Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Elsie Sun, Tientsin March 24, 1929
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Title
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Elsie Sun, Tientsin March 24, 1929
Subject
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Elsie Sun, Tientsin March 24, 1929
Transcription
My dear Mrs. Sun:
Your two interesting letters of February 17 and 20 have been duly received and I thank you for them. Naturally I am dreadfully distressed to learn of your father-in-law's serious illness, though your second note with its reassurances brought much relief. I passed the good word along at once to the children who had heard of their father's illness, and were greatly disturbed. I assured them further that I felt confident that if there had been any further developments in the case that were unsatisfactory, they would have received some later word from home, and that no news could therefore be fairly regarded as good news. I hope that this judgment was correct.
I had already acknowledged the receipt of the telegraphic remittance of four thousand dollars for the accounts of the three children. Doubtless my letter will have been received by this time.
All three of the children seem to be in good health and the boys are doing steady and high grade work. Mary seems to find continued difficulty in her studies, though I am very much hoping that a better report will come in before the end of the year when she will have had a chance to become thoroughly familiar with the new work and the character of the demands it makes upon her.
Please give my warmest and friendliest greetings and good wishes to your father-in-law. I shall look forward eagerly to some further and I earnestly hope more encouraging word of his improvement and ultimate restoration to full health and vigor.
Very sincerely yours,
Your two interesting letters of February 17 and 20 have been duly received and I thank you for them. Naturally I am dreadfully distressed to learn of your father-in-law's serious illness, though your second note with its reassurances brought much relief. I passed the good word along at once to the children who had heard of their father's illness, and were greatly disturbed. I assured them further that I felt confident that if there had been any further developments in the case that were unsatisfactory, they would have received some later word from home, and that no news could therefore be fairly regarded as good news. I hope that this judgment was correct.
I had already acknowledged the receipt of the telegraphic remittance of four thousand dollars for the accounts of the three children. Doubtless my letter will have been received by this time.
All three of the children seem to be in good health and the boys are doing steady and high grade work. Mary seems to find continued difficulty in her studies, though I am very much hoping that a better report will come in before the end of the year when she will have had a chance to become thoroughly familiar with the new work and the character of the demands it makes upon her.
Please give my warmest and friendliest greetings and good wishes to your father-in-law. I shall look forward eagerly to some further and I earnestly hope more encouraging word of his improvement and ultimate restoration to full health and vigor.
Very sincerely yours,
Creator
Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
March 24, 1929
Rights
All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence