, I am pretty sure it would have been practically impossible for him to prevent others from using the car and involving him in extra expense and possibly even in greater troubles.
It was great to see Charlie in London, and I am sure that he is getting in a little happier frame of mind as he goes on further with his work there. He has just written me that he plans to move to the Legation shortly. That pleases me immensely, for I did not like his earlier rooming arrangements.
With all good wishes, believe me
Ever sincerely yours,
Creator
Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
April 4, 1930
Rights
All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence