Letter from Thomas Sun, New York City, to Alfred E. Stearns July 5, 1929 (includes account of expenses)
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Letter from Thomas Sun, New York City, to Alfred E. Stearns July 5, 1929 (includes account of expenses)
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Letter from Thomas Sun, New York City, to Alfred E. Stearns July 5, 1929 (includes account of expenses)
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Dear Dr. Stearns,
I am sorry to do this again, but I am in a very sad need of money right at this moment, and need your assistance. I am enclosing to you an account of my expenses for the three hundred dollars which you sent to me on June 4th. last. I hope it will be satisfactory.
I am convinced that New York is an expensive place to stay I can not buy a decent meal here for less than eighty cents, and two meals a day besides a breakfast is very expensive. The room here is very high considering the room that is assigned. I was forced to take a very expensive room until just recently when a cheaper room became vacant. I have paid all the larger amounts such as fees for the summer session to Columbia. But the room rent, I have not fully paid, because of the lack of funds. I had some bills to pay at Middlebury before I left.
I have now but 15.91 dollars left. That will last me about a week for meals and some little incidentals. But I must have some more money so that I can pay the rest of my room rent and be a little more at ease with my finance. I have been very 'Jewish' since I came to New York, but even then, I will have to have more.
As for going to shows, etc., I only went to one with Mary and her Friends. We all bought our own tickets. I haven’t been to a single movie at all. The only places that I have been to is Columbia University, and a Chinese resturant [sic]. Not that I want to go to all the places, but I just want to show you that I have been very careful with the money.
I have been studying at night every night, and so far I have accomplished surveying the history of the City Manager Plan of Government, and read two other books on Government.
Please let me have the money by the middle of the next week at the latest. If I can have it by Wednesday, I will be really thankful.
Sincerely yours
I am sorry to do this again, but I am in a very sad need of money right at this moment, and need your assistance. I am enclosing to you an account of my expenses for the three hundred dollars which you sent to me on June 4th. last. I hope it will be satisfactory.
I am convinced that New York is an expensive place to stay I can not buy a decent meal here for less than eighty cents, and two meals a day besides a breakfast is very expensive. The room here is very high considering the room that is assigned. I was forced to take a very expensive room until just recently when a cheaper room became vacant. I have paid all the larger amounts such as fees for the summer session to Columbia. But the room rent, I have not fully paid, because of the lack of funds. I had some bills to pay at Middlebury before I left.
I have now but 15.91 dollars left. That will last me about a week for meals and some little incidentals. But I must have some more money so that I can pay the rest of my room rent and be a little more at ease with my finance. I have been very 'Jewish' since I came to New York, but even then, I will have to have more.
As for going to shows, etc., I only went to one with Mary and her Friends. We all bought our own tickets. I haven’t been to a single movie at all. The only places that I have been to is Columbia University, and a Chinese resturant [sic]. Not that I want to go to all the places, but I just want to show you that I have been very careful with the money.
I have been studying at night every night, and so far I have accomplished surveying the history of the City Manager Plan of Government, and read two other books on Government.
Please let me have the money by the middle of the next week at the latest. If I can have it by Wednesday, I will be really thankful.
Sincerely yours
Creator
Thomas Sun
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
July 5, 1929
Rights
All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence