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                <text>Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mrs. W.J. Calhoun, January 3, 1927</text>
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                <text>Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mrs. W. J. Calhoun.  States the Tsai children are two of the best students and children he's been a guardian to.  Recalls the first meeting between himself and Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun in Peking, China.</text>
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                <text>January 3, 1927&#13;
Mrs. W. J. Calhoun &#13;
64 East Elm Street Chicago, Ill.&#13;
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My dear Mrs. Calhoun:&#13;
&#13;
I have your friendly note of December 28 and shall naturally be pleased to receive Admiral Tsai’s token of good will, to which you refer but which has not yet appeared.&#13;
&#13;
Of all the Chinese with whom it has been my privilege to come into intimate contact, and I have served as American guardian now for some fifty or sixty, I doubt if any have proved so attractive and appealing as these two recent comers from Admiral Tsai’s family. Helen Tsai, particularly, has won the hearts and esteem of every one who has had the privilege to meet her. Both are due to return to their schools this week.&#13;
&#13;
I recall most delightfully the friendly greetings extended to me by you and Mr. Calhoun at the Legation in Peking when I was a visitor in that wonderfully interesting city in the winter of 1913. Dr. Ferguson, I believe, introduced me to you at the time, and I can still recall how my first visit there tended to dispel the natural loneliness and homesickness of one who had wandered for the first time in his life so far afield.&#13;
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Wishing you all the best blessings of the new year, believe me&#13;
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Very sincerely yours&#13;
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