Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Thomas Sun, New Haven., Conn., April 1, 1931
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Title
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Thomas Sun, New Haven., Conn., April 1, 1931
Subject
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Thomas Sun, New Haven., Conn., April 1, 1931
Transcription
Dear Tom:
Many thanks for your most painstaking explanation of your expense account. I didn’t for a minute mean to put you to all this trouble, and the only point with me was that I could not quite understand why the two remittances this year should have come so close together and another one required so soon. On studying your account more carefully, however, I find that apparently the total remittances for the year, even if two of them do happen to come close together, are not likely to be much higher than those of last year. Hence I am going to send the check anyway, and trust you to keep your expenses within as reasonable bounds as possible, especially in view of the tremendous loss your father has to suffer on account of the exchange whenever he makes a remittance.
Don’t think for a minute that I do not appreciate and am not mighty happy over the change in attitude towards the handling of money which became pronounced in your case after you went to college. Nothing pleased me more than that, and I have always felt that you handled the situation when at Middlebury in a remarkably satisfactory way. Perhaps that is one of the reasons why I got unduly nervous when I thought you might by chance be dropping a bit from this high standard. My best to you.
Ever yours,
Many thanks for your most painstaking explanation of your expense account. I didn’t for a minute mean to put you to all this trouble, and the only point with me was that I could not quite understand why the two remittances this year should have come so close together and another one required so soon. On studying your account more carefully, however, I find that apparently the total remittances for the year, even if two of them do happen to come close together, are not likely to be much higher than those of last year. Hence I am going to send the check anyway, and trust you to keep your expenses within as reasonable bounds as possible, especially in view of the tremendous loss your father has to suffer on account of the exchange whenever he makes a remittance.
Don’t think for a minute that I do not appreciate and am not mighty happy over the change in attitude towards the handling of money which became pronounced in your case after you went to college. Nothing pleased me more than that, and I have always felt that you handled the situation when at Middlebury in a remarkably satisfactory way. Perhaps that is one of the reasons why I got unduly nervous when I thought you might by chance be dropping a bit from this high standard. My best to you.
Ever yours,
Creator
Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
April 1, 1931
Rights
All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence