Letter from Mrs. A.F. Daab to Mr. Alfred E. Stearns, January 31, 1916
Handwritten letter sent from Mrs. A.F. Daab to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns. Sent Thomas Lee's bill for board contracted last year. Received a check in November for part of cost. States Lee received bill every week but didn't pay it. Asks Stearns to handle matter. Needs money to pay bills.
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mrs. A.F. Daab, February 3, 1916
Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mrs. A.F. Daab. Is confused over bill for October 28th through December 11th. States board for that time period was paid to Mrs. Shea. Wrote to Lee to clarify. Asks Mrs. Daab to explain bill more fully.
My dear Madam: I have your letter of the 51st inst. and the enclosed bill for board charged by you against Mr. Thomas Lee from October 28th to December 11th. I am wholly at a loss to account for this bill, for on looking over the disbursements made by me last year in Mr. Lee’s behalf, I find that board was regularly paid a Mrs. Shea, and covering practically the entire fall term. I am writing Mr. Lee for further information and in the meantime I shall be pleased to have you explain more fully if you can the nature of Mr. Lee’s obligations to you. Very truly yours,
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Thomas Lee, February 3, 1916
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.
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,
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Thomas Lee, March 8, 1916
Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Tommy Lee. Explains situation with Mrs. Daab and board bill. Asks Lee again to respond promptly. States Daab rendered a bill for October 12 to December 11. States records show payments for first 2 weeks, but payments were made to Mrs. Shea for remainder.
My dear Tommy: Since my letter to you, written several days ago, I have received a further communication from Mrs. Saab in which she insists that her bill be paid, and threatens to carry the matter up to Mr. Stokes, Secretary of the University. I have replied that I am doing everything that I can to secure from you information which will straighten out the tangle, but that I am not willing to pay a bill which seemingly has already been paid to another person until I know what is wrong. You have ignored my earlier letter, and I must ask you to reply promptly and clearly to this one. The situation is certainly unusual, and it ought to be straightened out at once. Mrs. Daab claims that you boarded with her during the fall term last year, and she has rendered me a bill for board from October 28th to December 11th. She tells me that she has absolute proof that you were with her during that period and can refer me to reliable references to prove her contention. The records show that I paid her a bill covering the first week or two of that period, after said bill had been O.K.'d by you, but that for the balance of the term bills were paid regularly to Mrs. Shea for board. Please make clear to me how I am to account for this complication and discrepancy. I shall await your reply with deep interest. Faithfully yours,
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mrs. A.F. Daab, March 8, 1916
Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mrs. A.F. Daab. Wrote a second letter to Lee to clarify board bills. Has not forgotten the matter. Can not pay a bill for room and board when the same potential bill was paid to another person. States Mrs. Daab should contact Mr. Stokes if necessary.
My dear Mrs. Daab: Your letter of March 7th is before me. The matter which concerns you has by no means slipped my mind. Indeed only two days ago I wrote a further letter to Mr. Lee at New Haven, asking to reply at once to my earlier communication which he seemingly had ignored. I do not mean to let the matter rest until I have discovered just what the situation actually is. At the same time I cannot naturally be expected to pay at once a bill which covers board for a period during which board has already been paid for by me to another person. I shall not let the matter drop until I have discovered what is wrong. In the meantime, you are at perfect liberty, of course, to take the matter to Mr. Stokes, to anyone else who can help you. I deeply regret the unfortunate delay which has occurred in the disentanglement of the situation; but I must confess that I am a good deal handicapped in dealing with it at this distance, and am at very much of a loss at present to understand the unusual complications that seem to exist. Very sincerely yours,
Letter from Tommy Lee to Mr. Stearns, March 10, 1916
Typed letter sent from Tommy Lee to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns. Okayed bill from Mrs. Daab. Apologized for mix-up and delay.
My dear Mr. Stearns, The bill from Mrs. Daab is all right. The Mrs. Shea you mentioned was the lady with whom I board last year. I am sorry that I forgot to answer your first letter concerning the matter. I couldn’t understand what was the mix up then, and as I had to go out of town, the matter escaped me. Very Sincerely,
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Thomas Lee, March 17, 1916
Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Tommy Lee. Thanks Lee for returning okayed bill. Sent Mrs. Daab bill. Asks for bills to be sent earlier. Excited to know Andover may host the summer conference. States trustees will have to pass the proposition. Will have to consult trustees before writing Mr. Mok.
My dear Tommy: Thank you for your letter and for the O.K.'d bill. I am sending Mrs. Daab a check by this same mail, and trust that the good lady will feel easier in her mind from now on. For goodness' sake, don’t let these bills go so long in the future! I am interested and delighted to know that there is a prospect that the Conference may be held in Andover next summer. The trustees, however, will have to pass upon the proposition, and I will try to get into touch with some of that body at once. We have just refused the use of the grounds to another organization which didn’t appeal to us very strongly, so that it is possible that we may be embarrassed in letting you fellows use them. That is the only possible obstacle that I can foresee, and I am sure there must be a way of overcoming that. It will be necessary for me to consult my trustees, however, before I can write your friend, Mr. Mok. I trust that this delay will not prove embarrassing. One thing is sure, and that is if the Conference does meet here this summer, they will find much better facilities than they had when they were here before. The additions we have made in grounds and buildings since the first Conference, years ago, has been very marked, as you know. Faithfully yours,
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mrs. A.F. Daab, March 16, 1916
Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mrs. A.F. Daab. Apologizes for misunderstanding on Stearns part. States Lee approved the bill. Explains Lee was a year late in sending payment bills for board the previous year. Though those bills and Daab's were the same. Did not receive confirmation from Lee until a few days prior. Waiting for Lee to okay bill.
My dear Mrs. Daab: I am glad to Inform you that I have just heard from Mr. Lee and that he acknowledges the justice of your bill. Apparently the misunderstanding has been largely my own, and it arose from the fact that Mr. Lee was almost a year late in sending me for payment bills contracted by him for board last year. I assumed that your bills and those referred to covered the same periods, and hence I was unable to explain the situation satisfactorily. My letters written to him asking for light on the subject were not answered, and it is only within a day or two that I have finally heard from him and favorably. I am only waiting now to receive the bill properly O.K.'d and on its receipt I shall send you promptly a check to cover the amount in question. I deeply regret the delay. Very sincerely yours,
Letter from Mrs. A.F. Daab to Mr. Alfred E. Stearns, March 18, 1916
Handwritten letter sent from Mrs. A.F. Daab to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns. Enclosed itemized bill for Thomas Lee's board. Thanks Stearns for attending matter quickly.
Copy of letter from Mrs. A.F. Daab to Mr. Alfred E. Stearns, February 5, 1916
Copy of handwritten letter sent from Mrs. A.F. Daab to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns. Resent with letter of March 7, 1916. Has proof Lee stayed with her from October 12, 1915 to December 11, 1915, not Mrs. Shea. Received a check from Stearns for rent from October 12 to October 28. Will send envelope check came in. States Lee received a bill each week, but no payment was made. Will send itemized bill. Refers Stearns to Mr. Russell H. Lucas, house manager.