THE BANCROFT LIBRARY University of California Berkeley MICROFILMED 1993 University of California Library Piiotographic Service Berl h * Febraaiy 18, 1920, Lee, Higginson & Company, 43 ixohance Place, New loric City. Dear Sirs: I shall be greatly obliged if you will kindly purchase for me at market one $1,000 Liberty 2d or 4th 4-1/48 . Very truly yours, CHli-.UG <->«..-*^ V \ T I i r z e .^^ r I i - V .P' February 21. 192X). Dear Coll: ^^^ to know that the Glad to have yours of the ioi . _ „, train,. Glad al.o to ha.e ne^ of you aM your,, a. lono -THV aoart this winter, see. a long way apa v^eakinp of little Carol's Vie had not heard of the breaking leg. It is .ood that She is getting on so well, and . is ,o.t.nate that the bones of youngsters are not so stiff and hard as ours. ^ • ^ „„„.t waato an, sloop .«r tho 4o.t™ction of oaglo. m «l^sta. » y™ in'" ho. n«ny thonaanda of thorn inf.at th„t country. .M ho, «.ny hundreds of la«ba of »ount.U ,hoop and mountain goaU thoy kill each year, your o„npnthie5 mght take E swift turn. Tou ask -hnt la the matter «th «. a. Hj an9«r .,ould »^ unfatho^ble ogoti«r. .nd a detennination to rule th. tiniverse. Dorothy and her little one have been having a hard time with 'Pin'. Beth recovered promptly. , but Dorothy has had a trained nuTse for a couple of weeks, followed by.eubnoraal twnperature, but she is now on her feet again. .10 all. including Florence and 7ernon, are well and extremely busy. 1 had a very active and very successful field sePROn in California, accumulating so much material that it will I' ^ ,3 \l 3-C.lf 2 f r «»''• • long ti., y,, ^ "' >«" had lota 0*1, "™"""' =''""• »» the north aide of .^uCZl ' "" '°"' '^ "-^' •■"^;-t streets. ,.,^, ,7; =;;"':'» "" Side of east '■?"! anyho,. j,^^, „ ''" '" ''"ry „s through tin ^'r O^UfornU. But -„ J^L'd " " '""^ '° """ ""-- ^J a „„a.„„ i„ ,,, fireplace a 1°°""'""' "^ °= ""''^• «"> 10" to you aU. '°'° °' *'° "'^ °°"'- •is ever, ^« C. C. Kerriam. 'H » V r February 24. 1920. Qear Mrs* Martinelli: Your letter deted February 16 has just arrived, and I BK very glad to hear from you and to know that ycu are all well. Aw glad to know also that Mr. Martinelli has cleaned out the. ash-house and put in some wood. In payment for this, I am enclosing herewith a check for $40 as per your memorandum. We have had a very severe winter for Vfashington, with lots of snow and ice and disagreeable weather. The dry winter in California is a great misfortune, but I am glad to see by the psper that ycu have been having a little rain during the last day or two. Hope it may continue. With kind regards and best .vishos to ycu all, Very truly yours. -^ •>. ^*j Mrs. Pompeo Martinelli, Lagunitas, Calif. ^ I !i 8 ■ . F' iferch 6, 1920. m Mr. Jchn I\ Molman^ .sFOciate Aclitcr, Forest i ■'^treamp New York City. Dear Sir: Replying, to your letter of the 4th insit., ivould sey that I objecit to being posted as a a^mber of en Advisory Board for the sane retpon thtit I have so lonp objected to being falsely paraded £S a member of p mythical Goveminf? Board. 1 am tir^d of havir,,7 my name us^'^d as an advertis- ing placard, as I have repeatedly written to the iMitor of Forest >. stream, rnd tired of beirif^ placed in a falno pcslticri before tlie public. I thf>rnfrre decline absolutely to h«ve my rRme used in any connection as a member of any Board connected "7ith the mnminrer'^ent of Merest cL "^tream. This apiilies to your office letterheads ^^s well as to the Journal itself, vtith no ill will tov/erd the Journal, but -vi th a dctormin:ition to put an end to this farce. CKkrkG '^ory truly yours. h I I i i i 9 torch 6, 19^0. ^er iir. Burton: The enclo.«d l,tt.r frcn, the A..oci.-..to iJditor of Forest u8hing-^/«ter-3ilencer which had fortunes in it. »«hat has become of it, and why are you not floating your flag over various cities to take advantage of ths new building rush? We all are about as usual. Zenaida is in office nrrt of nearly every day, and Sliriabeth goes to the club end to movies about as usual. Ko excitement in sifjht until "^^eth^s arrival next woek, after which it will take a weather fcr^carter to file a prognosis of grandma ^s impending performances. Arch seems to be settled in California, and Osgood has gone to South America for a short trip, ac you doubtless know, so there is no particular news that I think of. With love from us all. h % As ever. M^., Elizabeth licUaster, ^M'^ 3. Michigan Ave. Chicago, 111. I i f tf. ■ Tf-i sr March 11. 1920. Dear Kr. Burton: Thanks for yours of the 10th inst. The same mail >)rint;s another letter of the 5e^«e dete from John F. Holman, Associate Mitor of 'Forest & 3'cream\ stating that the April number has gone to press, but tViat the May number will appear with my name removed. He agrees al?o to take my name from the letterheads as soon as that can be arranged. Tour letter therefore seems to have done the biuineas^ for which I am greatly obli.ged. ^/hen convenient, let me have your bill. With best rdshos. Very truly yours. Don't foiiget that you promised to bring your boy around here some day. Mr. H. P. Burton. Union Trupt Building. Washington, D, (?• r I ;'» # ? ii I i I f I I X4 * j y t 13 w . March 11 iQPo Ur. John V. Holman. ' °- /tssociate iiditor forest & Stream, New York Oity, ^ar Sir: Your letter of the 10th inst. is at hand, and I - very ,lad to Jcnow that you have finally agreed to pull do:»n n,y name fro« the sign-poats of .perest & 3trean.'. ^8 stated in previous letters. I have the highest regard for Dr. George Bird Grinnell. and hear the Journal itself no ill will, at the same tinio I resent the marked discourtesy of the Mi tor in not replying to several of V letters, and I object most seriously to having my name nsed in the way it has been by the Journal for several years past. Very truly yours. CHM;MG I- J't f ^^ e o ^ ^ \ ) U Washington, D«C« March 14, 1920 Dear Mr??. Harriinan: Kver since my return from California about Christmas » I have been working steadily on the results of the season's field notes in order to r;et the material into such shape that the gaps needing further attention would become apparent ^ and in order that I might tell you what has been accomplished* There is so much of it however that it cannot he finished for another months so I will not wait longer to let ycu know in a general way what has been done. I spent most of the season (early July until December) in northern California, woricing in the main from our old car as a base; and on the way back in December, stopped at Riverside in Southern California and at Needles on the Colorado Piver where additional material from several tribes was secured. In northern California I was exceptionally fortunate in discovering remnants of several tribes of which only very few survivors remain, and equally fcrtunate in inducing them to give the needed information about their people. I made a special effort to complete field work among the Klamath River tribes, but did not quite succeed, and shall have to return for a short time in the spring in order to verify a few notes and fill a few gaps. I: ! 1 I ^1 i Since returning I have been bringing together for publication the natter rpl«fin„ f ^u i> ■^ ror 1919 191P . ^ ° *'"'" *"^^«^ collected in J-yiy, 1918, and previous years. ' . U-... '^^ ""''"''^ '" ''' '""^'^ ^"'^ '^^---^ t-ib«3 of Upper and iddle KWth is eo nearly complete that in each .JT few days field =7ork should suffice to f^^^ ^^ ^ ^ .. . ., ouiiice zo till the outstanding f^ans than a couple of -.weks. This -.nil enable us to publish on all the Klamath -iver tribes, covering a broad belt across the northern part of California and including the sites of about 300 villages. Prom the tribes of .Vintoon Stock on the McOloud. 3acra.ento. and Trinity rivers and the region went of Sacramento ▼alley, I have secured vocabularies and incomplete lists of village sites .fc from seven tribes, and hope to fret the remain- der during the coming season* I enclose a typewritten statement of work done in 1919, which will be easier for you to read than my handwriting. Prom this you will see that we have been more than ordinarily successful in rescu^ing vanishing material. .At the .^pril meeting of the National Academy of Sciences I expect to present the results of cur work among the Silas te Indians. Hoping to see you before cur return to California, and with kindest regards to you all. Very truly yours. n 3r ?ISLD WORK IN CklT^OmU IN 1919 The field season of 1919 proved the most fruitful of any since I began work under the Herriman ?^d. Most of the work done was in northern Oalifornia. where, in addition to railroad and stage tripfi. I drove more than 3.000 miles, completing sections of several mountain ranges and mamerous valleys, filling gape in the distribution maps, and adding largely to information previously obtained concerning; the geographic ranges of animals and plants in California. But the richest returns were in the field of ethnology. Vocabularies previously obtained of a dozen different languages were chocked and increased by an average of 500 or more words each (some by more than a 1,000 words), and in addition, vocabularies of seven tribes or dialects not previously obtained T/ere secured. In all, material was colleotod frojii no less than 20 different tribes. On© of these v/as previously wholly unknown, another, of which only 75 words had ever been rficorded and which was believed to be extinct, was rediscovered 4nd soine f>50 words collected. Of almost equal importance was the fortunate discovery of several old Indians belonging to nearly extinct tribes from whom the original tribal boundaries, village names and locations, and the nar.es of neighboring tribes were obtained. One of these old men was a NCJa-lek-kg.—one of the vrestem tribes of the V/intcon otcck, I hf:d been given his name years ago but heretofore had failed to find him. H« gave tt^ the jifimes and locetions of 48 villages previously unknown. Addi1;icnal villap.e sites and tribe] boundaries mre obtainod frcrc tha Ncrcheastorn Wintoon of UcOlcud Rivor, end c' aevf^rsl other tribes. 17 I i i But the crovming success of the season was th« f .- of two old 3haste chiefs who«e ».».>.• "^"^ xxoxe wnose memories reached haoh f/. ^-u period before the sudden influx of whiter . 1849-50 ^^r. .u r ^ "^"""^ *^« ^Id Rush of xo»»«ou. jfrom thea I rescim^i «f <-k -. fr, A . rescued at the eleventh hour a priceless 7«»rs. ani anting th. totel „„b,r no. tacn up to 159 The extent of the i„cr.»„ g.l„a i. „„ ^,,,^^^ „, ^^^^ ^^^^^ *. >nfarr,d fro. th. =ircu»t.„c. that M«„ i„ hi, wori on th. .h^t. don, m,d.r th. 0. P. Huntington fund and puMi^hed In iy07, knew only 30 villa^^es. Th. liat of Karok ,iHag.. .„ th. .Iddl. Kla»,th obtain«i bj .. in 1918 «a r,rin,i .„d .ug«,nt«i. bringing th. nu»b.r „p to 80^ These, with the Jj^xsk or £fl:=iifcj^ of Lower Klamath, and the 3hasto of Upper Klamath (but excluant^ ^.v,^ Kodok d Klamath tribes proper of the Klamath Icike region) bring the total number of villages for the area drained by Klamath River up to 290. All of these have now been listed and platted on maps. JProm the large number of villages, it is obvious that the aboriginal population must have been very numerous. Gibbs who ^followed Klamath River up as far as the mouth of Scott Biv«r and then visited Scott and Shasta valleys, estimated the number of Shasto Indians living at that time as about 3,000. But the chiefs from whom he obtained information mentioned only 50 village grounds, of which only 24 were on Klamath River; and there is nothing to indicate that Gibbs had any inkling of the existence of some 30 i I f 8t 19 tillages then inhabited on the Upper Klamath above Shasta Tal Lay. Some of these .ere s^all. consisting of only a few houses, hut «ny were of good si.e. as I a» informed by an old chief stxll living, who tells rae th.>t all were inhabited when he .as a young «n. Allowing an average of 40 persons to a villaf^e (and Gibbs allows 60). there ™ust hare been at least 1.200 Indians in Klamath canyon above Shasta %Hey. This would make the total population of the Shaste tribe at the time of the Oold l^sh at least 4.0C.'0. In addition to the field work in California. I obtained a good deal of laaterial cf value frca Indians of several tribes confined in the State Prison at San ■ uentin; and also from »eTtbera of several other tribes in the Indian 3ohool near River- side in Southern California. ',nd en the way home I stopped at Needier on the Colorado River in order to work among the Mohave ana ;:nei»awo»o tribes. In all ay work with Indians I have made a special point of getting the names of the TREraraals, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, and plante of the re^uons inhabited hj the Ysrious tribes, and new have lists cf this kind in upwards of 100 dialects and languages. The n^aes of animals end plants^ correctlj identified, are of great value to the student of anthropology for the rteson that they occur af;ain anr? ppain not only in connection with hunting, clothing, food, iaplsnents and so on, out also in the history and religion of all the tribes. It is a lamentable fact that errors of identification of animals and plants are conspicuous among the writings of profeEsion^l ethnologists who unfortunately lack the basic knowledge of n^^tural hintcry so necessary in obtain- ing information from Indians. : I « t I ) WOHK AHONG TlIK MISSION EISCOPDS Per more than ten years I have been carding the names and locations of Indian villages mentioned by the Padres in the Mission Records, taking them from extracts and data published by Taylor, Bancroft, Engelhardt and others, and more recently from manuscript abstracts of 9 of the Records made by linart some 40 years ago and placed at cur disposal through the courtesy of the officers of the "Bancroft Library at Berkeley. For some years I have cherished the hope that it mif^ht be possible to obtain access to the original manuscript Records in the handwriting of the Gpanish Fadrea^ still locked up among the Archives of the various Missions, but until 1919 made no serious effort to do so. Having in the early summer of 1919 ccmplated work on the accessible records, I made bold to request of the Most Reverend Archbishop Henna of 3an Prancioco the great privilege of access to, with permission to copy, these precious original manuscripts- He replied in the kindest manner, pranting the permission asked for, and assuring me of the cooperation of Bishop Cantwell of Los ^.n^^eles who has charge of the Southern California RecordSc As a result, my asf^istant Kiss 3tella Clem.enc?, an expert in reading old Spanish manuscripts, spent three months in working .in the Old Missions from 3an Diego and Capistrano northward all the way to Monterey and Santa Oruz, verifying the meterial previously obtained and adding multitudes of additional records. w mt 02 -^ I 5. Of the 21 Missions, the original books cf only tvTo i?ere completely missing, and by good fortune those two were among the nine of which copies had been previously examined* Among the sereral books kept at each Mission, the Book of Baptisms, beginning as early as the year 1^70, proved by far the most important for our -^rk, as in it are entered the names of the individual Indians and the villages from which they came. With few exceptions the books are well preserved and the writing is clear and legible. The magnitude of the task of examining them critically may be imagined from the fact that one of them (at Mission "an Gabriel) contains seine 10,000 entries of Indians baptized. Some of the records of "an Juan Capistrano, San Gabriel, San Diego, Monterey, and a few of the others aro in the hanflwritint, of the beloved an^^ much revered Father Junipero Serra, founder of the California Missions. _^ w^ Those of 3an Carlos Misj^ion at Camel near Monterey comprise the books of ba:^tisms, (deaths, and marriages, all of which were kept by Father Serra until his death, and are models of careful work and beautiful writing. All three give the rancheria names for practically every record. The Book of Baptisias cf Mission vSan Pemando I^ey comprises o.lES entries running continuously from C^optember 8, 1797, to September 4, 1855; that of Mission San Gabriel extends from 1771 to 1855, and contains some 10 thousand entries cf Indians baptized, while the two volumes entitled Libro de Difuntos of the same Mission extend from 1772 to 1855 and contain 6,934 records. The Book of Baptisms at 3an Luis Obispo 4 f r. I 2T Mission covers the period from 1772 to 1369; that at San Miguel i^ission from 1872 to 1862; that at Santa Clara (3 roltanes)/ from 1777 to 1860» comprising 12,697 records; while at San Juan Bautista Mission, the records of baptisms and deaths together extend from 1797 to 1865. This brief statement will give an idea of the extent and value of the records and of the amount of labor necessary to obtain from them the needed material. Thi« is now being typewritten and put into shape for publication, but owing to the voluminousness of the material it \Till be some time before the thousands of entries from the different Missions can be tabulated and compered and the actual number of aboriginal Tillages ascertained. The matter is complicated not only by varous spellings of the same name, but also by the circumstance that the geographic areas from which the Missions collected their Indians overlapped to a very considerable extent, so that the name of the same village often occurs in records of several different Missions. With very few exceptions. Miss Clemence was treated with becoming courtesy and at once granted the desired privilege of working fron the original records. In one or two cases however this was at first positively refused, but after a little persuasion the records rsere brought forth. Anong the Mission Archives is a collection of some 3,000 nannscripts and diaries relating to early Spanish explorations, expeditions sent out from the Missions for the purpose of obtain- ing Indian convert s^, and so on. These, owing to limited time, could not be critically examined during the present seasono The * S2 sane is tr.xe of a very valuable asse.bla,.e of manuscripts at Senta Barbara, knoim as the '»e la Guerra Collection', tbe exaniration cf .hich hsd to be postponed until some future day t BME RATSSIAL During the year 1919 more than 300 skulls of Bears were purchased, mostly from localities in Alaska. Yukon, and British Columbia» It ia gratifying to note that among these the proportion cf adult inalos is larger than usual, and th^at a number of the skulls came from localities which from their remoteness or inaccessibility have heretofore been unrepresented. or represented by insufficient matorial. In addition to specimens, a good deal of information about Bearg has been obtained from Indians and hunters, and accounts of several interesting Bear hunts have been added to the files. < The accumulation cf specimens and information necessary for the mono*^raphic work on Bears on which I have been engaged for 3C years has nov? reachad a state of completion sufficient to justify the final labor of preparing the material for the press. The editorial work on this m.'iterial ^las been repeatedly interrupted by the urgent need of soarchinp for vanishing material in the way of skulls of species either already extiutt or on the verge of extinotiouo I 23 8 For instance, it was nearly 25 years after I had undertaken the ^tudy of the Bears before I succeeded ir obtain- ing the material necessary for establishing the identity of the original Grizzly Bear described by Lewis S: Clark more than a hundred years before, and named Ursus horribHig by Ord in 1815. In fact, the Bears of the Greet Plains region from the Panhandle of Texas northvmrd through the Ttekotas to the plains of the Saskatchewan in Canada were so completely exterminated by buffalo hunters, and their rerasins so completely obliterated from the face of the earth, that lamentably few specimens ere known to exist. Similarly in California, where as on the Great jelains formerly Grizzlies were abundant but are now believed to be wholly extinct, specimens ere so rare that the Museum of Tertebrate Zoology of the University at Berkeley, with ample funds at its disposal, has been able tc ?recure only a sinf,le skull. V/e liave been more fortunate, having by diligent iuv^uiry and persistent effort carried on over a number of years succeeded in acquiring upwards of EC skulls, from the study of which it appears that at the time cf the Gold I^sh of 1849 and the early fifties there existed in California no fe;ver than 5 species of these huge animalso ' / t'S VANISHING MATSHIAL It is now pretty generally a^roed that one of the most urp^ent duties of the present day— one that we owe hoth to ourselves and to posterity — is the rescuing of vani?.hing material. The eleventh hour has arrived — in many cases it has already passed- for in California alone since the coming of the white man more than 100 tribes of Indians have become extinct » carrying with them into the grave a wealth of material now gone forever; and among the larger animals » the big Elk of the northwest coast and several species of Grizzly 3ears have been exterminated and the flfllifornia Antelope is nearly gone. As the country becomes more thickly settled and the people become more interested in local and historical matters^ our generation will be severely censured for neglect of many things, not leafft of which will be our failure to have ascertained the location and nnmos of aboriginal village sites, routes of travel, and tribal boundaries, and the religious beliefs and economic development of the original inhabitants, including their knowledge of food, fiber and medicinal plants, and so on; and also our neglect in the matter of preserving specimens of animals approaching extinction. In all of these directions ;vo can claim not only that we have done our full duty, but also that our efforts have been rewarded by a full measure of success. ^^ • ^»^^v^ V- t f . f|«^«»v. »t,u;.p ft. I 2S tiarch 23, 1920. Dear Mrs* Geyer: Florence ^^rote you yesterday as to the status of hotel .^nd boarding-house accommodations so far as ^e were able to learn them, and we have not been able to find any additional ones, vihich I greatly regret- The city seems overstocked with visitors just new, and it has boen overfull of permanent or semi-permanent people for the last two joars. The tiK> rooms at Miss Gilbert's, 1908 Biltmore 3t., seem the most promising unless you prefer one of the hotels Florence wrote you about yesterday. My suggestion is this: that you wire me if you wish to engage Miss Gilbert *s rooms, end also wire when you expect to arrive* I shall be very glad to meet you at the train and take you and the children wherever you decide to go. We all are very glad you are coning, and regret that we cannot take you in, but both houses are ccmpletoly full Don't fail to let me know the time your train is due in Washington, as I should be much disappointed if I cannot have the pleasure of meeting you at the station. tVith love to you all. ■% Very truly yours. Mrs* H. C. Geyer. Cedar Street, iinnlewood. N. # ,s«- h ) 3S Kay 10, 1920 Collector cf ^axo^, Washington, H Dear 3ir: I shall ho oblip.ed if you vdll kindly pond me tax bill for my property in Square 190. corner of 16th and aroline streets, sarao being Lots 50. 49. and the north 10^ « feet of Lot 48. Tf ery truly yours , GHKiMG » f . ! 1 "' ■: * I' 27 ^1 May 29, 1920. Dear Julia: Snclosed is y^ur June coupon, with usual deposit slip. How are you? We have had a late cold spring which suddenly warmed up yesterday* We had expected to leave for California long ago, but unfinished manuscript will keep me here for nearly two weeks longer probably. Yemon is not at all well. The rest of us hope to pull through the summer* With love from us all. As ever yours. Mrs. Julia Bush Herriam, 1008 Washington St.. Wet art own, 15- i. V "• §s 1 May 31. 1920 Collector of Taxes, Waahingtoo, t). C. For Lot 804, ^"^'^ por Lot 805 158.10 Personal *., ,^ intangiol* CHll:ttG 72.03 Beapectftilly. 1l * I €S 30 June 1?. 1920 fotonao & Chesapeake Telephone Co., tfashii^ton, D. C. Dear Sirs: We are closing our honse, 1919 dixteenth Street » today, and do not expect tt to be reoccupied before the end of the year. I should be obliged therefore if you will discontinue the phone until further notice. Kespectfully, OHMrHG s jH 1^ 1^ 1 * I i \ , June 13, 1920 ii^ater Department, Munxcipal Building, Washington, D. C. Dear Sire: I have today closed my house for the remainder of the summer, and hare turned off the iiater where it enters the house* No water should be used in the house until my return about the end of the year. I^espeot fully , (^:UG June 12, 1920 Vtotevac 31ectric Power Oc, iith & a Streets, (fashingten, u. o. Dear airs: Today 1 am closing my house, 1919 sixteenth Street for the season, and do not expect to return until the end •1 the year. 1 hare turned off the electric current at the main switch in the basement under the stone steps at the front of the house, and no current should be used until my return. Respectfully, 'Jlffi:UG JBU:l«i i Jtme 13. 1920 HashiBgton Uea Light Co., 411 10th Street. Haehiogton, u. C« Dear Sire: Today I an olosing my house, 1919 Sixteenth kttreet. for the season, and do not expect to return before about the end of the year. I have turned off the gas where it comes in from the street just before reaching the meter. No gas should he used in the house until my return, Respectfully, (m:II!G T£ Jxme 13, 19E0 Chief of Felice, iieahington, U. 3. Dear 3ir: Today 1 am closing my house, 1919 Sixteenth '^treot, for the season, and do not expect to return until about the end of the year, 1 shall ^e obliged if you will kindly have your p«troiB«n keep an eye on the house fro« time to time as they pafr.. ahould anythinp, occur to require attention, plaase notify Wrs. !>.rian Bflker, I9lxtecnth St., or i£. Vf. Hel3on or Dr. A. X. Wisher, Molofricai Jurvey, Dfpt. of ikgriculture. Ihr address untii. about the end of the year vrill be Lagunitas, llarin bounty, California. Piespectfully, V * r i \ i ' % i r 1 1 ■ ♦ k J i i W. I -i ^p '1 i 1 I i 32 Ur J.P.I.. B«,.ll. '"" "»• l'» City PaBBer^er Agent B.k 0. Kailroad Co. Waehii^on, D.C, 1%F dear Sir: The alaeper in which wa left Waahii^>on last SundajCJune 13) broke down during the ni^t at Akron, Ohio, and mfBBlf^ wife and daughter were tranef erred to uppers in other cars. The delay caused ub to oiBB connection with the Pacific Limited at Chicago. We secured one lower and two uppers in the Overland lied ted leavii^ Cliicago the sane ni^t, but had to pay cash for them as the Agent at the station refused to honor the sleeper ticket yoa gave vm at Washir^on, and which I am enclosing herewith. Inasfloeh as the failure to connect at Chicago was due to the breakii^ of a truck xuider ih% Pullman Imlay (No. 28) and not to aiy fault of ours, I shall be obliged if you will kindly have the CSoag)any reimiburse lae for the cost of the 3 lowers from Chicago to San Ttanoisco, as per enclosed ticket. Tery truly yours. »:^ •"^^V XVj^ te m ■**». m^ 32 June 13 » 1920 Chief of l^lice, nashlnetOB, U. C Dear Sir: Today 1 «■ closing mj house, 1919 Sixteenth Street, for the seasoo, and do not oxpaot to retam nntll about the end of the jaar, 1 shall he obliged if jon «ill kindly hare your patrolaMi keep an eye on the house trm tlse to tiMO as they pass. Should anythii^ ooonr to require attention, please notify Mrs. Uarian Bskor. 1905 Sixteenth St., or j£. W. Helson or Dr. i. K. /isher. Biological Surrey, Qppt. of Agriculture. Mr addross until about the end of the year will be lagonitas, liariB Coiis^. OalifomU. 3e8p6ot folly* ^ GSity Fasimxtor Agent B.k 0. mklromi Co. litshiqgtoii, DaC. Hf dMT sir: Thm tlovpttr in idiich we left iMhiogton last Sunday^Ji breke dom duriqg iSbn^ td^ait at ikron, Ohio* and agrMlf ^ wii dM|^#r mmrm tnoMif erred to uppers in other eiurs. The de: eaased las te miss eonnectiett with the Bueifie Linitsd at (9 Va aacnrai wa lowor and two tqipara in the Ovarlaad li laaaiic Chioago the oaaa nigjhi, but had to pay cash for th* the Agani at the atatiim reused to honor the aleapar ticket yoa gpura ua at luihii«:t<»i, aal lAdda 1 an MieloBii^ haravith. IxmmnA as tha failura to connaet at Chicago uaa due to tha brcakiic of a trade under tha Pnllaan lalay (No. 28) and not to ai7 fault af oora, I shall ba eibligad if you will kindly Taax9 tha ■a for the aoat af tha 3 lovars frosi Chioago to Saa Araaaiaco , as par aaalaaad ticket. Tory truly youro. \K cXsA«2*- cto^*^ U^ '^OUL ^ e of Preceding Frame | \ 33 Uo^ r >cti^^ ,^i>Ji>/ - D«Ar lyon: Juna 23» 1920 Many thanks for your most tempting i limitation, just reed. . to be present at yoiu- most remarkable Pandar^o. How in the world did you ever mana^ to get it up? I 'd give a whole grip full of old shoes to b« there, but the trains take ao long to go from California to Thendara that it can't be done. BMides, I have a show of my own coming off in Tosemite next week, as yoxi will see from the enclosed. We are having clear skies and wonderful weather here, and the cotuitry is glorious.. For an hour or two aft or daylight aomipgB, Z«naida and I lie awake listenir^ to the Thnishae and the->*breathing* of the Boss of lagunitas! Wish you were here with us to help enjoy the redwoods and oadronas, and to Aop wood. It is a great disappointment to b» that I cannot see the cersoionies you have arranged for with the Iroquois league. It wiuld seem to be an evwit of » lifetime. Besides. It shouia be a great inc«iiiTC to bring a nwltitude to see and appreciate th. project you have developed up there. gl*«.beth and Zenaida join in love to your sister Mary.xf she is witi. you. a«i with thanks, regrets, and "beef from us all, ' i As ever yours. •^ tV*it^ Oanp 1 i i i I 1 34 Lo-i t «-^ v-\^ 1 1 a. 2 . 'e! a o:^ Dear Sir: June S6, 1920 I haTe not receiTad the tax return blank for Personal Tax for year ending June 30, 1920, and shall be obliged if you will sand me one. Unfortunately, ray property book is in ny safe in Wash* iqgtcm and cannot be got at, and I have here no copy or meooran- dum of last ye«r*s return. I shall be greatly obliged therefore if you will kindly send rae a copy of last year's return, for whidi I am perfectly willing to pay cost of copjring* Ify Personal property is exactly the same as a year ago with the exception that I now have no automobile in Washington^ and have purchased $500 Stock of the Plainfield Body Corporation. Regrettir^ to be obliged to put your office to this trouble. Very truly yours. <-.\W. V vf 35 Aii^iBt, 3, 1920 Ifr H.P.Clements Gen. Passenger Agent Pullman Co., Cniuago* Dear Sir: Referrir^ to ny claim (89744) for reiiabwrsanent for three lower berth tickets from Washington, D.O. to Sar Francisco, Oalif., dated Ikshington. June 13,1920(Form 1000-2 No. ^^49, calling for lowers 1, 2, and 3, Oar N- 12 to San Francisco), would like to ask if you cannot settle at once? You have a letter from W.V.Shipley, Div. Passenger Agt B & 0 at liishington. dated June 28, explaning that the car in which we left Washington on Stinday June 13, broke down at Akron. Ohio, the sans nig^t, causirg us to be transferred to uppers in other cars, and to miss connaeUon at CJhicago. As your agent at the Northwest - •m ticket office in Chicago refused to fiunnish sleeper ticketsin exchange for the ones we had, I was obliged to pay cash for three others to San Francisco. Kindly send dieck at once and oblige. Respectfully , 36 ^^■Ql i DsAr Doctor Stephens; Ihen the Stephena fanily p;aied out of I^anitas thajr left a big hole lAJch we all hope they will htu^ up and fill a^in. The Campe Co. adjusted the clutch so it has shown no si^ of sHppinp 8in«. But when I came do'*n to the ferry so rranv cars were waiting that Birtsy could 'nt squeeea on and we h^ to stay over for the next hoat. It ^n cold and windy and my sore throat took advantage of the opport.inity to spread downward in*o the bronchial tubes, so when I arriwed at lii^mjtas t had a full fledged acute bronchitis. Took a snail dosa o* Aspirin and a large dose of sup- per and hit the bed. where I stayed till next afternoon. Am now MJuh better but not quite reader to risk a field trip. Hope however to start on Monday or Tuesday. The hot spell that ceiebrated tho Ptephena visit hef^an to weaken the day they left ana hais now disappeared, laavir^ romal Lagunitas days and ni^ts. Ardi Gilbert has been with us a couple of days aixi is goini^ hack to tJie City today. We hops Rlizabeth's leg is rauch bettor, tmd that ail of you, or as many as can get away, will cone to us whenever you can. ' / ith love from us all to all of you. As sver yours. 37 I _ ^ ^ Augxist 20,1920 Dear Doctor Stephens: then the Stephens famly pun^d out of lagtinitas thmr left a hig hole ^'ch we ail hope they will ht.^ up and fill again. The Canpe Co. adjusted the clutch so it has shown no sign of «l.ppir« sin«. But when I carne do-*n to the ferr. so nwiv cars were waiting that Betsy could'nt sqneeee on and we had to stay o.er for the next boat. It was oold and windy and my sore throat took advantage of the opportimity to spread downward into the bronchial tubes, so when I arrived at lagimitas I had a full fledged acute bronchitis. Took a small dose of Aspirin and a large dose of sup- psr and hit the bed. where I stayed ti 11 next afternoon. Am now Btich better but not quite ready to risk a field trip. Hope however to start on Monday or Tuesday. The hot spell that celebrated the Stephens visit began to weaken the day they left and has now disappeared, leaving norml Lagunitas days and nights. Arxh Grilbort has been with «s a couple of days and is going ^ck to the City today. We hop© Rlizabeth's leg is nuch better, «md that all of you, or as manj' as can get away, will corae to us whenever you can. With love from us all to all of you, As ever yours. 38 i 1 1 i^-et-JL--*.* . - - "Tfc.^ ^ Aug. 23. 1920 Dear Doctor Stoph^ns: _^ Ifer^ thank* for your pronptnesB in aendir^ Mr Lyon's addroes. . I am writing him by this nsdl. le all are pained to learn that Elisabeth's leg is still so na»^0ity as to keep her in bed, and trust that it will soon \ be on the road again. I fear, ny dear Doctor, that you are just a bit "sarca- ^iiioQ8* (as tha country Bchoolmarm remarked) with regard to the alleged character of the •hole* left at lagunitas when ywi: good /affllrly departed. For I think you and Mrs. Steph- ens know tha% we l«?e to have you here and wish you could com^'iBich oft ener and stay longer* We expect to start in the morning for lower Rel River, and hope to be home again by the 4th or 5th of Septenber. I an enolosing a duplicate key to the front door so you will feel free to come whenever you can^ whether we are home or-Dot. If you can^t come yourselves, we should be glad to have Bniae run tip anytime— as often as he likes-*for the week-end. Tom key the wroi^ way and keep on tumir^ till it unlocks, first the latch, and then the lock. B^sey*s dutch seems ttf be all right now, hnt we shall knew bet^ter slien we 4ut soiood 6f the high places. 1^ >>nN)chitis is tSaking hi^ tiltml course, but I*m thank- ful that the antrums have nbt been infected. » I Our love to you . As eier yours. 39 ! I. :4 Ify dear Florence: August 25^1920 Ibat do you think has happened 1 We were all ready to start north and have the car ready, and took the necessary prepara- tory bath last evenir^g, and had the beds and carap outfit all prop- erly done up, and got up about 6 and expected to get off early, when we suddenly realized that it was R A I N I N Gl Think of ^hat! Rain in Oalifomia in Ai^ist! But it is*nt much of a rain and probably wont last long, so we still hope to start right after lundi and drive to Santa Rosa or some other place on Russian River where there is unapt to be so much rain as in the redwoods. Then we shall not reach the Eel River redwoods till tomorrow, when the rain will have had time to kwit. It would do your eyes good to see the trees and ferns aivi mossy logs about the house this morning* Z reports that she saw a couple of Deer close by a little while ago. The rain may start feed for them in the woods and thus save owr OxaliB and Heu- cheras and tender up- starting Polj^odies. Year Sirs: Tour letter of M^. S4 just re.d.. forwarded from Wash- "**""' in aocordano. -rtth the term of the blank, yon enolo.«l J a. here«<.h onclo.i:« n^ d,«k for «122.50 m payment for 25 adv pen>«,e„t addre... but a. I .hall not return to »a.hington for a eeupl. Of »>n.J-.. I .hall b. eblig.! if you -^U «ndly .end th. .took certificate to », in care of tn, National M.tropou.» B«*. WaahSr^ton, D.O. Fith heat wifihes. "^erj truly yours, ^ n l^^ Sept. 7, 1920 Mr Geo. W. White, PreBident. Nat. Metropolitan Bank, Waahington, D. C. Dear Mr Ihite: Herevdth I am enclcaing check on the Crocker Bank of San PranciBco for $500, and ahall be obliged if you will kindly credit sane on ny note for $1000, dated June 11, 1920, reducing the amount due to $500 and interest. Rave just returned frora a 600 mile auto trip through the great redwood arxl fir forests of the northern coast region, and expect to start Saturday on an 800 mile drive. Hope you are gettii^ some out -do or life this summer. With beet wishes. Very truly yours. V^^^^v 42 t A f Oct. 2, 1920 CkmSe-Goudie Mfg. Co. Kmomui City, Uo. D»ar Sirs: On Sept. 8th (nearly a nwn*-h ago) I wrote jpowf-hal the Arny coat you aent m as a part of ay order of fcjgust 25 was boy's size instead of ny sise, and that I was returning it to you by Parcels Post insured. For this I hold the postnaster's receipt dated Lftgunitas. Cfclif., Sept. 9. Ify name was on the outside of the package. I gave ncr chest meaaure^SB indies, and weight. 190 poxjnds, and stated that if you had no new coats of t^ siw I woi?ld accep* a good flannel ahirt. 17 inch collar. But I have not reed, anythir^ in exchange for the retur- ned coat, and have had no reply to bbt letter. Kindly give the matter your early attention. C* «»,« ^JS?, ei^ 44 , I Oct. 3, 1920 Dear Doctor Stephens: Pardan ny delay in replying to your kind and thou^^tful letter about the etories. I haTe been away for three days and therefora not able to write sooner. Your sugp^estion that I publish sorne of my field experien- ces for the benefit of boys who like out-of-door life accords with my own feslir^ on the subject, and several years ago I begh'^n to go over By joiumals (of which I now have fully a hundred volumet'*) and take out episodes that seenied of interest. Sone of these are already typewritten. But the everlasting pressure of unfinished work in ray special fields in natural historj' and ethnology has kept me from finishing anythir^. You must realize that ray age and consequant physical con- dition loake it ic^arative to acconqplish the rwaiinir^ necessary field woric at the earliest practicable moment, or the bulk of tiy scientific work will be left to others to publish. For thia reason I am constantly forced to set aside bits of work that I wowld like to do. However, I look forward to some years of fitneso for office work yet, and have hopes of winding up a lot of strings that at present are still danglir^g in the air* Apart from all tWs, there are two reasons why I cannot accept your most generous offer: First, because ray memory of details is no longer sufficiently reliable to enable me to dictate truth- ftilly without referring to iny Journals; ajid second, because I am eabarrassed in dictating to a diitaphonf^—being used to a stenog- rapher and having the habit of walkir^ up and down vftiile dictatii^. ii\ ii r Yoiir eelection of stories inUresU ar:d snrpriasB r.o a. It co.noidas ..ry closely ^th ,,, own thot^ts on tha subject; nra furthemore, it had not occu-rod to .oo before that I had told so mai^r in your presanca! I hare in nnnd a few others, relating to oxperiancHS of 48 years a^o, when naturalist of the Hayd.^n Siirv^y in Utah. Idaho. Wyoming and Montana; and also the story of the Arctic Seal-fisher:. ' as I saw it vihwi axxr^&on of the 'Protens* 37 years ago. We all feol touched by your thoughtful and generous in- terest in offering to help put the stories on record, and it is a comfort to khcv: tli^t you feel that they are vrorth publishing. Just now my field work is internipted by impending visitors n»l8on, Qiief of the Biological Survey, has returned from Alaska and will be here in a day or two, and Dr Fisher expects to arrive about the 10th. Vernon Bailey and .ay sister are due to arrive at Klaj-nth Mis today, and likely to cono to Lagionitas in a few days. With love from our trio to you all. Am over yours. S jS'tci t at , qu jPtiJUW w stxiua nri.t ,-^tvjMf bn» IWlq^it Il 45 Yoiir selection of stories interests and surprises ne a« it coincides very closely with my ovm thox^its on the subject; and furthermore, it had not occi^rod to m before that I had told so many in your presetncaJ I haTe in mind a few others, relating to oxperiencrfs of 48 years a^^o, irtien naturalist of the Haydan Stirvey in ntah. Idaho. Wyominc and Montana; and also the story of the Arctic Saal-fishan' as I saw it when siungeon of the 'Proteus* 37 years ago. Wo all feel touched by your thoughtful and genarous in- terest in offering to help put the stories on record, and it is a ' comfort to kncv; tlktt you feel that they are worth publishing. Just now a;/ field work is interrupted by impending visitor* Nslson. Chief of the Biological Survey, has returned from Alaska and will be here in a day or two, and Dr Fisher expects to arrive about the 10th. Vernon Bailey and tay sister are due to arrive at Klar»th Mis today, and likely to coma to Lagunitas in a few days. With love fraa our trio to you all. As ove" yours. *»V /'V^- >U ^.^ ^ a^u;aa#. lo JXiUfl «r{r ^^^iv^t m^ tf^mi^i 46 f 1 Ugwnitas^ Calif. ^^ Oct. l4. 1920 IfeLanahan h Burton laBhington. D.f* Dear Mr Burton: ISncloead i* my check for $11.60 in payment of accompany ing bill. Your aw^ices in the matter were appreciated. Bnaoaad also i. a letter from Guinther of Buffalo. N.Y. accompanied by a Quit-Claim Deed on .«na of the propeH.y .old thro' him a year or two ago. a. you will remember. By a Btrange coincidence rny -^.^er. Florence Mernam Bailey is here with ua 3u»^' kow. _j. * ♦« -4a iH» ennduded to exectite the here, and not feeUnS -u^e what to do, we conciua T^ *u rirh+ nleaae forward to ray bro- Deed and aend it to you. If »11 ri^"^* P^«*»" ue«M €»u* -. n . >}-« York to be executed by ther, C. Collins lierrian, Lyons Falls. New Toric. him and returned to Guinther. ' -^^ fery truly yours, 47 « tA^v Mailliard & Schmieden San Francisco, Calif, Dear Sirs: Thanks for renewal Policy No. 2902269 on my lagunitas property, which I found last night on rettimirg from Trinidad and jacent regi on. Knclosed is ny check on Crocker t>ank for $5^^.75 in payt of sane. With thanks for your kind offices in the i?»tter. Very truly yours. «, « . • s^ 49 Not. 4, 1920 Crocicor Nat. Bank, T San PranGisao, uaiai • Deajf Sirs: u^„w fnr ^16.67 M*rewith I an sncloBing U.S. Treasury Wn >, nVlVed ir vou will kindly credit same in nr/ favor, and shall he obliged .- - to ^ account and ret.^n duplicate Deposit sUp. V«ry truly yours. Am. Motors Corpojnation Plainfield, New Jersey Doar Sirs: Nov. 4, 1920 Your appeal for more funds, aated Oct- 27, Iiaa just reached me, forwarded from Washington. Since the organization of your company I hare racelTed a number of requests for additional subscriptions, in one form or another, and ),« v«ftr Should be glad to have you ington before the end of the year. ^o i, subcsit an offer. Yen' truly yours. I I n • /. .. *.^ ^ Not. 16, 1920 Carmo-Goudle lfr|^ Co. Kansas dty Mo. This is to again call your attention to ray letters of Sept. 8 and October 2, cocplainirg that you had made no acknoirledg- Biant of my letters about the boys size soldiers coat you seat me in August arid nhicli I returned by Plurcels Post insured, with my name plainly written on outside of package. I stated that if you had no coats of c^r sixe, I would accept a flannel sJiirt instead. As you have not seen fit to replace the coat or even to write, I am compelled to a«k that yw refund at once the $4.00 I paid you for the coat. If you fail to do this , thereby admitting that you mean to swindle me out of four dollars, I shall of course take such steps in the matter as seem called for and whidi may not redound to the credit of your firm. \> \ i i I; I 52 A' il No¥. 15, 1920 %b«rt Bagg & Co. Utica/New York* Dear Sirm: ThahlcB for your msmorandum of tho 8th inst, j^ist reed., anelosiiiig Continental Insurance Policy No. 34070 on vu^r house at 1919 Sixteenth Street, Washir^iOn, D. C,, for three yeara erring Novaaber 27, 1923. ify check for $30 in paypient of sajm is enclosed herewith. Thanking you for you^- kind attention in the natter^ Terjy truljr yours. ■m I 7 i zz 54 Nov. 21, 1920 McLftnab.an & Burton Union Tnist Bldg. We.shiw^on, D.C Dear Mr Btirton: Th.arJc8 for your letter of th© 10th instant in r«p:ard to old deedu of the Buffalo property sold throufch the Cminther Realty Company. Yes. it seems to me that they should he sent to duinther as you sue^^est, and I shall he P;la.l if you wil/attend to the mtter. I liave not finished the field work laid out for the season but may he driven home hy the rains. Day before yesterday f.55 in- ches fell here in ?A hours, and the total for the past ten days is more than a foot. Very truly yours, k ^' i Lagiudtas, Oalif. Nov. ?.l, 1920 Dear Gandy: Your letter reached us on returning from a field trip in October, since which we have been on a series of trips, camping all the way from lagunitas to Humboldt Bay and Trinity River. We f;ot CRi-^-ht in a few rains, and on some steep slippery mountain grades, and liAd the luck to arrive hoim from the last on. juet before the real fall delude began. At Lagimitas more than a foot of rain fell iii ten days, and no less than 5.55 inches day before yesterday! Sacrar.ento River, accordinr to the Weather Bureau reports, rose 21 feet (this is correct, 21 feet, not inches) ».rd is still risinr;. We are nearly out of firewood for both ran^^e and fireplace and cannot get anyone to cut any hero, so when home I have to chop down and up a couple of trees even' morring, and the women folks help tote. We all were glad to hear from yoi; and to know that you had such a superfine vacation. Texas is all right, byt there are a few pretty fair places in New York State also--not to say anythirjg about California. You surely werw lucky to be able to spend Jiily at Rhinebeek, and to do tho Hudson by boat and the Catskjlls by auto. We hope the vacation and change of climate and food did you a lot of good. W» had intended to stay till the end of the year, but the rains if they keep up may drive us home. Ibrs M and Zenaida join -in kind regards. ?ery truly yours, K>*- 55 ^ I • Cj * 4 1 ] I \l r I la^rutas. Calif. Not. 21,1920 Dear Flopenea and '/omon: Florence's letter to Zenaida capie yesterday, much to our relief, as we liad not heard from you since you reached Tucson, tho' the box of oatttus swaets-mpst delicious-arriTed a few davs before. I've ciade a couple of field trips since yeu left-the laat to &hto ?alley a few miles from Mytonrille, where we camped under ponderosa pinwi near the rancheria. But we were driren home by the rains, which hare been the heaTiest ye erer knew for so early in the season. Our little .San O«roniino Creek is a deep roaring torrent 6-10 feat deep and ▼ery muddy. More than a foot of water has fallen duriwr the past 12 days, and no less than 5.55 inches fell on one day. You should haye sean owe road! We all are sorry you couldnt find a little house, or a ranch-house where you might find real shelter and help in doir« the work, but periiaps you nay later on. A tent is hardly the ideal hone for winter. Wd you mean that you are 12 miles from Tucson, or from some other toim? Dr and Ifirs Stephens have incited us for Thanksgiving and «e are going. Just as the deluge was heginninr I went to Alameda to go on a trip with Dr S. to the Tejon,but the rain was too much for us, so I returned +.0 Lagunitas. Bfery morning 1 Qiop down and up 2 or 3 trees, mostly t««barks, for the fireplace, as all the old dry and i>*rtljr rotten wood is now waterlogged. We are thankful for what Yemon brought intothe wood house before leatiry^. I have sawed some dry ends for the kiichen range, but the pile is getting fearfully low. II Sk a^ \ » I I T B L E g R A M RariFrancisco, Calif. Nov. 26, 1920 lilrs CCMerriam Lyons Falls, New York. We stay nearly another month. Round trip Utica to San- Fran- cisco approiimtely two hundred dollars. Pullman first about thirty three each way; second abo^t twenty-two. Cxet exact rates from a^ent at Lyons Falls. Home Union Pacific returning Southern Pacific, stop- ping Tucson, Arizona, with Florence and Vernon. C. Hart Merriam / I r i 56 lAfTunitaa. Qalif. mo^ 1920 ..f Dear Flormce and V.B.: Matters hare are paggi'^ ^n about as UBiial^ but the rains have interfered sadly with the contewplated field work. We are wondering how you are waking ^^ «^ whether yoa carried out your plan of tentlqg at the base of the Santa Ritas. ThankagiYinR day we went to the Mty and across to Alaceda where we helped the Stephens take care of a lf)-pmmd Turkey- -present from that rare aniiaal— a grateful patient I Saturdav afternoon Alice Eastwood carae and spent Sunday (yesterday) with us. She gathered about Ifi species of raushrooms nearby. That SAW fftiich Yemon left here is a wonder and delist for green wood work. I saw a few trees with it oTery momipgt g*'^*' erally tanbarks, but this roornir^ I fetched a lilac. It*s hard to cut enuf to keep the fires agoing and have a little ahead. Letters from Dorothy tell of Beth's continued actiTities. She is well again and full of all kinds of pranics and joys. Have a lot of Uinbellularia nuts drying, and hope to find a successful Indian way of getting rid of the bitter, for apart from this the flax or is delicious. What do you think of our place anyway*^ If we only had a well-disposed boy to help with the wood it would be pretty snootlr sailir^. lfeyt>e next year someone here will be willing to work. Has Vernon boon able to get to work with his beasties ye* And how does the place turn out as a trapping center? Our love to you both fl I i 57 *V'*5. H. Powell San Francisco, J5ear Sir: ^c. 15, 1920 nmoi 2 O^ efii I «. elad t. kM, that you ,^ct to k, *!. to p.. th. nii>g hundred soon. Very truly youpB. I t :J i\ •r« ii> A 82 "Dec. Z9, 1920 T^ear Dr and Mre Stsphons: ' It is a great disappointment to up th?»t you are not coming tomorrow}— though we have to admit that the weather looks uncerUin. fco far, it has not mined sinca. we went to Alaneda, and the roads are dry and reasonably good except in a few spots. On our way home the day we left you we stopt at Woodacre and had the Rood luck to find Bianchiat homo- -the man Mrs Stephens ao kindly .frote ne about. We hired him to help with the wood and he cajne yesterday and is here again today. Jfy side and hack are much better, in spite of the fact that I have chont a lot of trees. krch (Jilhert and ^'iss Melden are here for the day, retum- in^T to ffill Valley this evenirvr. Xfatters appear to be settled. it certainly is too bad that both Slizabeths have colds. Please tell /our Elizabeth that she can cure her*s in a single ni^t by letting the Bioon shine on ii:;ggir!8 for ten minutes, and than wrap- ping his warm hide around her neck and keeping it there till morn- ing--sure cure, never known to fail. Our }51izabeth did too tmch Yesterday and is rather used up today. And unfortunately we have no cat to cure her with. We still hope that the Stephens family will paj"^ us a visit before we pull stakes for the Bast. We fear you exaggerate the terrors of a trip to Lagunitas at this season* The roads are pretty fair--in fact fairly good--nearly all the way ^ with only a f«ir soft spots, and the time required from Bay Street is only 2i hours. Two days after hjij rain stops, the roads are ffV^-^U„ •f*>r» f.V»i»i cr^ .A « ■ A «itf^ J ee '*^:'^i^.t9i!i* o^. l>9ar T)r and Vsr. Stdphsns: •♦^ U, is » rraat disappoin-^'^ent to «. ^Vt you are rot co-ng f o.norrov;-thoiVTh w^ hav, to admit that tha weather looks uncertain. So Vnr. it hap not wine-i «inca vre went to Aiai/ieda. and th« roads are dry -c^a r^aso^:f>l^'' f-iood axcapt in a few spots. '" ' (m our Tfa- hone t^s da^ w^^ left yon we stopt at WoOviacr* aia had t:.e r.ood Ivxk to find ftvar;c>.iat ho«»-th« .>m Mw Stephens 80 kindly *rote ,n6 nbout. ^^3 Mred i--. to h^lp with t^^.e *ood r.nd he carn« veetsrday a.r»ri i» Ixdr-f* ^iA:ain "oodayo My eid<9 and ba<:> ar^ rv.icn bd^n^^r, ir Bpit^ of ^h^ fact that 1 have cho-t >a lot of tjr-.^ad. o^p^ V. .*>-'» ^or th-j ■»>-.. ••M■.^^^3 -i-'^v^^- « « *- -* r^attlt^d* It oertaiirlv ia ton 1^h.c\ v c.* -^ ..bet; J ") .lU !^ ^ Please t^^ll jr'^r il^-Hhrtii t-a^- s^.■:> t.- . ^^-r^ '^^^r't* in ^ ^iicl^ nir^tt l)y letting the moon ^Hn-^ or J"^ ^ )r^ *^r t#n ra^^^*^-^. %m t;-^fin wT^p. pinK hie warn hidd aromd hsr n^ok •--- K-^apir^ it ti'ere till morn- inei'^o"ja*« cure, n^^v^r known ^o f^vil. Oiir .^li^Hbeth did ^.oo rtich y^Btardsy ani is ratrar r,2?^:! ur today. And ..nfort-.^natr^^ly we liave no CK^^it to cure ber with. ^e bti il hope that the f^tephenB f mni ly thII pay riP ^. mi wit before wo pull fltakes for the /aet. We fear ^rou exarjp;erata the t^TTov^ of a trip to lag^initae at thiB season. Tuq roade are pr^-.ty fair--in fact fairly cood--nearly all the way^ with only a Tdm Bcft erotB^ and the tine r^quirgd from Bay Street ia only 2i honn^. T^^^. days »ifter k%ny rain stops, the roada are fair. •fT-». ». ••^•' • ^-^v* 4"^-* A »-,. I 60 Bf, 1 Plea«9 say to Bruce that the Merriams willbe d9l5g}ated to BOO hin. at lagunitae at any time when he has a day "off. and that ' he ^U alwaye find an en^ty bed or eot mitmg for a tail boy . Should haye written you yesterday but was at San Quentin'' working with some unfortunate Indians. T '' It wao loYely of yon to have us as A part of your famiir'' Christms party and we fully appreciate what it seant to add 3 mor, to your already large fa^l, ^oup. j, ^, , ^^, ,,,^, ,^ „^ ' in our quiet life at Larunitan anH ^in-^ . i. ^ Laguraiias and filled our heads with pie«.8ant meBories that will last for nany a day. With much love to you all As ever yoiirs, Dr ?. Barelaw <5tephens ^^ AiaraedH, CSalifomia. •p-fc *. ^' ^ t*> ^ , '•*'=^ •*-^ >4^ -* /%. •»*.-*► Or ee Dec. Z^, I9?r> JiSir Dr and 5«rB Stephana: ^* It ie a grsat disappoint-ment to uf +.hat you are not cowing i««>rroK-thoi>eh we have to adtdt that the weather looka uncertain, S«'Var. It has not. mined sine* we went to Alameda, and th<* roH4» ar« dry a:id reasonably good except in a few spots. ^^ On our way hqpw the day we left ynu we stopt at Woodacre aSdf had the C-ood luck to find Blar;«iat ho«ie-the mn »6rs Stephens •0 kindly wrote ne about. We hired nim to help with the wood ^nd he carae yesterday and is h^re again today. Jfy side and hack ar& nuch better, in spite* of the fa-ct that 1 have diopt a lot of trses. *rdi insert and h^9» Meldw ar5 here for tho day, ro*r.rr.- ir« to mil falley thif evenin/'. *ttt*rs a-paar to t« settled. It certai.nlv ia too had that hoth .^liZAbeths havn> uoids. Please tell your iSlizabrVn that «h» can euro herV jn a single nifvht by lettinp; the noon shine on I^-V--5r.6 fr.r hen Tn'nutes. and t^mi wrap- ping his warn hide aroind her neck and keepirig it t«nere till morn- ing--oure oire, nw^r known to frt.il. Our Elizabeth did too nach yesterday and is rather used up today. And unfortunately we have no cat to cure her with. Wa still hope that the Stephens family will pay us a ^ialt before we pull stakes for the fast. le fear you exaggerate th» terrors of a trip to lagunitas at this season* Tne roads are pretty fair--in fact fairly good--nearly all the way, with only a fd« soft spots, and the tine rsciuirad from Bay Street is only 2i hwirB. Twr days after f^y rain stops, the roads are fair. ■■•—'•- ^^^ ♦V^n if^- * - -. ■ 60 1 Please «.y to Bruee that the Merriams willU delighted to ..e hxn. at la^tas at a^y ti»e when he ha. a day -off, ^ thaT h- wall always find an en^ty b«i or cot waiti,^ for a tall boy . Should hare written you yeaterday but was at San Quentir" ' working with some unfortunate Indiana. T "^ It was loTely of you to have us as « part of your f ami 1*"^ ^strns party and we fully appreciate what it iwant to add 3 more to your al^y U^^ faadly ^roup. u ^. . ^, tre^t to u.^' in our quiet life at la^ta. a«i filled our heads wit^ pi.^«a„t ' mew>ries that will last for mtir a day. nth mich loTd to you all. Dr W. Berelay Stephens Alameda, CSalifornia. Ae e?ar yours. iAA-j ni »<*V)". T *T^" *...-X.^*A--X l^ gu)oine balance in f?*!! on pujn- chase of ray Chevrolet Big-6 car(l913 model), for whi^ I aw obligadl. In conipliance wilh your request I am ar^losing herewith l)ill of sale in two forms, as I forgot to ask whether or not you wished to have the price stated. Very titoly you?^f % ^ Lagunitas. Calif. Jan. 9, 1921 This is to certify that I have sold to S. H. Powell m ^evrolet Big^ car (1913 model), and have received payment in full. Calif. State License No. for 1920, 410-614, T-wn»-r^-as, Calif. ^^^^Jan.9,i921 Saint Clair H. Powell To C. J^Bjrt Iforriam, Dr. To nvd Chevrolet BiK-6 automobile, 1913. . • License No. in 1920, 410-614. . $325.00 f I 99 67 January 28,1921 Dear Julia: On returning to Washingtcm on the 25th inst* I was glad to fii^ your letter of the 20th in sty siail. Sinoe our arriral we hare been busy cleaning nouse and getting the firea agoing in the hope ef taking the chill out oT the house. ^Elijabeth has contracted a bad cold, doubtless from inhaling too maot dust, but we trust will be in usual health before long* We had heavy rains in California for sons weeks frior to our departure, as a result of whi6h spring set n prematurely and the fields and mountain slopes are beautifully green with fresh n*ass • Spring flowers also are coming out daily, if is not pleasant to lesTS our beautiful icreats oi perpetual green and come back to a country where the trees^are all naked in winter. Vernon seems to be improring a little » according to last accounts from Florence. Elizabeth will write you when she has the house settled. ■ * , I have just been to the safe deposit Tault and h6?e clipped your coupon which is enclcsid herewith. Sorry I was not sole to got it to you earlier. With love from us all, as erer. Yours, ^t Mrs. C. L. Merria* 1006 Washington Street Water town. Hew Tork January 28,1921 Capt. Lyon de Canm Thendara, New Tork Dear Lyon: Tour letter of the 23rd inst. reached me on our return from Califoxnia a few days ago. 0 Tes, I should be mighty glad to have somi? of the photographs you mention of the Indians who attended your celebration last Jane« Just now we are actively engaged in shoreling the suMier^s dirt out of our house and trying to get the chill off. In a few days we shall be in nonnal condi«- tion I trust, and all of us will be mighty glad to see you whenerer you can oome. Hoping to see you soon, as ever. Tours , I L^A^K.^^^kfiL^^j^^syK^'^^ ^r^^-'^s;^^ .> ^ ^- "^— «^ tv- 69 70 Pebruaiy 4,1921 Capt« Lyon de Caap Thendara Mew Tork Dear Lyon: Many thanks for your letter of the let inst.end aceonpanying eet of photographs of Indians forwarded to me hy your lawyer in lew Tork in exchange for the legal dociments which your sten- c^rapher put into my enrelope and idiich I imiediately forwarded to said attorney in lew York* The pictures certainly are surprisingly good and show many interesting peculiarities of ceremonial dress as well as interesting poses and associationm^ SeTeral of the headdresses bear a striking resemblance to those of the Blackfeet and ottier tribes of the Northern Plains regions. The women and girls ere a fine-looking lot. I appreciate the photographs and also the trouble you hare taken in labeling theoi so carefully -« the labels adding imrrensely to their. permanent ralue. .1 De Camp ^«- 2 i 3a Si a sh ft Do not put off coming down here too long or 4»c«e thing may happen that will prerent your coming* Besidei^we are hoping to return to California in the early spring* trusting that we shall see you here in the near future, and with best wishes. As erer, T€urs, _^ ( ^ ii :,i 77 s C«nii«-Goudi6 Kfg. Co. Kanaas City. iHissonri. i>irm: Peb. 5, 1920 Tour l«tt«r of Janoary 26, enclosing check for $1.87 and addresaed to m at lagunitaa, California » haa today reached me here. As I hare prefiously written you, and as your records should ahow, the coat I returned on Septeaber 9 was the one I paid you $4.00 for— not 1*87. lou still owe me therefore a balance of vZ«13« which I shall be obliged if you will remit at your early conTenienoe. I; / 72 I C«niit.^iidi« Mfg. Co. „, Kanaas Citj. iliBsouri. Sin; Peb. 5. 1920 Tour lettor of Janoary 26, enolosing cheok for $1.07 and addroMod to m at lagimitas, California, has today cached me hero. Aa I hare preriouslj written you, and as your reoords shoiiLd •how. tho ooat I retursiod on Soptaaiber 9 «aa tho on» I paid yon $4.00 for—not 1,87. Ion still owe as therefore a balance of $2.13, irtiioh I sball be obliged if yon will remit at your early oonTonienoe. « * » i \ I 1 73 Ja I ft. Feb. 5, 1931 B^.ard cf kaneg^rs Oosmos Club» Wsshincton. Dear '' birs: Is there any such thing a? a **Retired class** in the Cosmos Club, CiT any prorision for antiquated members who nerer use the Club but T?ho would prefer not to resign altogether? i hare paid "Ac tire* • Members dues for 34 years altho for tt^ pest 25 years I have not used the Club except to attend a few Cohj- Diittee meetings and evening meetings of Affiliated Societies, and do not expect to use the Club again during the remainder of my life* And still » because of old associations, I dislike to resign. For the past ten years I have had a home in California (st a place caiied Lagunitas) but x-t^turn tC MSSLliugton for the winter* Both last year and this year I did not oc^ne to Washington until January — arriving this year on Janu-iry 25. And I expect to returns to California in April. But 1 would not care to promi^ie to speod lass than three months in ?«ai^hingtcc in fatur<^* Herewith I ain enclosing Active i'er»iberp dueB for the first quarter of liJ21. Ve^ry truly yoirs. C •» « 74 oi r Feb. 5. 1921 Board of Managers Coanos Olub^ Waahicgton. pear Sirs: la there any auoh thing as a '^Retired olass*' in the Cosmos Clab» or any prorision for antiquated Members who never use the Club but who would, prefer not to resign altogether? I hare paid^AotlTe^ aeabars dues for 34 years altho for the past 25 years I hare not used the Club except to attend a few Cos* aittee meetings and evening meetings of Affiliated Societies^ and do not expect to use the Club again during the remainder of my life» And still* because of old associations, I dislike to resign* For the past ten years I have had a home in California (st a place called Lagunitas) but t^eturn tc nMuiogion for the winter* Both last year and this year I did not come to Washington until January — arriving this year on January 25* And I expect to return to California in April* But I would not care to promise to spend lass than three months in Washington in future* Herewith I am enclosing Active Members dues for the first quarter of 1921* Very truly yours. ST \ '•^« 5, 1921 «r C. M. Kraham Saar Sir: Thanto for yoar'i of th« 3d lii,t«,t. It i. POMIM. that I .tall «.t . ^ oor In th. «.r f. t«r.. Hot. ,0. an .g„t m thl. oit,7 If not. rt. .M *.r. 18 yonr nearest agent? Shc88 ignition do you use? How mnoh extra do you oharge for adding a Bosch ^eto to tile equipaant? What is the weight of the 5-P«isenger Touring car? Very truly yours » "» % 1i i4 i 1 ji 76 i^gimitas, Calif. Daar Mr Bonaiti: "an, thanks for your l.tt.r of th. last of J«,«a„ t.UW ".that th. coat K» aotnalij dallronrf to th p .. ^ Bm. f.n-H ♦ o'liwrad to tha Oamto-Goadi. Oo. n»j failod to anawor ^ i.tt.ra of inqai,,. 1 « ol,llg«, ,1.0 for ,.„ u^.„ i„ gj,,^ ^ ^^^ ^^_ ll."^i. "^ 31. «.. ^, „^, „„ ,. ,. .^^ ^^^ ^ -.Tthing .11 rtght. .0 .n« har. n... for *,.h » .r. thank- ▼•»y truly yours, tL V - -V . 77 I Februarj' 23,1921 Mr. D. L. Hazard |f°^?tary Cosmos Club Washirgton, D. C. Dear Sir: ^*^" foi- your letter of the .7tn anst. infonrir^ me that the Board of Manage- ment has transferred my name frc the Resident to the Non-resident List. Plea.e convey to the Board «y appreciation of their action in the matter. Very truly yours. 8V \ 1919 Sixteenth St, Washington. D. C. Fehruiry 24, 1921 Dear Dr. Stephens: Very many thanks for your cordial and sympathetic letter of the 17th inst. which arrired a few minutes ego. I am getting on splendidly as you will see from the fact that this morning I fipt^M ^o ®a* "? breakf as t, and am going to sit up again in a little while. I have had no temperature and no drawback of any kind, end everything has gone on nicely at the house except that Elizabeth has taken cold. You surely made a safe guess as to my desire to get hold of the wheel of a car. particularly the American Six. We three are greatly delighted to know that you may be here April 18-22 during the session ef the International Ophthalmo logical Congress. This will be an excellent timd to be here and we all hope that Mrs. Stephens jnll be able to come with you. You will of course stay with as. You got ahead of me on your income tax return. My own is still staring me in the face, but I hope to tackle it tomorrow. We hope that little Stuart is fully recorered, and that you ere all well and happy. With love to you all from Slizabeth, Senaida and myself. As ever yours. !r /'• February 24, 1S21 194 Boylston Street Boston , 17, Mass. sa, that iT"'' " ^°" 1»"" °^ '- '"> i-t. »„u f eU work .. Oalif„„,ia. ,„, .t p„«„, ,„, „„ „,,„. .crxpt reed, for publication. , ,.„ on hand a „r, n.ta,a tribes of C.lifo^i.. b„t the only nearly complete .anuaor.pt of popular interest i, t.at o„ t.e lndi.3 of losemite* \ h5T8 also been urged to put in book fom for boys a 3er.es of stories of field experience, under so«e such txtle as 'Adventures of « Field Naturalist in North Amencs', but as yet have not had ti.ne to put the. in shapie , 1^ery truly yours. O.... 79 / 08 81 i February 25. 1921 Dear Florence and VB: In one of year late letters to Z you told her to make note of Stephen Hart^Farmington, Conn*, but said nothing as to whj she should make this note and what should be done with it. Probably all of your letters have been received. The one addressed to the hospital was forwarded. And they have proved most interesting. No, I have not been treated to date with any salt solution. 1 had no ether, only a local anaesthetic. I am now well, but will not be allowed to go down stairs until Monday, which is three days from now. Dr. Daa dis- charged me last night. We had an inch or so of sno-v Saturday night and Sunday, but it did not last, sc there has been no interruption to automobile navigation so far. Glad to have the additional information about our Twin Oaks cousins, but there are still several things that I do not understand. Is the Post Office Twin Oaks or San Marcos? Roes Helen take the name Merriam or Green? What is Virginia's fall name? I never did know her la«t name. Neither did I know that she had a boy* How old is ha? Does Virginia live in the school house building where she lived fnany years ago under the Twin Oaks, or in that i (2) pretty cottage which the parents of some of her students built for her? In other words .is there a vacant cottage which mxght be rented? If so. is it furnished, half furnished, or not furnished at all? We all. are greatly interested in the lovely little booklet Vernon sent us showing the various nooks and comers of your tent home. It was mighty kind and thoughtful of him to take the trouble to make it. _ It must be great fun to watch the birds at your feeding table, especially such interesting ones as Phainopepla, and such exceedingly rare ones as the Gila Vvoodpecker and Pyr^ rhulozia. And I would give a lot of old boots to see the nocturnal perfomance of your monagerie. I do not yet understand about those disks. Are they tin or wood? And when a critter runs on them doss h9 stay in the same place or whirl around with the disk? Vernon's illustrations were most graphic and entertaining. But I never dreamed that any relations of mine would be such tenderfeet as to sleep on an air mattress! Surely you are getting old and infirm. And you say you can blow the thing up witn your mouthl Lord, wh' t gas-bags you must have become. I can remember en old inflatEble chair-seat whlsh Father brought home some fifty years ngOy which nearly gave the entire family apoplexy in trying to blow up. And yet you folks have enough spare wind to blow up a whole mettreasj If I ever get old enough and undignified enough to require such a luxury, I will certainly iw*.company it by the mo,?t modem high-power ttr^ S8 83 (3) ramp to loe fovixA* Lyon de Camp arriTed hew yesterday for a little risit. He looks well physically hut is -^ntally tired fro. the strain of his big business operations in the Adirondacks. His wife and children are spending the winter in Hollywood near I*s Angeles - the children in school. At the present Moment I^on is splitting fireplace wood down cellar. Dr. Stephens is coming here about the middle of April to attend an Ophthalw)logical ConTintion. so we are likely to remain until the first of May. The Northumberland is selling its apartments, not rent- ing any more. Our lease expires the last of September, at which time we are obliged to racate. And since it is out of the question for me to return and more at that time of year, we shall have to mote tefora we go to California, which HQMB April. But where we can find rooms is a most serious question. I hare inquired at the Ontario and find that they hate a waiting list of 400. It now locks as if nothing is to be had in the City, and we may hare to pack etetything into our own house before we leare. Fortunately the garflge is capacious and has a good solid concrete floor, so we can safely leare the safes and heary steel files there. With lote to you both. VI March 2. 1921 Mr^ Gilbert Gros^enor PrMident Rational Geograpbie Societj d^ar Mr. Groa^eMr: I bare not reoeiTod a ^111 for 1321 duen as a nember of tba Rational Geographic Society, Imt aav by the adTertiaonent in the February noaiber of the ssagazine that the dues hare been increased to $3*50 • Mre* Florence Johnson ^ 1700 J52aventh Street has asked me to send her dues also^ as she 29 anxious to continue receiTii^ the nagasine* I em therefore enclosing mj check for |7*00 to cover both« Very truly yours. / / / 84 « j , i a t ..4 olo..d la ,, chock for t9.«, for .hi .. , ■• til. follortng: * *^"'» "°4 2MS83. 1500 .pociu f^r T.,.i. . mioo. 3«at.^ ..... ^,,,_ ^^;_7;^ 1.15 »"W.«t«a. D.O. .„4 cMjg,_ ' ""•• ^'" 1"' St«,t. 0 58 80 March U, 1921 1^50 Bay Street, Alameda, California. fcr.. Dear Dr. Stephens: t j^ Pardon my delay in replying to your most welcome letter of >-=>^ the 3d instant. Since getting out I hare been at the office nearly ^^ •rery day, and have been to the Museum twice. As you .ay imagine. ^" I am overwhelmed with accumulated work. Just now I am trying to ' straighten out the bear skulls that came in during my long absence, and to see that the hunters are properly paid for them. As soon as 0^ this job is out of the way, I shall tackle my last reason's Califor:-^ ri au Ilia notes. l??s^ Elizabeth has been doubly delayed in her long-prom I seu^ risit -■ - to Dorothy-first by my condition, and later by a severe grippe cold^-^^ wnioh she had the misfortune to acquire. She is now nearly well "-^<^« and hopes to go to Cambridge tomorrow. mil She and Zenaida and myself are more than delighted to know '««^' that Mrs. Stephens is really to come with you for a little risit in ^^^ April. Spring is beginning to break upon us here. Our phenomenally «xld winter has continued to the present time, and now the forsythia. are m flower and some of the purple crocuses have stuck their pretty heads up through the sod. I envy the tramp you and Bruce had on Pebruaxy 22. but fear it will be a long time before I am again able to walk eight mik p.. I f I -2- < i : Yes, we have seen John C. M. a number of times this winter. and he came to see me while I was laid up, both at the hospital and at the house. Th-n he came down with a very severe influenza, ; accompanied by a temperature of 103* or more, and was laid up in bed foj^some time. He has just left for a short trip to California, ^ ani expects to return via Tucson, Arizona, whence he will run out to the Baileys' eamp in the foot-hills of the Santa Rita Mountains. Thanks for th? automobile baby clippings—pretty good' , In returning home from California we nearly always come Dnion_PtoiXic^ni^hicajo_&^Northweste^^^ Chicago, and thence to Washington either by the Pennsylvania or the Bait io?r:e_&_ Ohio. As a rule we take the B. & 0.. as it makes the best connection with the Overland Limited No. 2 at Chicago, allowing, as I remember it. about an hour and three quarters between trains. The Overland Limited is due to arrive in Chicago at 9:00 a.m.. while the B. & 0. leaves Chicago for Washington at 10:45 a.m.. arriving here at 9:00 the following morning. With love from us all to you all, as ever. lours . ^ ji / I I» 87 f (< sect 0 r ■arch 30, 1921 "7 the the Dr. Thomas Leslie Macdcnali, 1501 Massachusetts Avenue » Washington. D. C. Dear Dr. Macdonald: Very many thanks for your kindness in giving me ^jilustacl^ius'. It is the Roman edition of 1728 and dif/e.^s materially from the original edition of 1 ''''W which T already had. It is set up throughout new and i^Lferent type and possesses a beautifully engrave ■'i frontispiece, lacking i^ the fifst edition. And the f/"« P^ge is .p^^^ different and is in two colors. whertv« the origin.^-! ^^ ^^'^'-^ ^ fclack. The b\natoraical illustrations appear to be the same. It evidentl/ *s a very rare i^ook end I thank you most heerti.ly ^or t?dding it to ray anatcffical library. With best wisKeV» 7^ry tru'ly yours. •SP \ I 88 ♦ •) i' 'I * ♦I 1- March 31, 1921 *• a. Cochrane, Assessor, San Rafael, California. Dear Sir: The enclosed assessment list was received from jou this morning, , . As in previous years I am unable to fill out the blank fcr reel estate ani improvements and shall be greatly obliged if jou will again have the description copied from «J original statement on file in your office. The only changes from previous years are the pur- chase of a Chevrolet automobile for $1400 in July lest and the erection of a smII lean-to behind my house at a cost for carpenter and lumber of about $140, My old automobile, entered in previous lists, wee sold last year. Otherwise ' the list stands as formerly* •Very truly yours. ^7 ^' .~^. JK^ jC- ['>*->i AA^V XT >r s: \ I AprU 1. ISBl 89 J- I ll(f dear Florence: i rerj fanny thing has happened. Last ni^t oar postMn brought iie a fxsight^arj^roljttotice addressed to jou, aanonncing the receipt of two boxes of pine cones from Faoifie Grore, California. This morning I tackled the freight office, with the result that two gnnnj:_sa^ (not boxes) of cones are now reposing in mj garage, where they await yonr pleasure. At first I thought it a put-up job. but it may turn out aU right. It is better than a sack of rattlesnakes. anyhow. We hare had a li^t rain, followed by a glorious cold waTs, BO now we feel like liying again. Zenaida has been attending the conferences and dinner of the Association of College Alumnae, with the result that I hare seen little of her this Week. The thing will wind up tonight or tomorrow, after irtiich we trust affairs will resume their nonoal course. Marion's purple magnolia a few days ago was a thing of glory, but since the cold wsto landed it looks like a frostbitten potato patch. As sTer. Irs. florenoe Herri am Bailey, Continental, ria Tucson, Arisoaa. 90 ' Ir at w ? April 2, 192^ iWIllarf i 3ebii«d«n, 230 Calif onia StrMt» San Praacisoo, Calilbnia. * - - " *♦ Onr Sim: On reading orar ay lagnnicas insaraBca policy this ■orniiig I aa bonified to find that the policy is Toid if the hoose ie yaeant for nore thaB^tu4Byd I find so waiver to this elaaaa. ■sIissIbIs^ wortaieaa to m; as the hoose Is rmeeuA .aat only half of the year but also for aore than ten days at « tiae at frequent intervals daring the aoaier shen I aa engaged in I ahftll b# gTMUj obli^ad if jou will kindly htT8 the neeeMary olaoea sent m so that I may attaoh it to tha polioj; otharviaa tfaa policy had better be cancelled Very truly yours. i I / 91 fit i^S PI J^S'^'il^^-A President iron Clad Roofing 60. .Waghington. April ^,lS2i A^ear Sir: I hekeby accept your bid of $97 for slag-roofing my garage and doang the other work specified in your letter of the 8th instant. I also accept your bid of 415 for putting heavy Gelv. iron mesh araund the skylight frame, it being understood that both j.bs will be completed in the next few days. Resp« Premises, 1919 16th Street • 4 \ se \ r 93 April 12. 1921 Hailliard db Schmieden » 203 California Street, San Francisco, California* Dear Sirs: Very many thanks for your letter of the 6th instant enclosing an ^indorsement Slip^^tc be attached to my Atlas Policy No. 2902269, granting permission for said dwelling to remain vacant without notice, it "being understood that said building shall be under the care of some ctm^etent person* The house was left in charge of Mr. Pompeo Marti nclli, as is always the <5ase when we are away for any length of time* Thanking you for your attention in the matter. Very truly yours. li h aB m f ) I V ,* { It t t R t I ^ X T' »• Wi f( bb be as ^n al April 12, 1921 Dear Helen: lour letter of the 8th instant came yesterday. You are mistaken in thinking that I e7er wrote a monograph on Mount Rainier. I did a lot of work there some years ago, but have never published the results excepting, perhaps, a few small technical papers describing new species. I have, however, perpetrated a brief essay on the attempt to change its name, a copy of which I am sending you herewith. I doubt if I have anything ifeich I would be willing to let your friend Botsford have for his anthology. When a man works hard for a long time to acoomplish a definite task h» usually prefers to keep the results of it himself rather than give them away. I infer from your letter that you are well or you m would not be meeting so many friends. I sometimes hear eulogies of your lovely children from your dear father. I have practically recovered, althou^ I Aall have to avoid strains for some little time to come. Kith love from us all. Your affectionate uncle. \Vits:::?;;;~ Mrs. Peter Golden, 1245 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City. / / 94 \/N5«~ if i ,1 -i. " *" ■'^orjUixy hot and mi^y. te have just come from the Whit- w« «» 3t.ph«. .„t their kl„a..t „6.rt. t. v«. h.,.. Hastily, fc: J«rnon Bailey Continental '^ Arisana / / / 97 4i r. p I 1 May 9. 1921. iMhin^on, D. C. !)•«• Sir: BtplyiBg to your lot tar of tho 3rd instant about T^iMiAing the baswwt^ath roo> in mj houao. would atate tl«t th0 fiM«aMaa Ironi^Bionng Conpeny paopla bar. not yat MapUtad thair job of waterproofing the leaks in the hack part of the gar«ge and neighhorhood of the kitchen door, al- thom^ th«7 agreed to do thia acre than a Honth ago» !■ « raauXt of reoa&t raiM. the remr mlla of the hath veaa an not likely to dry out in tiae for refiniahing before ay departure for California. I regret thia but fear the job aiU Tiara to be deferred until ^y return in the fell* 7#r J truly yourn . . ') se May 12, 1921^ Seer Florence and TB: You eridently slipped a cog in nailing some of your letters as aereral of different datea arrived in the same mail. We were worried at not hearing fnm you for ao long and I don*t see why you didn't write Me at once iriben YB'a trouble began« I am sending you by this mail a bottle of Ipecac tab-» let triturates 1 I ibich, by the way, I had quite a hunt for in this benighted town. If he has a recurrence of diarrhoea, he should take one of these eyery hour for the first fire or six hours, and then erery two hours while awake until well. There is no danger of any kind connected with them unless by long continued use they should produce a little nausea. If * so, omit for awhile; but this is not apt to happen. I am forwarding to Dorothy your letter from Mrs. Gilbert. She will return it to you or send it to Coll. Your letter didn't get here in time to enable us to write you at Tucson, so we are writing to Albuquerque. The display act of the White ffingad DoTf is new to me. I should to see it. Just now we are thinking of you as having a glorioua trip on the way to Albuquerque and wish we could be with you« Vernon was badly missed at the MaHaal meeting, but Goldman I ^ ^9 Both dolttatlon. . "tlwr raooM, „ o.m1. i"l fact. „„ dl.tor^.d ao. ,• "'*"- P«ti«h. ..eta «» at Hol: T"' '"" '""-'"' "^ ...« V """Mr, th. reault na to diasnat "•"' ■"'-^ " *"• Boort .0 that at th, final „t. f % ballot. „„ oot ^i„, ''-1 "«. f«"rt.,„ ».*.« Of th. Boart. I^tJhoT: """"■•• J"' f°"*,.„ b.lM.0. of m, lif.tl,. at i.„,, "" '" «» ^ It th, fc^l ...„,, , ,.„j,^_ ^^^^_^^^^ and „ pat i„ »«l.on a. Pr.,id.nt. MUabath got up th. l„„»h , .. Ia,t day. 8 t up :a, innoh at tha Zoo th. .- tharanth. 1 h„, ^..t a lot of ti« ao that « oann., ,.. ../ rtan .. .hall p^i o.t t„ Clitcmi,. Th. „tt.r of th. omo. i. .tin in t,. .,, ,,„^ J ^..^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ _^^^^^ ^.^. ~ '"•••' '° '•• "»» '• "cordad Buffal!;^ hUad b., *h. »alk.r «xp.dltio« north of th. «.t part of Oraat -.It W, in .«rl, iuguat 1834. Thi. .„at h.T. haan a lap orar of th* Becir RiT«r h.rd. With lore to j'ou both. As ever. ^ a »•,, \ ( \ 00 r May 12, 1921 Collector of Taxes, Washington, Do Go Dear Sir: I shall he ohliged if you will kindly send me tax hill for My property on east side of Sixteenth Street, cor- ner of Caroline, emhracing lots 50. 49. and the north 10^^ iMro 19Q> I shall he ohliged also if you will send me tax hill for property of my sister, Mrs. Florence Merriam Bailey, fer lots 46. 47, aad aottth 7i fwt of 49, jqaart 190 (ad- joining my own lots on the south) i also for Mrs* Florence Merriam Bailey *s house and lot, ifl^^Kflloriwiq ]^Hr Respectfully, \ i 1 i i 1 tor May 16. 1S21. Sear Blore&c«t U0t knoviQg lather you had of bad not arrengad about the pajMiif of yotir taxaa, t vest to tha District Building this Mning and aaourad tha anclosad billa for /our tao Iota south of mj houaa on Sixtoanth Straat. Iha lot adioining Mrs. Bakar's houaa is tazad 161.43. th« adjoining one on tha north $57.33, in all $118.76. Can you aand your chaok for thia eaount. or do you want .a ta pay It? It mat ba paid before tha end of tha present aonth, I inquired alao for tha tax bill for your haaaa end lot on KalorsM Bead and found that it had been paid on May 4 - by ahoii^ I do not know. Hoping you had a gaod trip north and that all is at 11 with you both. As eTor, VU 11 I \ *"• J«raon Bailey, . Slk Eirer» ^igi. •t, i I sor May 21, 1921 Dear Collins: Thanks for yours of the 19th just received. My memory of the contents of my old Museum is too hazy to admit of forming any definite judgment. So I shall say that if there are things there which I would like to save, I will never know anything about it unless somebody tells me. Hence if you agree to give the stuff away there will be no kick fran my end of the line* Glad to know that Fred and Lyman have something in sight that may turn out worth ^ile# You had better take that case of drawers, for when they have become thoroughly dry you will find them mighty useful. My recollection is that if you pull off the trim around the edges you will have no difficulty in prying out the case. I will stir Nelson up about the Beaver and see what he « has to say. We have lost e number of able men the past week — Chief Justice White, Justice Gould (formerly our near neighbor), Franklin K. lane, and Dr. S, B. Hosa, Chief Physicist of the Bureau of Standards. Last evening 21iz;abeth and Zenaida attended the rece^ption to Madam Curie, the discoverer of Radium, while I went te bed and had a £ood slaep. 'f i I 103 Congratulations on your electric lighting of the Collins Fam. As soon as practicable after reaching Lagunitas. I ex- pect to install the MaiL.Sjai^ which will give us electric lighting and also power. We expected to go to lagunitas long ago.but various mat- tars have delayed us. and just m,w the outlook is most discour- «8xng. The N^hnml^ftrlflni owners decline to renew leases and are selling the apartments. Thus far Zenaida and I have searched in vain for a place to move into, all respectable apartments in the City being full to overflowing, besides, the good ones are charging terrible rents. With love to you all. Mr. C. Collins Merriaa^ Lyons Palls, New Xork. ^01 105 J May 23, lt";?l. Dear Mrs. Harrinan: l?er since you were here we have kept an eye open for apartments in the hope of finding something into which our material could be moved; and during the past week I have person lly searched the town without success. There are plenty of desirable apartments at exhorbitant rates, but nothing within our means* Next week I expect to move our six safes, thirty vertical file cases, twelve bookcases, three large map cases, three de^ks and several tables, with other office furniture, into my garage and house in the hope that by filing an order now I may toe able to secure an apartment on returning from California in the late fall. We hope to leave hercr the first week in June, and as soon as settled at Lagunites to set out at once on field work, in northern California. During the past two years I have 'toad un- hoped for success in locating remnants of Indian tribe's sup- posed to be extinct, and I still have reports of the oxist^ance of one or two survivors of other supposedly extinct triber^ which it is important to reach at the oarliest possible ir.oment. I am most anxious to complete field work emong these north- . \ •m Califo^ia Indians aa esrij as possible and at the sa.e ti« to e<*.plete field work on the distriW;ion of California animals and plants in order to get ^ore time for final work on the Bears and other groups of aamaals. last year we secured 126 «.ore skulls •f Bears . and a few others have recently arrired from remote lo- calities in British Columbia and Alaska. Just now I am trying to complete two short articles on the group. If you come to California during the summer. I hope you •in let us know. With best wishes, Very truly yours, Mr». J. H. Harriman, 1 fcs t 69th si, , Mew York Cl^. . rf / sor 3vm 2, 1921. Sear Florence and Vernon: Af tef « series of disappoictBeats nA direful tril>ulationi, we haye timllj left tbe AortbisB- iMrlaiid and noted into our houae and ||^rage« Wj 4eak and Miea Clemence'a ute in the parlor; 2enaiia^8 «id llrs^ Clark'a in tbe dinii^role«, pn^hleta,. and all kinda of odda and enda diatribnted on the nt^e of the etein^ and in Q^ Vb rocMi in the tfaixd etory* We aearobed the rariona apartaseDlni for a eofq^le of veefca without auooeaa^ not finding anything auiteblt for leaa than $115« or more per nontii* So now» aa aoon aa we can get T%si^^ we ahall peok up and pull out for Legunitaa* Glad you aaw Oieater and found him JlM wnch good conditiout Haatily ygnrf^ •■} K I tor j) Jtme 10, 1921. Dear Julia: Bnclosed is your June coupon. Becently we hare had a sad experience; The Northumber- land refused to renew leases, and is selling its apartments outright to those who have money enough and are foolish enough to buy them. This meant that we had to get out before the expiration of our lease. Zenaida and I spent a great deal of time in hunting for a suitable apartment elsewhere, but failed to find any at e rental of $100. per month or less, the^good ones asking $120. or more. So we had to move into the^house. The garage is chuck full of steel safes and file casei, while twelve series of sectional bookcases are now standing in the dining room and parlor. There are also in the dining room two desks, end in the parlor two more. The remainder of the office furniture . pictures, baskets, and all sorts of odds and ends are stowed away in rarious parts of the house from basement to third story. This has been a most trying ordeal; but it is accomplished, and we hope to secure an office on our return in the late fall. We are now beginning to pack for Lagunitas. and hope to get off in a few days. With lore and best wishes. As erer. Mrs. C. L. Merriam, >Vn>^ 1008 Washington St..W«tertown, N.Y. ♦ ' {. i I H 80 r ' July 14, 1921 Dear Floranca: We retu ned from oxir northern trip nisht before last and found your letter of the 8th inst. which ^e were very glad to have. It is a joy to know that you have located in such a convardent and ngr aeahle place ^hare you have a good roof over your heads and can get soraething to eat without the bother of tooking it, if you feel 30 inclined, and w5.th farri products nearby, Ve liad ainostgloriouR arid most successful trip of something over SOftrailes, going up Sacramento Valley to Red Bluff M'd thence vresterly to the Ooast near the mouth of Eel River. Since VB and I went over much of the same route on horseback many years ago, he will be interested in certain details^ as follow: We cliJTibed Beegum Grade and continued westerly throiigh spliBudid Ponderosa and Dov^las Spruce forest to Peanut; thence turned north to Hav Fork Valley; then north over high njigged ard very irregular mountains and dovrnJ^rirdty ^■^er at Douglas; thence north to Weaverville; then V'est ov'e>* La f^rnn^^.e Moujitain to Junction; then dov/n Trinity River by the new road as far as it is built (abcjt 2? or 2'6 riltijs). Here we tur^'ad about and came back to Weaver- \n lie »ni^ the^^frA poiith ^v«5r ea/^ route to Hay Fork (where t rtt J: i i t 709 ri. i: -inas up „„ ,, <«> « VB .^ i ^^^ „^ ^^_.^^^ f-o.t. Of J'„-Z 7'"' ""°*'> *^' eran. R.<,.ood raain Eel and South Pork J?<.i * b w OTsr B«d,. '"= "f *, fir,,t trip, •^'l-VJ '.old this ™.oh for tt„ b,„,fit „, ^ y™ a great aoorrt for tho bo^.j^ „, ' "" "^^ f.^j -^g west frora Red Blttff »« vu m. - » few ndlaa oiat and continue. ^^ * SSL^ttoj^^ia. o-iAi continued ainoiV' them -^r 4>.^ the Souti: .or. Cottonwood ana fo^T-.^ ' ^ t '""^'^ °' found in the sa.e place Har. . . ''^ ' "'' '''' rh^ta .* 5§rpor::hnch«8 and Yallow-braated Lhats - pretty fine, eh^ Whil« in +1, ^ - wniie in the tnoiintai n« h«p>.,i rooins and thrushes sine nearly sing nearly every mormryg at 4:20. •^" Cleaence ia hare today to help out with ao«« . . With love to you both, °' ''*'^"''- As ever, orr ! 711 h July 14, 1921 AssesBor Vashington, D. C. Dear Bir: Will you kindly send mo the necessary blank for recordir^ ny Personal and Intax^ble Taxes? Please a dress me at lagunitcvS, Ikrin Oounty, Calif. Very truly yours, ^ i n * D»«r a-« )ferri«on: "'"'^ ^' ^'^1 *""••*""«» r.t,u,«i t„ Calif „ ■ '•« to „iu to ton ,ou whaf °.,T ■"" '°'" "*«'»'- «»eo. But „ ,et „„, „„ ^ " 01". »«., „. i„ "turn w, i^,,,,^ , ^^^ JitZl *"'* "" '^"^ - t^in, and OIi„ ^.^ pro,id«,?f '^^l" "" '"*'°"'' ™'* "" "* '^o «"»Hth ana ^0^^ ,„, ^^^^-"^ -^th « Pao^d car to ta.. "l".'. D«a;^b^,„,j '*»" " a" gath,r»d at -^--on. Of t.oe, doI.o,„„; top-notlt Lr^r"^"^ '" luck If h, .trik,. „,„, j^ '^^"" *•* a ua„ j, "1*** bo no r«»,,„„ ,„ c^owdrtr ."^ '•'•"• ■" *■'"* *"- -- - -<^i«™»I U:«^,3a to :" tl" '" ^ "^^ ^'^'"' •tation In th, big carl it /^ "' "^ "<"- Brtpa to th, ""^ happy hr«Jc in th. jo^rnl"'^'"^' "" ' *""~'' *''^* "^ » Bo* ar. y„„. ^ ,^,^^ ^ »' rtrt. yon could co« „„t h.™ to ■ """^ ""=''""'' tiful conntry. Hicht. ,,h, ,,„ '"''^ """ ""^ -^y and b«„,. o^ivo T.no temperature fRiio ♦ ^r. daytip^a it rarely riees aho,a 72. ^ *^'' '^^^ ^^^'^ »i^'^ love frop, us all, *« .^^^ "ever yoyrs. "- *^'*«. i fcf I to. 112 S I 1 'I August 4, 1921 CheBapeake & Potoiaac Telephone Co. Dear Sire: On returning to Lagunitas from field work I find encloeed bills amoimtirig to $14.81 for unused telephone in T%r house at Wash- irgton (1919 16th Street), for which axnount irr/ check is herewith. }fy house was closed on June 15, as j'-our office was noti- fied at the time, and you had turned off the phone before we left. The house will remain closed until November. Is it not your practice to deduct for suraner absences? Very truly yours. » srr kimmt 27, 1921 Ifear Florence ar.d Vernon: On i eturmrjg to Let^uni tad night b^for xioif akuii. I iiavo just written him, and have also w itten for the book on Olympi*- MararBls which he tells about. I You seen ^o have furnifilied loads of entertainnent to a fani.ly of y-un^s heavers, but there is an ob-* i .-15? r^f in the irf onnation tranfis^oittad me so that I ixm not cioai* as ^c just what you are taLc- in^ about. It is good th^A ytou mve gone to the F\lls ard w? 11 be able to ascertain the actual facts about the depretlati ons of the Adirondack beaver, toncerrdng ^ich the Biological 5Jui'\ey seems to be somewhat skeptical. Rollins will put you on the trf.ck of a lo^ of things and Lyon DeCamp will be able, I suspect ^ t ) fiui-rdsh a good inal additional. Our last trip ^as one of the best ^m have over made. We drove 818 mles, besides which I nade a ^rjip across the mountains north- ©ASt of Humboldt Bay to Trinity Rrer and up Trinity to Burnt Ranch Ri%^^^^^5ng to Bureka, we drove to Trinidad and beyond as 1 #1 (i^ t I K lU Mrs. Vernon Baa ley f^r ae the Lagoons, caraT--np. i^ ,; '-the. north. W,e..i^ Z t^'"! "^ "''"^ '^"'" ' ^"'• "-SO of .rtinotion .M 2 " T" *'"""'~''* "' »'^* „, or th. "• »haa .t„, „„ •■ •''' '-"e. fro. thi. trip »«' It iB . ^ood PW to ^ "°"" " '"'■''^*' ^•'^«'« ^'*' o^ ^/vt |jxcin to ne ou^ of 4u^ ^^ v'i^en the rains he,:in. - '^' "°''^^^«* ^^'^^t country With love to e«U rd pi^ „ . . all th, r«,t 0' .h. .,o: r "^"*' "" '^"" "«• i^™ --^ - vne i^ood people. As ever 1 i I a It 115 Swita Boaa, CalifT Septeraber 6, 1921 Dear r: On returning from cry laat field trip in the northern part of the State, I found yovr bill dated July 23 awaiting attention. I aeeuae that this date was an trror for iugi^t.as the bill iuui not arrived up to the date of w dapartur* on August 6 -- on which date I tried hard to find you in Santa Roaa,bi:t failed. In looking ofer the item in your bill. I fiml ecme rather lor^g charges Tvhich woula appear to bo subject to fision. For instanca, you have charged me 5 cents per foot for 200 feet of iuap cord, the retail price of which every- where appears to b* 4 cents. I^arthermore it ia cord which I told you from the first I did not want in my house and which I have since replaced in the main by the golden >>*-.~^ ^^*^ I asked you to um. Tou Imve chargad $J3 for 52 feet of silk cord. This cord I find on inquiry in half a dosen different places in San ?ran- citco is retailed at froa 6 to 8 cents per foot, ^^hich is the price I paid for that woiuh I bought to replace the laiqp cord used by yr-u. j^ir^ Rospectfuliy, ■»• ^ 9rr September 6, 1^^^^ R. A. Whall Metropolitan Air Goods Co.^ At hoi, Mass- Dear Sir: , You aeem to be a man of prom 86, but prondseB unfulfilled appear to be of dubious practi- cal V allele. On Jun© 10 vou stated that an air pui?9> had been in- eluded in ry order. Aa I wrote yo;i later, the putap wae not included, tu^d I aaked if '"^u could not send me an attachment for an ordiiiar. aist.oinoV.ile tire pi^p. In yoM- letter of July ?.0 you said that you 'have already B^^^nt the pianp connection. A^>in it haB failed to arrive. Yo^.ir air goods, ao far ae nr,^ experitmce.eoee^give excellent Bfitipfaction except for the cii cunstanca that there seons to be no Bensible and healtiuui -^ay of in- f la^.ing tht>m. Therefore I' repeat my reqxiest that you aem me an attaclunant by ^lich connection raay be made with an autonobila tire piirap, if you have any such thing. ReBpectfully^ i! t" 117 SeptoHber 6, 1921 Washington, D, C. "* Itear Sir: Her«w?t.h I ai enclosing ray premiian of $?m,dMe September 1, 1921. on nr/ life im^nrarce policy 11167964 as i>er acconranying slip. J a^i hand inc yo'.' tMs ann-nt in two checks of even date, one on the Crocker Natioiial BnrJc of San Francisco for $75; the other on the Nat i one! Ifotropoli tan BiuJc of Waahington, D. 0. for $125 — $200 in all. Very truly youra. *., h - \^}a^ Laf^imitas, Calif. Sept. 7, 1921 Dear Mrs, Allen: A clipping sent me by Dorotbjr tells the sad news of Dr. Allen's death. I had hoped to see him last winter but did not go to New York. Nevertheless I heard from him thro' several friends and was thankful to learn tliat he was in fairly good health and still at work and as en- thusiastic as ever; The vast awount of work he accomplished was duo mainly to this unquenchable enthusiasm coupled with the mental power and clearness that comes from a lifetime of •taajly application. We have been friends for more than 47 years (4fi or 49 I tMnk), and altho of late our geographic separation has prevented frequent meetir^s yet I feel that our affec- tion and respect for one another has never been lessened. YoM have been fortunate to be the close conpanion and helper of such a loan for so many years, and have reason — as have all of his friends -- to be thankful ilJri^'«?f 1 }^Zf + f^ far beyond the span most of us can hope for. pf^sicil vigSS '*' ' """^ *'° *" "^^""^^ ''^^^ ^i* haT.5v^'i??2\o-® •^**? *® are pained that his useful and nappy iifa has come to an end. With syrjrpathy and love from us all, As ever yotirs Jfrs. J. 'A. Allen ^ - r'P- ^^^^ ^tm* f* I «ti2:ai^£4^a. i 118 .\' I J lj I Dsar irch: Septsoher 7, 1921 We all were glad to haar from vou ^r^ v, hoped that ve ni^* ' " *^ -^v« la.t trip to the Bi. Wol : t' " "'"""'^ '^°« -- too bn.y to ..if 1! ^ '' '^^''** ^'^^ - >-- bee: ^ .0 write or make any pian« ahead. Since you were here our new wRt.n „• systen haw been laid and are in or«r«f ,•« . • ^^witaa Blar-^i ♦>, u . '*^» m operation. and Zenaida haa r« placed the obnoxiwie velio. arvi ^ , ^oa nae r»- br««> ♦>, ♦ ^ -•^A'>»-and- green lar,, cord? with dull Drown that doe. -ot show up nuch a^Rin^ 4i, . ^ W'T «», .hall p„,^„y !,,„ ,,, ^^j,^ ^^^^^ ' to tc that I «„ g,t.ti„g frlcht.n.d. . *0"7 I could not ««« von thi . t i«- v » v on rrt,.,™,-^ , . ' .wilt. for tho olippl,^. «th loTo to you both, u «-,r. '»••. flO Mills Bnildlnp- aan ^ancieco, Calif, ^V l 119 Sept. 10, 1921 \) W; I i Col. J. A. IJlcGuire Outdoor life Daiwer^ Colorado* Dear Colone^l ?fcfJ\iir« Ibjyy tharJcB for j^otir letter of the Ist inst, with check for $75 , fomarded from lashfr^.on. The material on ?resent Status of tlie GriaKlies in the United States is now nearly all in--froia the varioje weetom Sttttea — and I ozpact to be able to coniplete the article within a couple of monthB, at latest. Am startirK in the early mominc ^^ a field trip to the Klai»th and SalE»n Biver ciDimtain country. ^ I * ♦V With thanks and best vri shes , Very truly yours » I 1 / 120 t( > f' J J T^ *v ,'■ Oct. 15, pra Janes Kar-^s-r & Proctor W. Harial pT^)y''\¥'J^H^^ Corpora?! PlHinfield, New JB^a9^r on Sar«: Pursuant to your notification datad October 3. 1921. I herein^ •ntar claiu for fiv« hundred doliar»($500) ^,i;n inter.Bt at 8 r.er^ cent, on Trmsury No^.a No. 332 datad A:-^;Bt 11 arjd due Kovejiier 11 1921. ^ .. H-d aill be irepared to pay the bidance one »>Btb after the plan of reorg«ii«ation bee t*en affect. ▼•ry tjuly yonza. •a f ( £sr Hovem\)er 17, 19B1 Mr. C. B. Penney, Secretary, -^^..._ Stodcholdere Protective Conaiittee. American Motors Oorporatien. Plainfield. N. J. Dear Sir: 1 have this day received a cirailar froa your Coindttee dated November 15. 19ZI. accompanied by a -Reorganization Rights Certificate" and a "Consent Blank." lou have entered my cash investment as $2,600, itiereis 1 hold nnmbered ©ertificates issued by yonr oorpora- tiw for 636 shares oomwm stock and 485 shares preferrsd stock. I hold also 100 shares ooamwn and 100 preferred of the Imoo Motor Company, parchased October 1916, conosming mbioh I have had no report, and also 125 shares 0^ preferred stock of the Plainfield Body Corporation pBrehased in May «id September 1920. If. therefore, you will send me a corrected "Consent Blank", 1 will sigp and return the same proiq)tly. Very truly yours. . V QOkzm J ,< 124 Movember 17, 1921 *r. W. i. lUiott, 1112 Connecticut Ave. . Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: Bopljiag to your inquiry of the Uth inst. •ould say that my si.fr and myself own the vacant lota •d joining my house on the corner of Sixteenth and Carolina Streets. ffe «re willing to sell provided we can get at leaat |5 per foot net. Very tiuly yours. C1IM:M6 125 J 1 ■f I 1 1 Nov0iib«r 21, 1921 Mr. C B. P«ui0 Stodcholdc i' Prot«etiTe Oonnittse, imeriom lotor« Oorporatioa, '^ Plainfield, M.^. SMr Sir: Ihaftka for your Utter of the 19th inst. joflt roealTed, along vith oorrectod **B»orgaoisati M Rl^ts Cortifioato" and "Comont Blank." %• latter I bara vigned and m ratarniag harewit^, aloi« with 19 ehaok for 161. If tht naw plan of raorganisatiea goaa throng aa axpaotad, I will pay the balanoa of aj aibaorii^ioB ia ooa pajKont, aahjact to tha cash diaooaot aastiottit in ti» fo«ta«t«. Ton will of ooaraa infoxm me of tha aaqaot aaoont &QLe and tha data of pajaant* ^ Ihit ia to ba dona in tha oaaa of tlM oatsiaiding Traaaary aotaa ihich fall da* on Angtiat 11 and war* ooatHuMd until lor aahar U. hat hara not yat haaa paid? Tary truly ypara. tool. esr Novenber 30, 1921 Mr. Charles W. Steers, Brans Building. 1420 Hew York Ire.. Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: Bep lying to your inquiry of yesterday t would state that the vacant lota adjoining ny house on the corner of Siirteenth and Caroline Streets are for sale at a price to net $5 per square foot. Hy house » 1919 Sixteenth Street » is not for sale — by liiich is as ant that I would not sell it at itiat might be called a reasonable price* Very truly yours^ ^>V C\M:m i ff <. / J % f / I / • ^sr 11 « 12a 4* Hov6B!ber 30. 1921 Mr. Charles W. Steers, Srans Buildiif;. 1420 Hew 10 rk Are,. Washirigton, D« C« Dear Sir: Beplying to your inquiiy of yesterdqr, would state that the racant lots adjoining my house on the corner of Sixteenth and Caroline Streets are for sale at a price to net $5 per square foot. My house, 1919 Sixteenth Street, is not for sale — by liiich is neant that I would not sell it at lihat night be called a reasonable price* Very truly yours. CliM:M[} / i I t ■II / J Norember 30, 1921 Dear Julia: Jndosed is your coupon, which falls due tomorrow. le left California much earlier thm usual and arrired here just a month c^o, as you may hare heard from sons of the family. I gare up all hopes of obtaining an office, owing to the unreasonably high rents, and am settled in our •m hooBe for th« winttr. We have t<*o desks in the parlor, t»o in the dining-rooa, and hare filled the front roo« of ^- the basMwnt with file-Mses, Besides this, the garage is ^ still f uU of wteel file-cases, safes, and map-casea, so there is no room for a car. In fact, the cases are so crowded that one or two of them are not yet accessible. Merertlieleas, this arrai^enent will have to do for the ^ present winter, and we hope to return to Oalifoniia in the early q>ring« I failed to finish my field woxt in the northern; ■-} part of the state, but am confident I can complete it during the coming f iald seaaon. k- We were glad to learn from a letter from Collins a short time ago that you are looking as well as erer, and are busy as always* v' If^ywu see Augusta, please giro her our lore* Thus far we haTo had no snow and only a moderate amount of rain. With lore from us all, Mrs. C. Lt Merriam - ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ 'i> St., V •a ^ 15= m I .»*• . #4 129 N.J. sLSr?/- ^Snn«y. Secretary '^^"- "*• 1^22 to. Motors Corporation, Plainfield, Dear Sir: In response to your request of the 3d instant I am enclos- ing «y check on the National Metropolitan Bank of this City frr 1527.04 in payment for stock in the new company, as per your re- cent coomuni eat ions. Very truly yours. « •^rs'T M. 'iti! I osr I I 131 B.H.— 2. JentiBry 9. 1922 .,. t. »« tea. an. «. ^t. ' --fjlC « . =..i»S T «« verv plad that you found a few wings * .i«n«r er*-*^ that took pla«e in Uainorni " . ' ^n ,"r io.t Virginia Uarria. (U«a, «.3»r-a ,<.„ng.at were bom whan your iiun i^ ^^ j r^n<5afts^or - 1 v«^T*l 2D-c«iee ■breech-loader. The number oi of a sangle-barrel 20^auge temir.ted there- and California qu«l ^ee lives were abruptly "»•$ - =^ .«cf»irn eirl. «nd poesiDly ner from would surely surprise an eastern girx. parents alsot ^ , ,v«t nest- hut it mav have :^rry I can»t tell you about that nest, dux been nade by a white-footed mouse. Squirrels and chipmunks make lovely pets if caught youne; hut if old, are slow to tame and sc^times mist.ke finger- tips for beech-nuts. Plying squirrels are the lovliest pets f all and I have always found them gentle, ^ile other squirrels and'ohipmunks are not always kindly disposed toward their captors Yes. it is possible to catch rabbits by snaring. In order to do this you havs to make a little brush fence or so«e other kind of a low obstruction with a hole or two left open. The snares are set in these openings. Some people use wire; others string. I used to use horse-hair. The snare should be % i I ( ■;" attached to a spring-pole made by herding wrer a moderately stiff buah. It does not need to be as stiff as a sapling, otherwise it might shoot the rabbit up iato th? tree-tops so you would have to climb for him. About woodchucks: I always caught them in steel-traps set at the mouth of their burrows, or shot them with a rifle. One year I caught 33 in our north meadow.vhidi your graidfather and I used to call the ElBren-Acre Lot. although its size is many times eleven. I wish you did not suffer the misfortune of living so far from California, as I would like mightily to teve you out at Lagunitas and take you on our field trips through tha redwoods and other interesting wild places • Where on earth did you get those huge sheets of white paper that you wrote your letter on? They r«nind me of a bam door* With love to your mother and ail the rest of your good family, and with much love to yourself, Miss Betty Hone, 164 Park Avenue. Watertown, fi. I 132 \i \ (> t I »•> i January 10, 1922 Superintendent, Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore. MR. * Dear ^-• oir: Can I come to Johns Hopkins Hospital next week to be operated on for left inguinal hernia? If 80, kindly state date and give me necessary directions. Very truly yours. r^ ' te i i ^ t if V •r r . ! •i! s 133 JanuEiy 12, 1922 ^ae. E. Garter, R.N., axeaitiye Assistant, JolmJ« Honlrins Hospital. Baltimore. IQ. Thanks for yoor pTOnptness in replying to »gr inquiry,. In accordance with the arr«««„«„t8 you have nada I expect to report at the Hospital on Monday the 16th inst. Will you kindly tell me at about what tine of the day I had better arrive? I assume that the operation will be made on Tuesday. Very truly yours. :*" k i i> ' 134 I < i .\ I January 13, 1922 ^ar Augusta; When your entertaining husband did us the honor of a brief oull • *•-- , i uriei call a few weeks ago, I prom- ised to send a photograph of ''piorasante' taken by me ,„ore than 20 y.ars ago. and whi* annuals to m as „,ore attractive than ot he. phctcgniphs I have seen. 3nclose.d herewith are prints from tv^ nega- tirea taken from the sane spot, and also a photo of the roadway -back of the house. A /hort time ago I was delighted to re- ceive a most interesting letter from your naturalist daughter. Evidently she is made of the right stuff, and I wish we might have her with us in our summer field work in California. With love to you all, Mrs. Frederic de P. Hone ^ 164 Park Avenue / Watertown, N.Y. 38 r nsG .? January 16, 1922 Driar Mrs, Harriman: It was good to have ftven sc brief s glimpse of you fit the Carnegie reception, ^ut I wss! sorry not to have an opportunity to show ycu the present status of our work—par- ticularly the distribution maps. Perhaps you will let me lo thir fcm&ti"-^: before spring. Ever since wv return from Califcmia I ^fti\re been engaged in putting the results of the season's field wrlr into permanent shape. But so much new material was gathered that it will still require two cr three months to finish with it. Hov;- o/er» Liof^t of the map work has been done, and most of the tribal boundaries and old village ioc^ations have been listed and platted A good deal of information about Bears, including some excellent stories, wa.^ obtained from Indians, and skulls of Grizzlies and other big Beers continue to jone in from British Columbia » Yukon, and Alaska — every one of v^.ioh belpp to make the final work more accurate and authoritative, I am enclosing a namorandum on last season's field work. »AA c With best wishes, Very trulv jrours, Mrs. K. H. Harriman, 1 East 69th Street, New York City. V / f \i / i »/ \\ I ?I2Ii) WDBK IK GALiTOENIii IN 1921 FieM «orV in California during the n«^f « proved .ore Truitful than expected, " "^^" the distribution of animals and plants in the nor«,w« f nnrf n^ fu- i. . * northwestern part of the state, and important facts were secured con. • 4-h^ -^ "oic beoorea concernnie t-he fo^er range and aburxiance of Gm.ly Bears in the cce^t region. Moreover, several interesting Indian stories of the Wda. reptiles, fishes, insects, trees. a«i seller plants were added to lists previously seoared. along ^ th info^ation concen^ing the medicinal and textile values of a nu^er cf .pecies. I set out with the feeling that all of the t'ribes of northern Califomia were kno«n and that *at rema'ined to be done in my line was the determining of a few boundaries and the r%ck> ing of vocabularies previously obtained. But in the course of the work two previously unknown tribes were discovered, and the'lerri- tory originally held by the little known Chemareko tribe was fot3nd tc be many times larger than previously known; additional village sites of this and other tribes were located, and various inter- tribal boundaries corrected. Several years ago the Che me rekp were suaposed to be extinct, but two women and a man were discovered who still know not only the language, but also the ancient lore of the tribe. Survivors of another tribe, the Konomehp , reported to have becoTO extinct in Wl , ^::,n discovered and visited, the boundaries of their teiritoiy corrected, additional villages locotad and larw additions made to th^^ -vocabulary. KZX \ % 738 Field Vlork in Califomia in 1921 (Continue d) ^ Fie H Work in California in 1921 " (Continued) ^ . «f the ooa«t tribes for ^om 1 bed Survivor, of several of tn ^^ ^^^^^^ -rfthotit sucoeas nere fmaiiy ^ ,e.rch,d for „ar= •»"-' ™ ^^ _„, i.^Hant «rk of th. ,„t -UH.1 s,»r.d. ;;* '*;^^^,^ „,„ul f.o. IMi«. 'ri..= on th, «rg. 0' ««-*""• '";°.„ ^.t „„ ,uo«B. m locti^! ...to. a, «u.ot. ';.";-X r- *° ^'" "" "'"* '"' ,„„„,io» ha. h.an lUU. short of ph.no«n.l X„ „„*.„ California ha. .... -arl, o..pl.t.d; h. ne, ^.a. ■' h.„ W.n addad. th. l.o»Marl.a of othar. corract.d. and .uob .dditioaal »tt,r Inoorpor.t.d. So o.l, a fa. s«U ar.aa r..ain to b« completed next season. The season's m.rk therefore, besides contributing -terial- ly to our Icnpwledge of the diatribution of ani«ls end plants, has added chapters to the knowledge of Ar«erican History-rescuing fro. oblivion at the last «o«nt infarT«tion from peoples and ]Bnguages on the verge of extinction. Is it not strange that so much attention has been given to recent foreign intmsions into Africa, while so little trouble has been taken to ascertain the fundaiaental f«cts of distribution, migration, and mode of life of the aboriginal inhabitants of the oo untry? tr j And is it not droll that shelves full of books treating of the doings of foreigners in America should befir the misleading title "^Ainenfifin Hifftorj^, while hardly a m)rd of real American History is to he found in any of theal And is it not surprising that while bountiful provision has been made by individuals and institutions in America for historical studies in remote foreign lands, relatively little has been done toward finding out the most essential facts concerning the rapidly disappearing early inhabitants of the Dhited States? And, of the means available for the study of our native peoples, the greater part has been or is being expended in profound gram- mtical analyses of the langaages. As an illustration, '^thi^ case nay be cited of an American etiinologist of distinction viio pub- lished threa volumes on the language and 'o^iiwr.t ^f g trive without giving either the boundaries of that tribe or th^^^ames of the tribes by *ich it is surrounded I In thB course of last season's field work. I drove my car about 4.000 miles airi traveled by rail 1.600 miles. I had been forbidden to ride horseback, but did make one trip on a horse, there being no other way of reaohing an old Indian woman of a Supposedly extinct tribe. She proved a rare treaeure. Her «ind was remarkably clear and orderly and her mmory surprising. If all goes well I expect tc complete field W)rk m northern California durins the present year. With deep appreciation of your generosity in enabling me to make these contributions to An^rican n^.tory and to the knowledge of our native ani«ls and pL..ts.^^ ! esr 1 740 h%u Jam«ry 16, 1922 The Xlite Leurf^-y, 2117 nth Street. WesbingtoD, D» C Dear Sir: Will you kindly inform me iJ»hy you have not lorg ago sent, your check to Mrs. C. Hart Merriam* 1919 . SiiLteenth Street, in paymsnt for the laundry lost sone ^ six weeks ago? You have long had oomplate data concern- ing the articles lost and their values^ amounting aa I ^. understand it to $22«00. Please send check without further delay. , , . ♦ » Tery truly yours. •!#■« ©»• i. I / I fi f, 1 i V' I \ V K -» January 16, 1922 Dear Arch * Angle; Arch gave us something like a stunner at Christinas -time, but we will forgive him if he will promise never to do it again. ■ life are still enjoying the good things sent us for Christmas by the kind friends at Hilltop. Your climate evidently Is much milder than that at La^nitas. as we learned from Martinelli and the Gardners. 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" TT l»h«n will the new Ctrtificates of stock ba sent me-^ ' I txpect to l6.Te for Clifomia on or about the middle of the present pcmth and hope to receire them before- going. Tery truly yours. — I 4 « ^ ••-t I t>^ r =5 a> U t 4 t? i ^' I' (f ( 148 '. i I o ■• n* March 10, 1922 Mr. C, B. Penn«y ISIfaillS^'^.f -"=«■ ""to- corporation Dear Sir: Thanks for your letter of the 9th 4»»f mine of the 7th. acknowledging I note that the certificates of stock lll'^ot be «ady untxl after „y departure for California. I shall b. '^liged therefore if you will send them bv re April 1 IGp'; J«ar j)octor Mollis: Thanks for your very moderatf. hm - X snail soon be as wmii ov,^ x an Obtaining much good material daily »^ith best wishes. Very truly yours. I.' ^ Hichard H. Mollis Baltimore, Md* ^-ft. ^'•^ ,^»i. ; t. I j I t r 1 I ■i 151 Mr Parker *y dsar Sir: 191S 16th Street on Replying to vour i« • °" «x.„„t, 3,„,/ ^"" »"" "^=«W. adjoining .y Ko„,. wx^oet, would sav thfif i k ">n.r» foot .„j „i„, ^ " '" """■e to pay ^.50 p„ "ill ..U. " "' "•P"'^"" for O«lifon.ia. „ '*" '» • big oomdoTO frn», fk «t Which we ha.e held the lots '"'* ''' ''^ ^^'^ ^•ry truly yours. sar 153 xxxxxxxxxxx 1919 - 16 3t. April 17, 1922 C. B. Penney, .secretary Stockholders Protective Committee American MotOiB Gorporetion Plainfield, N. J. Deer Sir: Replying to your letter of April 11 just received. m)uld state that my addrers until April 22 will be 1919 - 16 Street. to which address please send my Certificates of Stock. If you cannot get them off in time to roach me on the 22nd. pleese forward to my address, oare of National Metropolitan Bank, Washington. 0. C. When I wrote you last I thouj^t I was on the point of leaving for California, but the unexpected arrival here of a drlep,ation of California Indians has kept me busy at this end of the line and I am still working with them. I expect how- ever to stert for ray summer home nt Lagunitas, Calif, on the 23rd. In compliance with your request, my Certificates of Stock in the old company are enclosed herewith. I am not able at present to take advantage of your offer of additional ptock. Very truly yours. ^.>v^ > > I still hold a Treasury Note for $500 due November 11. 1921. nav- ment.of which was defaulted, and for which I filed a claim before leaving Califopia last October. Have not heard anythim» con- cerning this of late. ^ -t> I MEMORANDUM There appears to be a discrepancy between the statement in your letter of the 11th inst., and the accompanying Acceptance Blank. In the letter you state that under the terms of the allotment I am "entitled to a further subscrip- tion right to the amount of $100 (payable in five monthly installments)" in return for which I am to receive "16 shcres ^ Debenture Stock; 40 shares Class A Common; 56 shares Class B Gomroon. " The Acceptance Blank provides for the pay- ment of $800 instead of $100 for the same stock— o seeming discrepancy of $700. f,f»I I i 1^2 r CMiFICATa OP 3T0CK OF AMEPICiN UOTOES COW0BATI0« mmJ^ BY C. U/J?T UERRUU. APRIL 17, 1922 invoice of Certificates of .Steele, re sent ty registered wei^ AMERICAN MOTORS CORPORATION Nos. Common Amount turnedCenclosed herewith. 422 780 2127 2272 2854 3088 3257 6611 25 75 100 100 50 100 60 25 535 Coirmon Nos. 390 748 2089 2234 2925 3026 6362 Preferred Amount 75 100 100 100 60 25 485 Preferred 33 33 AMCO Common 100 Preferred 100 200 PIAIHPIELD BODY C0Pi>0RATI0N 64 161 Preferred 100 Preferred 25 125 Preferred \ iv. •>•— Sik i I 155 I i 156 I b\ nudren. C. ColUns Merriam. C. Hart Merriam and Florence Merriam, now Mrs ffinv ., ««, now Mrs. Florence Merriam Bailey. Mrs. Caroline Hart Merriam left 3 pareele of ..«! . . herited by the 3 children T . *^^'''* ^"- stead of • .u °''''" '° ""^^'^ individual in- stead of joint holdings, the heirs agreed uxjon th. -r .. • £aa£a2CI: following values; '• ?Sa'fJ?'ff?m"°of°°io'i?M^^- ^- ^^ ^^'i- Co.) . jr rm 01 about 185 acres with buildings.) Two lots on E. side of lAt-h oi. r- , . between T ar»l CaJSfiSf ^tl^^fsq. Ilgi^^^'.^^-^f, 3. One lot on ferry St., Buffalo, N. Y hfifii ff ^ .\ i£imUM4]:E_2ALIffia: ^ ft. front) «18,000 Collins Farm Brff^ff'St"^*^ ^^1-?;,^ a°Sf iSflalS^KtS' Washington'^' (. iiia.ooo his one-thi;d°in?J?rsri?vffl?iJto?'yH'°H 7?^? '^ exchange for plua first mortgage for^.oOO Sf §2 "^^ Buffalo lots f^b.vXX)) • J- -J ,*A°^?<^® Merriam Bailey md C. Hart u^r-,.?^-, ^ individual holdings as follows* Merriam to acquire Buffalo l.?-.Sf|3eoT5J=?n calh"?" *"" ""^^ "-'"'"e'on lot. th, *». A ^'j-^...^ ^® l?^4?*^«to Florence Merriam Bailey mav be X '/i^M-*^®? S* I'TO" s subdivision of 3q. 190. The lot to he Att>,\mA feet of l«t 48, Dillon B. Groff »s subdivision of Sq. 190. 2ach lot i'dSpfrSPso'fSJ'to'^IIlSyf^^"'^^^ °' ""i '''' °"^^^^ Street, if ff 157 1919 - 16 3t April 21, 192ii i .* I I Collector .of Taxes rtashington, D. C. Dear 3ir: Some time ago I wrote you. enclosing postage, for tax bills on my property, corner 16th and Caroline Streets, Square ISO, lots d04 and 805. This morning I received from your office the bill for lot 804 but_not the bill for 805. I Shan be obliged if you will kindly send the latter. as early as possible, as I am leaving for California in a few days and am anxious to pay taxes before going. Very truly yours. 158 f i 1919 - 16 St. i'ay 1. 1S22 • y fe- ?eorge W. ^Jhite V^Shington.^Bf'c?"^ Metropolitan Bank My dear Mr. IThite: Herewith I an enclosinp chock' for f,- .. f^OOO) for the purchr^e of " ""' '^''^'^^ purchr.se of same amaint of Pir5>t Mo>-trf.pp o percent notes pev^blp in -^ "O-t^^^-ge property von I '"""' " '''^ '^^"^'^'^"^ "'^-e ' property vou nentxoned in our conversation this ^rr.in,. Thanking you for .our kind attention in the ..tter. Very truly yours. r. IV, fjil |] h I rt a 159 J-^lb - 16 3t. May 1. 1922 ^r. John n rju^ Mount v«"^""sn Jr. -uuoc Vernon, jj, y Kr dear iJr. ^f,.-^ *• -nerraan: " '" «"»=!" the lo',.l : ; '" '"^ '° «^ •— nt f„„„, fef • a see. , :: ;:;x?:;;^ ^-- »« ..^ .^_^„ pictured if *" ^a'^lvet fn.Tf r urea It aP ^ thin brochnr.. ,. ' ^^ ^ h^^i ' ™ -"■«=« it .„^„ cziiir " '= " "" "'-^ ^-• pro„i.,. • -P-- herewith i„ ,„,,^,^, ^.^^ ^^ lou ^U he ,„.,H,e. to fi„a that I , .'"„ r ">-- - th.t on „tur„i„, ,r^ ' V " ""•-'""'^^• '-■"•^ *7 a delegation of cj,!. ^ '"°' ' "=-' <=- difforent tribe, x b. '"°""= '""«■" "present i„„ 9 - -« p.o,ed eo .roi't:: th: r™ "" ""'^^^ - "- -- ine -.uth the,. ,0 th.t it ,rin . r '' """ ''^°"' """^ ■"••■'- '-^1-0 ,et Off .or'CL """"''" "^---" '-^ery truly yours , ' -» » ,— ^'v-. \ 11 hi 11 ■5 t*v i ! 160 { May 1. 1922 ':Jt, f. BorraM W9ilU Sir: it the refwst of Mrs. florenc* Johiuoii of this city, I OBolotiag iMSewith 2 eortifiod chooka on th» Baticnal Ketro pelitmi Uak of Wathiagtoo: One for Tw) Bondrod fifty Dollars (1880). the other for Si«ty-fife Oollani <|66). in all Three Hnadrtd lifteaa DollBrf f|315); the sam to be applied ia pey- ■aat for tha fara aha parchaaed frw you in Caroline County, Tixginia. Teiy truly youte. 1^ ti' r. f1 ■^ K; !?• I i ^ I t \ n ft .1 I' V t I i I } 161 '^: 1919 - 16 St. Washington. D. C. May 22, 1922 Mr. Ponpeo Martinelli lagunitas, Calif. Dwr Mr. Martinelli: A. OBual I have b-n delayed long beyond the ti-» when I expected to atart. HoweTer,.e are now about ready to go and expect to lear. her. in ti.e to reach Ugunita. on lloiday. the 29th. Trusting you and your family are to you all. gards to you all. well, and with best re- ▼ery truly youw. d aoiif 'I'M 1 I sar Waflhington, D. C. May 22, 1922 Dear Zenaida: lour letter of the 16th conTeyed the looked-for inforaation about the railroad trip to California. The figures you cite show that the nost economical ticket is the sunter round trip, return* ing via D. C,, for $147.66; sleeper $33.76 extra; neals $15*58; baggage and porter $3*00, in round nuiri>ers a couple of hundred. I am therefore enclosing check for $220, allowing a little margin for possible accident or delay • Yesterday was a wonderful day for me. I cleaned up about the last batch of Indian material and finished my article for Outdoor Life on the Present Distribution of Grizzly Bears of the United States. Also finished a map to go with the article. Having accomplished so much I felt entitled to the first va- cation I have had in many a long day, so closed shop in the after- noon and took your mother and Marian Baker to see the Abbott Thayer collection of paintings in the Corcoran Gallery, and thence to the National Museum to take a look at the Ward collection of sculptures of African natives — a rery remarkable exhibit in view of which I cannot help wishing that he had lived long enough to do a lot of similar work for our American Indians. I expect to finish my maps of California tribes today or tomorrow and then shall select and pack the vocabularies and other necessary material. Hope I won't forget anything. We should be ready to start on Thursday, the 25th, but may possibly wait another day in order to begin travel on Fri(ky~ the best day of the week for that purpa«e. t, h 763 Zenaida Uerriaa . « Tell Beth that I shall miss her sadly at lagunitas and hope that she will learn to eat all sorts of things so that next year she can go with us on our field trips. With lore to you ell. { ac ^ If U li I Wil < 4 hi \ 764 Washington, May 24, 1922 Deer Julia: it last m are packing our trunk for California and have secured our tickets, leaying here on Friday, the 26th. Zenaida is still with Dorothy at Caabridge and will start i« four or fire days. arriTing at lagunitas iu ti«e to join us on our first field trip. fticlosed is your June coupon wi th the attached slip. It is pretty hot here now. and we shall he glad to reach Lagunitas. ith lore froa us both, is erer. Mrfe C. L. Marriaa 1008 Wash ix^ ton Street Watertown* Raw York \ 165 I I La^initeB. Oilif. Jure 22, i^?.^ D«ar Arch: QvT long Qxplcited trip to the mountains of the upper Mad and ¥an IXizen river country is on the point of BtartJr;g--v/iBh yon and Angie were to be with us. Again I ar. conBt rained (is i-his the proper wora*^) to ask you to repeat the favor you did me a year a^o Vy getting Bond values as of July 1. Don^t waste a lot of tine on the job but piit down what you conveniently can nnd let the rest go. Of course there are a number that have had no recent saiea, sc the last recorded mil do. Oar folks certainly were ticKlecL to n.n across you two the other ni^tjit. Such late hours do not deserve stich conipensatloni But tlie old mar did enjoy that Sunday afternoon dinner on the south slope of Tarnalpais, ar,d also enjoyed meeting 'THE SISTKRS". How in the woria Miss Dorothea ever Fiinaged to escape is more than I can comprehend. of .«k.. Hope th. ailWU .= 11 b. r,ady «1.h thoir r.« cKr for the next. As ever, f f H tJ ' i t. ll% % 166 Ji'ly 10,1922 r Nat. Metropolitan Bank WaBhington, D.C. Doar Mr White: On returning from an auto trip o# 850 mi lee in tho mountains of northwestern Calif ornia-part. of it over new-cut roads 6 to 8 ft Hide up and down steep mountain sides-I find you.; latter of Jnne 21. notifying, pk, of the receipt of two letters addressed to r^e, from t/ie American Motors Corporation. I shall be obliged if you will kindly hold the re^-istered one until my return, and forward the ordinary letter to m h«re at Lftf^nitas, California. "' lliankirc you for your trouble in the matter, and wi^h best wishes, Verj' truly yours. *. «^ I 167 « i h I w ^ray & Carpenter Union Inderanitv %chr. Potaluma, ^alif. I^ar J^irs: liunmitaa, "alif Auf;. P3,1922 If you were walking up a raoxintain trail whistlinf and mak- ing plenty of nois©, and suddenly a hull capie in sicht running tow- ard you down tha aana trail, and you saw each other and you tried to turn out to let hiw pass, hut he was excited and cane rir^t on with- out slackinRjand hofore you could Qot quite clear of the trail he butted you in the side , breaking sone of your ribs and at the sane time hurtinf: bis horn; and later the owner of the bull cane , while you were still in the hospital, and demanded danagea for injuring the tip of his bulls homJ WHAT WOUU) YOU fAY*? This is precisely whjit happened when yotir client biitted into ny car on a tonporanr detour just north of Willits on Auf^iist 16 last. I was going slowly up grade» he comimr; down. T wae tootinp; PF horn; ha heard it hut rmde no reply. '^e detour was narrow but hjid a turnout just at that point. When I saw his car rouftdiiv the cur?e ahead ^ instantly turned up on this turnout to p:et out of his way, and would hare cleared the road if he had driven me a couple of seconds more — hut he did'nt. ''liether he forpot his brcLkes or they ^ouldJit work, I do*nt know, hut instead of stoppinf; or e lacking up he came rif-ht on and struck the hinder part of w^r car before I could f^et clear of the road. He hit the ardi of the left rear fender and hit so hard that he not only 8?nashod the fender hut also j armed in the side of the body. On retumingt I ^^^^^ ^^^-® ^^^ *^ Diiffy Prothers, ^n Rafael, and they put on a new fender and did what they could to straighten the side of the bod^r. WHO WAS AT 7kV.V^\ .YisJ^ 83 r 9iP Octoter 13, 1922. Pr©6iden^ National Metropoii oar. Bank, Wasiiington, D. C. Deer >J!r. White: Replying tc j^otit latter of September 19, forwarded fren WasMr^on, would saj^ that I ex^rect to return to Washin^jtor the er4 of the preflent month and will than turn over tc you, for redemption, my Swift & Coiripariy notee* w^iach you kirKlly offered to atterid to for me. Tney are now in my safe dspoeit box in your bank. Very triUy yours, / I h i P i : t 16& October 13, 192^. I)oin6 (>ii Conpany, iacorrjp. Park, D. C. Doar Sir: In accordance mth your Utter of Sei,ter.i]:.er 29. forvrarded V-cm li^nHr^cr. / I a;n m^aoBive hermit an crder.for J050 Sai-lcns cf DOME NOKOL FJBL, t^j^g. delivered ae re,pxrbd at 1919 Six+»f>nth St., Washdr)^.*,,,, dv.nn- th» ooniinc Fall and Virter, hegir^njr^ N'>v«,=ber 2; njji ^^ ariclosiwT; herw/ith in pay- r,9^t iTf check for $12<.00. I an} nor in Callforr;7a fvt expect to arrive " 1^ e^i n,^ o^r nrNf "'.•♦0,. *u„., m 1 t»ry t.rniy you: a. Ti» ,j,il Btl-MjMtil'U^ 170 I I • -r ■*M** ^ •►•■'^ « 4S -^ Mr Cp,.! w D r. >---^:iWT - ' November 6, 1922 A^r.?^^^ H-^^^g®> President PlainfSld? ll^/''^^°^^*^°" JO s ^^^.„'' Gna^ .x^ ^-flear; SIjtj ^ ^ ^ ^**^* y^*^' iir compliance with jour - request ^ cheet for ,167. „ ^,,,,^,, subscription ^ «... 0 stock Of th. company, in acconi..c. .ith your letters . -.. daw Jul, £4 «d previous d.tee. ^.e receipt of this ^ ..,«nount was acknowledged by your i^ssistent Tr.*Bu«r ^der a- ' ..^ate of August 8. but 1 W not yet received the stock in question. Will you kindly have it forwarded *t your pa. .., Mrliest coarenience? « ,, ^, ^,. , ,^^^ ttx I affl coMidering the purchase of one of the new series .. JO -- Amerioe«i 3iu five passenger .touring caa and shall be glad to know the exact price i shaU have to pay for same at the factory at Plainfield. I shpll be obliged also if you will send «e any addi- "' tional data you may have published concerning the Rew'Serios. ^;:?-:— * AS^..inforrBfi,1iion as to whose jfiske of motor, carburetor, ignition and other standard parts^used, all of which I would like to know before deciding ae to the purchase. Very truly yours. 171 ■ . HoTflBber 15, 1922 ! I \l it H Mr. Oarl H. Pms nSJnSfdf^S.l^'*" C.q,.ratio. ^f dear Sir: Replying to 7oar letter of the 10th inst: I m obliged for ifae infoiiMttion you have ftuniahed. I vm plan to reeeh FlaiBfield fairly early on Sa.tMw day noniins «nleas prerented Igr rain. If it raiae fridi^ ni^t I will postpone laaring here untU Sunday night, in •hioh eaae I eould raaoh Plainfield Hondi^ momii^ — «nlea« Ifae raine ahoald oonUnue . as I do not care to driTe baok to Waahii^ton in the rain. I e^peot to porohaae one of your new 5-pas8ei^er touring cara, and I should like to see both colore — hiaok and hlue — hefore I deoide. Texy truly yoore. ^ IV »\«.»«^. ■mmm mmm fl ! 172 I!* ( I J Notember 17. 1922 I i I pfiiident kodrUaxi Uotore Corporation Plainfield. Nw Jersey Ify dear Mr. Page: Ihanks for your interesting letter just rseeiTsd. ., In Tiew of your inpendii^ absence . I will act on your suggsstion and defer oy visit to Plainfield until Tttesdv, Notember 21, and will plan to arrive rather early in the nwming. With beet wishes Teiy truly yours I V 173 I I u i I I' p T ,. -- Ko7. 24, 1922 President. ilmericen Llotors Ileiinfieid, New Jersey V Dear Mr rege: ^ On the way home with the csr all went well till -uddenly on a smooth road canie a great crash end jAr. I was reasonably sure that two things had happened; I thought a gear Iiad broken in the trcnsmission and that the reaction had broken t spring. Went to s road garage end found ths enclosed nut in the trensmission; 8l?o found the heavy hengcr pltte under the right rear" spring split end spreading. The gartge mechanic dril- led an iron plate and fixed it under the broken one. holding the spring in place so that i reached home safely. The steering wheel is rery stiff , ftnd needs a lot of turning to get around a comer without swinging out too far. Otherwise the car runr beaut if ul]v and I look forwi^ri to much satisfaction in driving it. I got my lS2r license plates todey and am returning the ones you lent me, by parcels post. With kind regards to IJajor Bell, llr Hansl, Kr Harding and yourself, and with best wishes. Very truly yours. 1 i Kr 175 Koveinber 28, 1922 Dr. V.'.B. Stephens Alsmeda, Oalifonii a Deer Dr. Stephens: 3ver since our return I have been interding to write you. but pressure of various matter?- has prevented. You will be interested to know that last week I went to Plcinfield. N.J. wljere I purchased the long-awsited /unericen 3^x^ and drove it beck hom^. about 270 miles. It is the new model and tc my eye presents a very attrnctive appearance. Th.e radiator and hood are high, somewhat reseribling those of the Kannon. ?he equip- ment^or the price^ ^?85) strikes me as decidedly unusual and yo^ may be interested tc glance over it. ^srschellrSpillman liotor. 66 HP. bore 3i etrcVe '^ -■"^iulFfr^Slt-'^ ""'h ?iMno3: eo^there'i, excuse lor getting under IHe carl ^_exis. Pterting and lighting. .re ""-"^^a^pl crrburetcr. ^ ^ dliv^iv^Pseir'^*'^ ^^°"' t^«"^-i^'3ion end started iLemct Vacuum gas feed. fJa o-day clock M^Iirwipl? '^'"^^^ '°" ^^P windshield) tl..^.^. ^cw.l ventilator tt. motdlrneter. ^^^llfiLTrX^rit Irnition s no -2- .J *.< \« ^ J und (33 X 41). T .,?, °"$ "^°cr pocket, s under front seet. ng 5 "iLeel beep T"? j„ w • .-'•^•"'^-t '^i ""^^-^'•--^ '*-' !"• Iki^ilt 3150 The weather .v£s verv cot-I ^,-fv i^i I was badl. cfihled . • 7J ""'^^ '^ ^'^•°^'' ^^"^ n/ ohxlled dunng the two dav. drive home, but I ....,., ^ cold and am. now all right .g.in. v ^^^"'^ me apartment next doo»- is .hnnf « -. . , in time. - f^ ^uo.iess tmH oe cleaned rw^y Nelson cam.e back a short ti.e ago with a grhp cold n^ threatened pneumonia an ^ is now in ho^.-'tal y r - = ide a hpTf V, hospital here.- I left h{s bed- -lae a fiaxf-hour ago and e"' pIs-i fr v^ v-. ^ >,etter. ' ^^"^ ^'^ ^V^^^'' ^° ^^J th.t he is much Harrj .Ulen h.e b«„ sending „e a fi„, ,„t ,f f,^. „ Clippings, ,0 I.,e Won .Me tc keep posted .. .. .,„ ,,,;. ,„„. .e.t.o„ acnsa. H.,e .lao had letter, fro,, ece „f the MU r. ■ ni..,beth .nd ::o„aida .re well and arc ex,.ri.e„ti^ .M a o!„r,i ,.rl and so„e „e, =lot„ee. The, join ^ i„ u,, J,„„ ■^. As ever your?, 176 ■•n ii ^c. 8. 1922 ii My doar Mr Pag»: Tou aaked .• to write you how I like the car. I har. now driTen it 400 Mile. fl«i. \ ^ ^* t^T.1 ^ '• * ^" •"*'^*^ *« •»«>» how she will tMTel nben worn in <5k^ ^ onlt. t. turn, oomwra like a contraxy bull - quite the oppo.ite of the «noh adrerti.^ ,.* , "Balanced 31,-7 ind her . '~ "^ "' *'" '•'*•'• f«,.th..r^\ ^* *^*' •'«^-« -^•« • diatreaaing noiae. ipart fro. theae drawhacka ahe behaTea well. tnr»^ I '''' ''*''' *''^*" • "' •*^'* •*••""« '^^••l i'-d to be tunned ao far ^n order to «ke a tu«-.a decided diaad.antage. '*^' «••"-"" -»il7 «id th. car aa a Whole handla. ■ agreeably ao it ia a pleaaure to dri...-.«.pt around a.ua. tu„a. ac, . Tl '" ' 9ar Mr. GroSTenor; it the cloee of the meeting jreeteriay you new good enough to say that fire copies of KITMAI'S SMOIGIS had been placed at the disposal of each .ember of the Board end ttet the Society would fomard them to addresses supplied. In accordance with this generous offer. I sAall be greatly obliged if you will kindly send the copies allotted to me to the following addresses: .ii^ H Dr. Sterling Bunnell ^^^w55? . Bnilding,Sutter Street San Francisco, Calif. Dr. W.B.Stephens 1250 Bear Street. Alameda. Calif. Mr. Lyman Merriam Lyons Palls , Lewis Co. . New York Mr. Henry D. Abbot 3 Chauncy Terrace, Cambridge 38, Mass. Mr. H.S. Allan 955 CJ^ton Street, San Praaciaco, Calif, Very truly yours. 781 i Deo. 16. 1922 Dear Sir: Hteplying to your letter of thm i^«. * . B«.«.r W 00.. «^a . ; 1 " 1 .^'^""°"' ""■ '^• I.d .f 70U ,ai .n.„r th. foUort,^ 9«.tioM: 1. «iy not .oZight.!! th. stockholder, a. to »k. . ^ .t.t...«t una., th:r:L. • ""^ '''"""• -, ^-^ - -- •id CO.P.., „ „^rt.d .x« i„ p.^„t to „.dlt.„. .. .n^titutio, 3. «-t „ to h. .h. f.t, or .tochhol.,;. Of ^„i_ ^,„„ J,*^ ,«r. h.« .t„i„.a th,ir ft«„ol.l „„„,«. to «.t „.„tio..d d...od, for «r. fund, until th., .r. not .M. to o.r^ th. .dditlon.1 bnrd.n Of ^f of thoir pr...nt h.lding.7 «h.t 1. to U,... .f o.r .took „d *.t » to b. onr .tatn. If th. propo..d «„s.r tak.a plaC c Awaiting your reply^ Very* truly yours. v-..-c^ ft 182 t I U if I Dec. 18. 1S22 ' Automobile License Dept. Mianicipal Building, d.O. In purchasing my car license plates on November 24 I think I gave the horsepower of my American-6 car as 24.9 I have just learned that it is 29.6 If you will kindly make the correction and notify me of the additional amount due, J will remit by return mail. Begretting to put you to this trouble, •' Respectfully, 7 % 182 ! December 20, 1922 ill I I 'J ) l U H u Mr. P. Martinelli Legunitas, California Dear Mr* Martinelli: Thanks for your letter of the Uth inst. just received. We are all glad to know that the fruit trees end berries arrived in good condition and that you planted them ri^t away. We are glad also that you have burned the brush and that you put a bowl to catch the leak behind the chimney. We have had a little snow - about an inch — which lasted only a couple of days; but it is still decidedly cold. Please congratulate your daughter for us on the arrival of her little baby boy. and give our best regards to all of your family. With best wishes. Very truly yours, A P. 3. ^f you will send your bill I will remit at once f i '/; 't: 184 \ ': '^ I i Dec. 20. 1922 JttildiM Inspector Dear Sir: During the 8««er an Apartment house has been erected by Lietoan & Kauftan alongside nj dwelling at 1S19 Sixteenth Street Nnmerons damages hare been don. to my property-such as broken skylights, broken slates and other injuries to the roof and 80 on, not to mention minor damages. I have spoken sereral times to the foreman, whose name I am told is Foster, but he does nothing. What am I to do. aboat it? Vary truly yours. \ A^^jv^' \ 1J 185 n .in 1 Dec. 26, 1922 1418 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Penn. Dear Sirs: en November 8th one of your representatires. na^ied Ehrenberg called on ne and stated that you had underwritten the remaining unsold shares of the i».erioan Motors Corporation, and that LIr Page President of M. Motors, wishing to ^ive old stockholders a chance to reimburse themselTes for losses resulting from the EecieTership had arranged with Biddle & Go. so that if they would purchase i„,Me- diately additional shares in "Unit" lots as indicated by him. you would sell the same "in a few days" at a very material profit to shareholders. Acting on his adTice, I gave him $6000 in Uberty Bonds for 30 Units, and at the same time signed e sale order filled in by hia on one of your printed blanks, to sell 25 of the 30 Units at the price he named-250 per Unit. He laid special emphasis on the clause stating that this sale order was irrevocable. On November 24 I reed, the units purchased, but up to the present t- ime have not heard from you in regard to the sale. It now looks very much as if the $6000 I gave him was obtained by false representations. T# I" ^* l\^*'^J th«t 795 9"" 3«11 *his stock in the near future? If not, could you. do so if I were to raise the 20^ required to con- vert, my holdings into those of the proposed consolidated Bessemer- Junencan? Very truly yours ONc.--3c V- • • 186 December 30, 1922 I I r' i 1 I: Egbert Bagg & Co. 191 Gerxeeee Street Utica, New York Dear Si«: The insurance on ray household effects in ny dwelling, 1919 Sixteenth Street, Washington, expires on January 18. I shall be obliged if you will renew for a period of 3 years as usual. A few changes are now necessary. Nearly two years ago I gave up ny office apartment at the Northumberland and moved into my own house, in conseq[uence of which my entire collection of Indian baskets is now at 1919 Sixteenth Street, so that all reference to the Northumberland should be cut out. In tiie clause covering scientific specimens, strike out the word Vskulla* (now transferred to the National Museum) and re- place by the words 'Nayaho Indian blankets and other ethnological specjpens * • My house has always stood alone, tut during the past summer a large apartment house has been built up against it on the south side. Last month I installed an oil burner called 'Nokol' in my furnace, with a 56- gallon tank in ttie basement a little over 15 feet distant from the furnace. The fuel is called 'Dome 'oil. Very truly yours. i j ■ : - ; ». 187 Jan. 5, 1923 Cbas. H. Biddle 2; Co. 1418 Walnut St. Philadelphia, Penn. Dear Thanks for youra of the 2d instant, in reply to my inquiry concerning stock of /merican Motors Corporation. You advise ne to hold ay stock until after the com- pletion of the merger between th« Besbener Motor Truck Com- pany and the Merican Motors Corporetion* 1 Talue your advioe, but am mt clear as to whether you mean to hold the stock as it stands^ or to raise the necessary 20;^ additional to convert into stock of the new company. Hill you kindly enlighten me on this point and oblige e Very truly yours. ft i !fr \ ' 188 k 1;( Jfinwry 11,1923. Vbt. F. Martinelli. lagimitas, Calif* Daar Mr« MartlmlU: Thnka for your last letter. #iieh 1 thought 1 had a&awered on J8nuai7 2n(L, bet find that I did not eend it althoagh 1 made out yonr check for |8.00 in accordance with your bill» and am enclosing same herewith. We are very glad to know that you burned the brush and planted the young fruit trees in Zenaida's ordiard. We are hoping to go to Lagunitas Tery early this spring. With best wishes to all. Tery truly yours , VCw^i I I i i I i 189 4 J i *1 Jan. 12,1923 Amerioan Motors Corporation Plainfifld, New Jersey I have reciered several shocks of late, not least of which ia the information that the man Ehrenberg who by false represen- tations obtained Six thousand dollars from me, was after all empl- oyed by you and not by Biddle. And now, after putting into the Company far more than I can afford, I am practically forced to sell enough additional property to raise nearly $1400 more. Notwithstanding all this, I still have faith in the company and am satisfied that the American Six is a good car easily worth the price. If you succeed in merging with the Bessemer Truck. I hope you will not change the radiator emblem for to my eye it is one of the most attractive in all America. <».« W<- Vs«w^.^^ i I 4! I 190 Jan. 24,1923 Mr Robert Bursner, Chairman Consolidation Committee Bessemer & imerican Motors Cos. Dear Sir: In accordance with your notification of the 20th instant I am enclosing herewith my check for $1334.51 in payt of "sub- scription" for the new Bessemer-American combination. It is of course most gratifying to learn of the bettered prospects of the merged companies, and I most earnestly hope that this is the beginning of a long period of success. Very truly yours. Mr Robert Bursner Plainfield, New Jersey ter \ ) / 192 February 5,1923. Mr. George W. iilhite President, National iuetropolitan Bank Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. White: In accordance with cur conversation this morning, I am handing you herewith my check for $1000, for which you kindly offered to secure for me a mortgage of the same amount at 6^^. Thanking you for your kind servicer in the matter. Very truly yours, f ! t febraary 5,1923. Consolidation Oommittee Bessemer, iiotor Truck Canpary Plainfield, NewJersey Dear Sirs: In accordance with your letter of Jjirurrj' 29 I am enclosing herewith by registered r,.il my certificates of stock in American Liotors Corporation of New Jersey as follows: CIpss a 317 shares Qli-se B Zi,l-Z/5 " Debenture Stock - - 153-2/5 shares (detsilg as per list below) to be exchanged for equivalent stock in the new Bessemer American Corporation, as per your previous letters. Please send to me by registered nBii;^19iy-16th Street'^ exchange certificates, along with the additional ones to which I am entitled by reason of my recent svfcscription of $1,361.75, as per your sevei^al letters end notices. It might save trouble in unnecessary figurine if thes« froctional shares were evened up. _ Class A ft ti M It B ft W tt tt -St n - #1186 - 1241 506 - 507 - 508 - 509 - 2634 - 506 •. _ 50' - 2 If - 17 sh. -300 " -129 " - 26-4/5 sh - 27-3/5 " - 21 sh. - 17 " - 20-2y'5 sh .^1 sh. Il20 Yours very t ruly , ^^0^ Ss-k/^v^ r I f t 'i •■' ' ft 193 Pebruery 6.1^23 Mutual Service Bureau 1411 New York Avenue Weshington, D.G. Dear Sirs: -• ♦ Before putting in your Nokol heeter in my house, 1919-16th Street, you submitted a statement as to the relative quantities of oil-fuel and ooal to keep a house at a reasonable 4 temperature. In actual use however the heater does not act as represented; either the figures submitted were grossly in error or the adjustment of the machine is very wrong. For instance, the consumption of oil and cost per day have run as follows: November, 315 gallons, $1.40 per day; December ,455 gallons ,vl. Bo per day; January, 580 gallons, $2.I::5 per day; in other words » my January bill for oil was ^'^O.Oo, which is something appalling for a man in moderate circumstances. Prom e business standpoint, from your own point of view, this sort of thing is absolutely destructive, as it is killing the goose that lays the golden egg. You crnnot afford to run the cost of operation up to such a figure that your customers will be obliged to take out the machines and go back to coal. Several times in response to telephone calls you have sent up someone to change the adjustment of the burner. I shall be obliged if you will do this ap;ain and if possible send a men who will remedy the present trouble. We have many inquiries as to the behaviour of the Nokol aop^^ratu?, which 1 regret to say has already acquired a very black eye. Very trulv yours ^er February 7,1923. My dear Collins: Your letter of the 6th came a few minutes ago and I hasten to reply to that pert of it in which you inquire about operations for hernia. You are entirely right in your recollection of the two operations on me: the first, the one done here in Washington, was under local anesthetic only; the one at Johns Hopkins s year ago was under ether. The agony of the first operation was beyond words; I would almost rather die than go through such a thing again. The shock was tremendous and lasted a week or more. The second operation, I knew nothing of and came out in good shape the same afternoon. While it is true that e local anesthetic deaden, the skin and, to a certain extent, the superficial tissues, it has practically no effect at all on the peri- toneum, omentum, and other deep tissues. ^ "^^^^ ^'"i^'i to ^"^r e truss, having little ^aith in them; and in your present condition I should A I i ^: 4! i 1 ! \i i 7 95 deem one out oi' the question, cut I did have a good deal of tempor^^ry relief from a gooA abdominal bandage ■»• - « which furnished a general support. I had three or four of these of different models but never could wear the same one more than two or three days without getting so sere that I changed to another wUch pressed a little differently. If I remember correctly vour hernia is on one side only, which means a relatively quick operation with corres- pondingly little after effects from the anesthetic* Its a pity i?e old folks relax so that we have to submit to such inconveniences, but the sooner they are over the better, and for my part I feel that I am still good for some years of active field work, although a year or two ego I was decidedly down in the mouth as to the outlook. Elizabeth and Zenaida are both out at lunch and I Em answering this mthout waiting in order that you may pet it as soon as possible. < I ♦• I 196 Feb rue rv 9,1923. , t ^ "»-»* t s . i My dear Miss Steams: ••» ■' ' ' *i The recent snowstorm broupht a sm^ll f^nd select ?f • bird wave from Southern California wtere they found the climate too eneryating and were searching for the cool breezes of the North. One of the?e little birds, becoming fatigued, dropped in at our house and finding that we were somewhat acquainted in the Golden West ventured to remark that a dear friend in LosAngeles was about to undergo the tribulations of a birthdav. This being the case, plee?e eccept the hearty congratulations and best wishes of the Hart Merriem family, and also kindly remember that we still hope to live long enough to see you again either at Lcgunitas or Los/.ngeles or both. With love from us all. Very truly yours , u Miss Mary Stearns 1021 South Union Ave. LosAnf^eles, Calif. ter , 4 Feb rue ry 17,1^23. Desr Coll: Flo's letter just received. It is glorious news to r knoTiv that the wrr is over nnd all is well. You mil be pretty sore for a while and are likely to feel 8S if the front pert of your body was mp.de of a thick layer of putty. You will also be opposed to swift movements of any kind and would not enjoy bouncing the baby up and down for a few weeks yet? What a r,lorious thing ether is, so that a poor devil mFiy be cut up and not know anything about it until the show *is over. r "1 » *♦ They treated you better then they did rre in the grub line; they didn't give me ^m soup or even so much as a cup of ocf-^ee until the second day after the operation, and I had to rpad the Riot Act to them in order to get my cup of coffee by or before 7:30 in the mcminf^. They didn't wrmt to bring it until they brought my breakfast at 8, but I told them that this was rot ar; arguablo preposition, that I had to have the coffee not loiter thiar 7:30 and it was up to them to see that it was delivered promptly and of proper strength, ilfter that I was willing to wait lialf an hour for breakfast. Then the diet nurse always brought along a list of things she wanted me to check off for each meal, but I 798 r CM. #2 *y.ts^ticaUy a:,d invariably decUnad. telling har *a coula bn,« „e anything *a dam pl.asad and if I didn't like it I wouldn't eat it. This-sa^P.^ « i.f .^ v. .u m^ saved a lot of bother end beforehand worry. . • Ycu are lucky to have such a large slice of vour .'ear family near at hand so thev ci- >.*. ,r^ f v xney Cc... te with you every day. Thi? was 8 luxury I could'nt afford when at B8ltimcre..o «i^if c'emed eighty good to have one or other of the. .how up a'couple of ti.es a week. Last evening Elizabeth took the Federal Express for Boston, where DorQthy was to meet her and take her to 3 Chsuncey Piece [ in her Buick ~ provided the snow ^as not too deep for auto navi- gation.* Those grandchildren have been pulling pretfy terd all winter sc I knew it was only a matter of time before grandma would have to pull stakes. And I admit myself that I'd give a lot of old boots to have Beth here for a few wceks^, as she. was larl winter. She is a most entertaining and lovable kidling. And we would like to liave her at Lagunites. You have a lot of kids of assorted sizes end ages at the Falls and Watertown, all of whom have either arrived or gro';m up since I lest saw them, so that I would not know one of the whole gf^ng- by si^t. This is a genuine sadness. There is one good thing about this hospital busines? for a serious operation: our nxur folks don't have to overburden their memories to keep telling us to lie still for the first few days. I gsr 0. U. #3 Sleep oil ycu can. 88 there is nothing like it tc restore^ one's- 3?ptein after a shock or strain. It my be e little rronotcnous Vat thrt's prrt of the picnic. lith love to you ell and thanks fo Plo for her eood letter eiying the news that we have l^een so anxiously looking for* V I f*% i. u V - ;i nc>. »» IC S :V £ 4 Tl I 002 "f r Pebruery 21,1^^3 91 Nokol Heater Comp^'ny iiutual Service iiureau ^ Wa5?hingtcn , D. C. » Dear Sirs: ,^^ Two weeks e£0 I notified you in writing of the failure of your heater to heat my house and of the enormous exT^ense I have been put to for fuel oil. Since then two or three of your men have been here hut nothing whetever has been done to improve conditions. i- ■-"' The latter part of last 'veek one of ycur men who looked into the furnace told m^^ that the coating .of_jLfiot was so thick that the furnace was probably rot giving out more than half the heat it should for the oil conpanied. He said he -^uld bring a man up the first of the .veek to thoroughly clean the furnr.ce and ^uld then adjust the furnace so that the sooting would not occur again- This however he hrs not done and we are still saffering. 1 shall be obliged if you will kindly f^ve the matter your immediate attention and let me know whether or not you will be tible to heat the house at anything like the cost you Originally stated. ^ery tnily yours, i\ .»! s' I I » i •^f I 9 " •> -» 20 T Hon. John ?. Healy wi^v^'?g Inspector Wash ing ton :d.c: 2ear Sir: February 21,1923, Just two months epo I x«.«f • ■ ' - f-l-e Of the builder, otl """.'""."-^-S 'h^ -.njuries they hove *„ (c ,^7 renf „■,■ 'parage; ,ky-ligM,.a„d other parta of LZ '• were lci„d er,ou^h to .»„. .„ ■ "''■ "" ^"^ or-i "'peotor to ev,™e the P™^..ee,„dal,oUtertoi„ter,ie.the.«er,r ;H«. you tola ,e. pro^ieed to attend to the JtJr fit once. , ^^^ ha,-. •/"' "' '° *' "'■'"'"' "™ """^'"e :.tBte>rer h-^ been done and ,e r^Mn .ictin. of a g,x.e. i„„„.,, ^fc^^s^ inipopition. ''"^"'•^''■'■■'".-■■t-nti, able to help ^ out n *e matter I ehall he ohUeed to ^t the ca-e at o„=e in tne hands of a 1h7jv«i- -iifk • ^ 8 icvyer .ath instruction to ?ue for heflvy damages. Very truly yours, V SOS I 203 ^ 0. M. #E. '% ^ Pefcruery 26,1923 ****'Vi* :$i f ' • ^ - uf iv dear Coll: It certainly was ^ good sipht for sore eyes to ^^ee your letter of the 24th iiistfint in vour own hsndwritinr. This shows better then ^*rd? tbet yon have reellv won out and will soon he on your feet again. I know just how tedious it has^ been and how much you have had to suffer, but frorr now on .^Qu;^. wilj here relatively little trouble. At the sa^.9 ,^r-,time I don't w^nt to be FjisundeS^stood as enccurarin;~ tlie belief tfu^-t you will feel like jr in ing an athletic club rr thf^t you will nc lonrer ht-ve feellrrs inside yon. And thoiph you may not be <5ure that you feel better fror^ dav to day, you mil feel sure from ri on th to raorth, end this is rbout all ere has e right to exnef.'t. You hove been lucky to have Julia to reed aloud tc ycu. She is a splerdid readsr^-the best I think I ha^^»^ ever listened to. 3orry tc hear the bed news of Mary Geyer but cled thot she is in such moo hands as at th-i Hoccevt-lt Hor^pital, and trust she will corns out in good shape in a few i£:v ^ '•^^r iff I Since writing ycu on February 21 concerninp the continued neglect of the builders of the apartment j^l915-16th St adjoining my house, to repnir various dfimapep , I have had h' ctll from the architects and one of the owners. They said they would repair the roof and other damages, but thus far have continued to do nothing except that I have been informed by Daly 1 Hopper, roofers, that they had been instn^ct^d to repair the rocf. But the architects stated that it was r^^ their duty to carry up the chimney as it was not built on the party wall. I told thetn that this must be a matter of low cr building regiilation and therefore it was not worth «hile for us to '^ ,> "^^^ ''• ^ therefore .vish to ask you -.vhether r. not it is the business of the apartment to repair the dr.^ge done to the top of my furnace chimney and to carry it up so that it will draft. As a matter of f.ot the back part and about ..i^ .„«,., of the sides of the chimney in question are e«t>,i,, ,,, , ' aCiiy encased in the new apartment wall.^ioh at the base c ^ C X extends beyond it (toward my house) at ■» the chimney ^ea«t six or seven inches f iff I J. P. H.-#2. •~f",-H » Tf; S\^ to the usual distance abce the top .f their wall.-- I 'hall greatly appreciate the fa.or if ,„„ will kindly settle this n.itter. - . Very trtjly yours, ,i: • • k.. Cr V W 41 ■%- * • c VMolkSv C-r*-' ." rmf^ % •% *^-t > V i i! I I u\ ^02 ■ n ; ! 1 '> 1 I i * 1 li [ '!■ frr- «A March. 7, 1923 r Hon. John P. Healy Building Inspector Washington, D.C. r r- ^t Dear Sir: rjj t r M Since writing you on February 21 concerning the continued neglect of tjie Ijuilders of the apartment #1915-16th St, adjoining my house, to repair various damages, I have had r 6* feell from the architects and one of tE^e owners. They said they wolild repair the roof and other damapes,but thus far 'have continued to do nothing except that I have been informed by Daly & Hopper, roofers, that they had been instructed to repair the roof. ' r ■■■■ • But the architects stated that it was jiot their duty to carry up the chimney as it was not built on the party wall. I told than that this nus t be a matter of law or building rep^lation and therefore it Was not worth ^ile for us to -iig. '^'- '*• ^ therefore wish to ask you whether o> not it is the business of the apartment to repair the dr.^ge done to the top of my furnace chimney and to cariy it up so that it will draft. in Ih. M. apsrtaent wall.rti^h at the basf „f ,,, ^. X , , , , "0^ the chimney extends beyond it (toward my house) at lea^^t .W n ^eafit SIX or seven inches. l\' i \ 205 J. p. H fz. to tha usual dlatanc. ,l„a the top of.h.ir .all. I ahall graatly appraoiate the favor If »S„ will kindly sattl, this mattar. , : . Very trrzly yours. 44 f . --— ** \ Vrf l»U ••'♦ •t V..J rv^TKOL^.*, oaiv^,.*.. *^+'^»^^*^--^--^ V^^^i"t .^:a 1 4W * V '>] e of Preceding Frame i 1 .1 206 1 > V •* . T» March 15,1923 :f^^ m. 11 i 4 ft I Mr. B; p. Mock. Secrets 17 Consolidation Conmittee b- *^ I a» ^ c Sw Dear Sir: • » Beplyiug to your lattar of th« 14th inatant I enoloae herewith my cheek forn$6.00 in order to eTon up mj aharea ofioonon atock.aa requested, and ^^ *"' aa anggeetad by i^e in ay letter of February 6 tran*- ' ■ittiog My.oertificatea of stock. • ^ Veiy truly youra. C "T* «JKu3^i?\^ .? H V "''. I I t iiMK*lA**MMMMMMMM»«1iai «^9!*' -^ «l li il [ -^ i «i '* Mi [■>' 206 Mwnoh 15.1923 . ^4it^ t I'l mi mtom Gerp. ;.-'i ( • . ^ipilylig *• jTMr Utt«r ^r ilM 14th- iaitaht I tiMa«t« htvBiitb mf ehMk fcrn|6.00 in^rdor tc ^ =^ M MfliMtod by t|0 iB IV letter of f ebnuiy ^ tm#. ■iiti^B qr^^Mctif i«atM jaf ttook. r» t^iy txttly joun. *"v» •SGLi^ V'^MLi»ui.*--V >:35^i^g^ t < « Retake of Preceding Frame 207 li, liirroh iV.1923 Al New Proo988 OoBpany Warren, PennsylTanxa Dear Sirs: The two gripe Wd three iribirte ordered by me on approral a few days ago arrired last erening. The big grip ie tee heary for an old nan to^oerry* being a load in itself when wpty, fbr itii^\i reason Iran retnmiqgfit herewith by> parcel po^. The others I an keeping although the woman^s grip does nDt shut easily, the two edges of the top nseting instead of one passing under the, other as intended. In place of the beaTy grip returned 1 shall be obliged if you will send se one of your snail handibags priced at 96. 95. In order to sare unnecessary correspondence I am enclosing herewith my check for 126.75 (for the sonants grip, $14.85; 3 shirts $4.95; small grip to be sent $6.95. Very truly yours, f ^- I 208 * I Maroh 24.1923. I' I I Mr. Fnck J* LenfhaB Qonwlidation Consittee Miaricen Motors Corporation SUiiifiold, lew Jeraty Sear Sir: Thanks for your letter of the 22nd instant acknowledging receipt ef mj check of |6.00 to even up shares, and adrising me that the par Talue of the participating preferred stock of Beseiner American Motors is $10-00. I haTe not yet receired my certificates of stock ihich I was told in a pTWTicas letter were ready for distribution some time ago. I shall be glad to receiire them before re taming to California in the near future. Yery truly yours. eos 210 i March 5i7,1923 March 27,1923 Aaeriean Motors Corporation Plainfield, New Jersey Dear Sirs: For some time past there has been a loss of power in the motor of the American Six (the engine nniriber of which is 10014^) which I purchased from you the latter part of November last. When Mr. Bryant of your Service Department was here a week or so apo we chaiged the oil from Mobile Arctic to Mobile A, which helped a lit tie, but not much* Thinking the trouble likely to be in the valves I have just had the cylinder-head removed and am hrjiving the valves ground. Three of the exhaust valves were holding open and all bf them beginning to bum. There does not seem to be enough clearance for the valve stems. Furthermore, the second cylinder (from the front) is very badly and deeply scored all the way round. I assume this to be due tea bad ring but did not take the crank case down to find out. Since leaving your factory with the new car in November last I have driven it 1016 miles. I shall be obliged if you will take the matter up at once with the Herschell-Spillman Motor Company and let me know the result as early as possible, as 1 am leaving for California in the near future. Very truly yours, • v^.;U 35 iTciSH, \% New Process Company warren, Pennsylvania Dear Sirs: Ten days ago I wrote you,and at the same ti.. r.tu™ed by par=.l pet th» larg. =i^, „.„., «r.p .hich jrou had ,„t ...a.d i„ ., i,„„ ^,,„^^ » el«ck c«„ri„g th. coat of ooe of your «aU handi- bags *ioh I aaked you to ..„4 to tak, the placo of tha big on. r.t«r„.d. Siaoa than I bar, ha.rd nothing from you. I hope you will be able to send the bag in the near future as I am leaving for California in a few days. Yours very truly. I 211 ■■t I April 10. 1923 J^ John Greany Strrioa Manager ^* Motors Corporation Pltii^fiald, New Jeraej ^ 4e%r Sir: Thanks for your letter of the 6th instant, offering to ««li ■e'^a new gas tank. Don't do it. Owing to engine troublo it ^ n^fteasary to aend the car hack to Plainfiold, as per letter f r^ 3aXa^- Mtnager. I cannot do this now ss I an learing this ^ •••k fir il^ifomia, to be gone until fall. So*irtien I return I will have to take the cer to Plainfield and the Tari«|is parts needing attention can he fixed at the save til Thanking you for your offer. Very truly yours. U^ srs April 13, 1923, Mr. J. J. Paul, General Sales Maneger, American Motors Corporation, Plainfield, N. J. Dear Sir: Eeplying to your letter of the 2fid inst. would state that I am overwhelmed with work prepratory to my departure for California in a few days, and therefore am not able to drive my car to Plainfield in order to have the necessary troubles attended to. The car will have to remain in my garage here during the summer and I will try to deliver it to you on my return in the fall* Several different parts are in need of attention. Very truly yours. 213 I j 7 1 •i 1 s 1 * m S j^^B 1 ^H s April 13. 1923, Mr. Proctor W,. Hanal, President. PlIiSiSl!T°j!; "°^°'' Corporation. My Dear Sir: . _ i» . On February 5, in compliance wi th a request from your Mr. Ralph D. Mock. Secretary, I fonrarded my certificates of stock in the American Motors to be replaced by the new certificates of the Bessemer-American, but up to date have not received the new certificates. I have written both Mr. Mock and Mr. iYank J. Lenehan in regard to the matter but neither has seen fit to reply. I had expected to go to California before this but have been detained. I shall leave here, however, in the next few days^to be gone at least six months^ and should be glad to receive the certificates in order that they may be placed in my safe-deposit box before leaving. If you will kindly expedite the metter I shall be obliged. Very truly yours. 214 a.&' *"""" -ipril 17,1923 iJy dear Mr Bursner: Very many thanks for your cont-t«o-„ • *v mv r^r-nf . courtesey m the matter of «lh k„t ,i,h,. for th, ,„„„„ ,t tfc, „„ ^„^^__^_ Very truly yours » r ' f il i r- , 215 11 ^ ■ y I r ,4' I' Mr R. R. Burton ■Blaaahan & Bortoa IhAftDgton, D.C. Daar lb* Barton: Juno 19, 1920 Tour lottom of Ibiy 5 and Jnao 7 aro bof oro b». I !»▼• ^••n doins A lot of fiold vork in tho northern half of the state. •ad «1m hav* reeently attended a Boetine on Indian affairs at SanU Your letter is a hard one to answer, for the reason that harily knov irtiat to say. Qm hates to be iopoMd upon and nnde JU m Tietin of aa«llMr*a actions. fiarthen»rs< J5 1aJ put up in that talk shout a 5-insh cfww extension of ngr south nail. They know m veil as ee do that a party eall nsans extension on the ai^nii^ Xoit aaA they knov also that the survey saA lines were ruA^ Mt hy as tat by the Distriet Sorreyore Besides, as a natter of fact^ they em^ to psy as fer the party wall. ial WKreeter, they kept the f rent of sy beose looking lik< a plaster jand for six wwiths, eansii« ruination of the polished f loora ia addition to the looks. Mai hev about the holes they left in the roof for nonths to l«t the rains soak dero thvoi:^^ the ealU and plasterl flMWver, I ^d*Bt lot the ease in your hands to tell yen ilMt U d*. Do idMtever in yonr jndsanit —mm best and I will afrt to ki*. Yery tnXj yours. CVc* V ■' 1 )i v^>^^ I ! 216 :l August 2, 1923. Ifr. R» R. Burton Union Truftt Buildiqs llMhiqgton, D. C. Dear lir« Burton: numlw for your lottar of July 25 widcb. reached us last eTeniqg on our return from an ertended field trip. lUile regretting the obstinancy and unfaimess of the ovnere of the apartment next door to npy house, I dislike to hrii^ a auit e^ainst them. ttrs. Mezriam and ny daughter fe«l in the sane «ay, and therefore instep of filing suit ■hall be glad if you will accept the terras they offered, namely, to clean xxp and paint the front entrance and put up a aetal smoke etaek over the fumaee flue, vith a ten year guarantee for its oaintenanee. In the course of the field trip from which we have just returned I obtained a valusble lot of Indian material, in- cludii^ a good vocabulary from a tribe I had not previously Tisited. This nearly conpletes ny series of about 12G Tocabularies of Qfclifomia lar«uages and dialects. lith best wishes. Very truly yours. I 's V I I « ■ V V, ilr. •A it. 217 AMgUBt 4, 1923. n^ank P. Haii>iB Mitual S«nric0 1411 Hew York At#. Washir^oh^ D. C. SlMT Tour l^ter of July 11 forwardad from Ikshincton has Ju«t raachad m9, on agr rotum from a field trip. I am intaroatad in your proposition to install a 500 gallon tank and iracuum unit at obt housa for tha am of $250^caah on installation. Tha cpaation ia mh^rm will you put the tanl^ Ona of your man lookad OTor nor pramisaa last spriqg in tha hope of induciq^- ma to purchaaa an undarground tank but ha did not appear to arriTa at a definite concluaion aa to iriiere the tank could ba placed in oaQfaraity with the city rsgulationa. The fiu*naca is in the middle of tha cellar and the present inside tank is against tha Carolina Street wall. I shall be glad to hear from you in rsigard to the matter but do not mxpmsi to return to l&shir^on before the end of October. Very truly yours. U I s f)i i i( i M 218 f ' y. ■V \> i», .V. VJ>' Aeigust 6, 1923 District of Columbia Omut Sir: tn rotuming to ny suowr headquarters tram a field trip in the north, I an disappointed not to find in ray formr- ded nail the usual blank form for Persoiml and Intai«ible tax. I shall be obligsd thsrefore if you will swid me, Addressed to lacunitas, Cklifomia, teo copies of the blank. fery truly yours. *» t% % 219 ,J f August 21, 1923* a tax 0tatan«nt for As«i80or Qiatrict of Cfolunibia. Iter Sir: HwiiFith 18 ny personal and ; tilt current year. •♦■ I l»ft iMhlqgton about th» ndddl* of ipril, since idx ham bMD vicae^ in field work in northwestern Cklifomia retorniDg to m^ mrmmr hMdquarters at Lagunitas on At^ost ■uniriaed to find ttat the asnal tte blaric had not been received, «iid iMMdiately wrote you asUiig that diqplicate copies be sent w. Tbmn arrived yesterday and I have filled then to the best of v^ •bility. Dnfortunately I can not find any memorandtm as to the noAer or par Tales of shares I hold in the Bessamer-Arasri can Ifctors Corpora- tion, wMoh in eoeiKiDg from receiTsrship, is of very uncertain Talue. I have estinated ih» talus at $6,000 which probably is con- siderably above ita present cash value. Respectfully, 220 Not. 8, 1923. Ifr.H.R.Burton, lW*a«han & Burton, wdon Trust Bldg. . Iwfliij^on.D.n. Dear Ifr .Burton: PlMsa pardon ngr delay in not reply- ing to your »eTeral letters, irtiich awaited ny retem from fiald work in the north. •4 We we glad to know that the chimney pipes are liksly to be in place before our return. le haye been eartremely busy this season and on returning from the last trip I attended an Indian eonrenti on, after which I broi^ht several Indiwj hooie to our plaee at Lagunitas where I have been work- ing with then until two days ago. We ej^ject to re- turn to IbtsMngton in ten days or two weeks. We appreciate the annoyance you have been pot to in the natter of the hotise, and are Tery much obliged for your persistence . Very truly yours rss 1! ^ Washington Dec. 14, 1523 >k. Deer Julia: ^ Enolosed is your coupon for the present month. I got it this morning—first time I heve hed time to go to the Safe Deposit. since our return froi^ dalifcrnia. -^ *: We ere much pleased to learn from i^lorencft thet ycu ere likely tp "be here for the iiolideys. — Slizabeth has Deen in bed severel days trying to recover fijpft every bed cut on her forehead from striking the sharp edge of a galvanized iron register box in the lasement. 3he wes cared for by one of our best surgeons, who sewed it up and will see her again today. The city is white today with the first snow of the season. - * -» • - . ■ With love from us all, * As ever vours. i i !i^.: .1- Dec. 14,1933 Mr Geo. W. White Wa"hi^';L!l?r' Metropolitan Bank Dear Mr White: * - - i- i* ^ . J » In accordance with our conversation this «oming. I am. enclosing herewith my check for $1027.08 for mUQ nrst Mortgage (with interest to Jan.lo)in nam^. of to and G Hemann. 1365 Randolph Street, payable Jan.15.1926, e\ %, Very truly yours. iOj Ml ■ '1 I 1 > M sss >»v 224 *h. Lr. i . il. 3mith, Genrice i;.anager, Arnerican Motors Gorpcrfticn, Flainfield, IJew Jersey, Janua 10 1 G-' ^ /k 1 ♦ Dear Sir: . , - <• mC^ «..:-.*, t^v^rm 7our factory whom you s^id would taKe IF The man ircm ;, my car to Iloinfiold or or befcro t/^^ iUth inethnt hai r;ot yet shc-vr. up. Vihen .viii he be here? The ctr is orectically usfilPSP in it? ire^^nt oori?,Jticn. J drove it abc-ot three miles thi? mornirn for the first time in ten days osid the greeting aad terrible s'-.i-kin? I spcke of occurred three times. Verv trvtV/ vours. I !i i January 12, 1924 \feodward & Lothrop, Washington, D. 0. 15 Dear Sirs: Shortly 'after Christmas I purchased at your store a Thermo sweater, size 34, with the privilege of exchange if the size was not right. On bringing it home I found • that it was too small and returned it next morning to ex- chanpe for a 36- The salesman told me that you were ct^t ■ of 36 but that he would order one end heve it delivered to ipy house. 1919 Sixteenth 3treet, within a week. It is now more then two weeks and thus far the thing has nor ar- rived. ^** sip^ ^1, «.--^'tjl , -,*^ Very truly yours. • ■! Pebrnary 6, 1924 ^. Geone f. ihite, Pres ideal. National i Washington, 0. C. Dtar Mr. fbita: Todaj mj daughter Zenaida loat her pocket-book in one at the Sixteenth Street herdics. The pocket-book contained « check dra^ by ae to the order of Zenaida Merriaa for |25 dated Janoary 1. 1924. check Ho. 157. I rtiall be obliged you will kindly atop pajwent on this check. Very truly yours, ^ '^ '-1#^J. Y _ V y w 228 I I i March 4, 19«* Mr. G. L. Nicolson, Chairman Telegraphone Finance Committee. Box 3613. Georgetown Station, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: Responding to your aii'cular letter dated March 1, I an enclosing herewith Ay check for $15.00 as a contribution toward the expense of litigation. . I feel that all stockholders should support Mr. Sullivan in the splendid m)rk he has done and is doing in our "behalf. I note that you do not advise stocldiolders to attend the meeting called by H. P. O'Reilly for the 6th instant. Would it not be viorth while for you or Mr. Sullivan to be present at that meeting to tell the stockholders the truth? •fith best wishes. Very truly yours , ^•iw^Ss;;"^' twx..^^ I I 1 ♦ I 1 i I . f 227 - ' ^^^* 12, 1924 ?r- Clinton L. Bapp |6 West 52nd Streff* New York City. • Dear Clint; "°t long ago I forwarded to ^c- .,-'.. Now a postcard for yc ^ h« • T " '" ^^'''" '^^'^«- card enclosed in '"' ^'^^'^^ ^^ ^' ^^^ a ^--n .r eo_ii:ri::i::r^^^ '''-^ '^ ^^ - ■ Dorothy and children have been ,ith , , -o»t Of the »i„ter, i„ fact » / ""' «-" '" Boston in a f,„ ,.1, l"T "' "''''' "^ '» "'™ Koroth, let he/ : " ^"'^'"^^ """^ '^-' 7 lost her appendix during the early nart of h ■ ■ here. -^ ^^^^^ ^- her visit ^^^^ - ..d Hetta not ..in, on here tM. .inter, .e »ith best love to you bo th. ■As ever. I II I 'I 228 March 13. 1924 Collector of Internal Revenue , Baltimore, Maryland. Dear Sir; Here^vith I enclose my Income Tax Return for the year 1923, amounting to $98.20. with check for the first three quarterly payments amounting to $73.65. Very truly yours. .0 A If ',1 **« ess • . April 1, 1S24 Dear Lyman: It was gocd to heer from you a few doys ego, end war also a good deal of a surprise. Maybe your chenge of base will give you more time end energy for writing. I quite agree with you that thnre Peoirs little reason to doubt the current end widely diffusod opinion that ij'ail is a' sccondrol. .nd agree .l.c ir the feeling that attacks on Denby, Boosevelt, and one or tm> others are outrages which a civilized gcvemmcnt ought to be able to punish. Us, King David was pretty =ly, but he had the power to gratify his desires without fear of iinpeacFiment by the victims and th.ir friends. The clipping you enclosed is a little too shocking for me to read aloud to your father, as suggested in your letter. Annn3ta and family are here and we have greatly enjoyed ■.±Bt little we have been able to see of them; pfirtiuularly an auto trip to iiount 7emon yesterday, followed by supper at cur house. This is the first time .ve have had a chance to beocme acyuainted with Hester and Carol. Betty we knew before, .hen she wa^ with Florence a:.d Vernon. They are a fine batch ' of girls. Now we wish we could have a sin^ilsr chrnce with your famly. whom we don't know at .11. Perhaps you and Dille will I I % i it !/ f iU. 230 Lyman M^rriam ~^- be able to bring them do^vn some of these davs. «,.■ ♦ ,. ^ I h87e not been to Ne'w York for several years and doubt if I get there for a year or two yet, as my job lies in the opposite direction. The weather bureau forecasted fine weather for today but we are in the midst of a snow storm with two or three inches already, and still agoing. And what is still worse, Dorothy leaves on the ?ederal this evening for Boston. 3he had expected' to ro a couple of week?? ago but her little Beth has been sick. V/ith love to vcu all. As ever yours. Mr. Lyman L. Merriam, 7 State Street, Ossining, N. Y. y ^ :) 3l 231 Julj 5, 1S24 Mr. Hobert Bursner. Prepident ~ ' Bessemer-American Motors Corporation " • Flainfxeld, New Jersey Mj dear Sir: Have you any word of encouragement for the Bessemer- American Stockholders? It is a very long tir.c since your Stcckholdnrs have received any strtement or any infonnrticn cf any kind concerning the operations and prospects of the Company, i shall he very glad to hear from you. Very truly yours. <1 I I i I I) » I ^ ^^ I i SSgjs;/fiiKf:.v-"- Deo. 10,1924 ©••r 31r: Bespaotfully, Jlmuary 10.1S25 Mr T.J£^B.Dunn iBoono fwM DiTision B601I a02 Ouaton House Baltlaort. Jfaryland Replying to your letter of the 9th instant, just recieved, would refer you to my letter of December 10 [oopy enclosedj trens mitting check for $73.66 in payment of the Income Tax bill in question. Rsspect fully. «tv .- .F«r.-%>'"**^«' r hi if* 8 I ■ *, t 4 233 i Sr Pet. 24. 1925 Mr G«o. W. «hlt«. President Htftioaal Metropolitan Bank Vafhington. D.C. Dear Ur White: Many thanks for your letter of the 21st instant, telling ne that the Lewis Note for Five thousand dollars maturing April 15 can he paid at once, and offering to reinvest at 6^ . This is good news, end in accordance with your recom- mendation I hare signed the check for $5,000 which you enclosed and am handing it to you herewith, assuming of course that the Lewis $5,000 will be deposited to my account before the check is turned in. Appreciating your kind attentions in the matter, Very truly yours. i 'I i I I IV I 234 March 21. 1925 Mr. Robert Bursner, President AnericmMotors Corporetion Plainfield, New Jersey My dear Sir: Whet is the present status of American Meters and whet is the value of the stock? Very truly yours. . I 0, tt I hi lu S i I I I I ^ I i Bee. 15. 1925 iS868S0r iashington, D. 0. Dear Sir: Ttaaks for sending my Real Estate Tax bill for 1926. The anount of the tax. |323.82, i» appslling and leads Hie to sw- peot an error of some kind, possibly by inclusion of the next lot on the south which formerly belonged to me. Four years ago (1921) the tax on the lot on which my house now stands , entered in the Tax bill as Lot 805. jumped from $15«.10 to $205.53. The bill for 1925 (paid a year ago) was $253.58 '•hile the bill just received is for $323.82. Can you tell me on whet basis these terrific increases in tht tax are made? I am not aware of any corresponding increase in property ralues. The assessment on my house lot (containii^ eSiS^lSZOjfeet) in entered as $7943, ^ich would be at the rate of $4.25 a square foot, Bore I think than its actual market value. Since for some years I have been engaged in field work in Califomia, returning to washirgton for the winter, I have not been informed of tba action of tbe asfreesors in makirig these eppfclling incrtases in the asr'esRed vsluation of my home, end have had no opportunity to appear before your Board. Personal for the year , , for the value of the propert^i Very truly yours, il 382 i>ear Henry: ^idit if? prot^afcij the firmest hospital on tho AmericeR cor;tine>it wjid recently finirliod ^i-d cpened in iitmsdt, en S>m J*r::.i:eieuO Bi^y- It is a 7?cnderiul building end its fqui|^ieDt * iH 'believed tc be superior to !>^5:t of s^ny other like irftitution. There is no fui-nfioc i^i ihe builairn f^nd nc cori, oil, £.5o ^'jo heiiting, lirhtiri-, hot Tjater iierrrice, Ifuror;^ vvcrk. / .• c- .'ookixir. ^na various ether things &re all dcn^ \v electric current* k iar^je 6 lac: trie cj-ble runs directly xrum the j^c^vor hca^^o iiitu t,Ue ncepiUl. Tile he^.t;im^ thrciz^hcut ir dOiO i>\^ ths Vifosix Air Hesters c^ Ihi tw tyi>?fi ifhci^r. in the «ncIos6:icircu".-v-'^t>:f rcrlebl^a Tvd? end txie Flu^^h Vi^ll Tyoe. I :.i-vc i^-vcci ir Trort of both of theia cind have beeii Surprised at the quantity of hcst aistributed* The cost of current for tr^ hospital is Ic^? ^han the .0£it ffi^ritxciied in »;he The hotU/itu.l ii:' the cue planr^od by Dr. W. Bf:rc3F7 :Jtophens cf Aic':c:od£. Before trtartin^: to build, iJr.. i>teohen^. vieited the beet hcTpitrls in Boston, !!e%Y York, B^iltiiucrJi, c^r^d "SArhiiiptcr, includirg ♦f»\- "J •*•,»-,» ~^^ 1 h^<^ thoiKfht: th^^': t'.r^ ^ost of .n:irreut ir '^nchington would .^reiJiude the u^^e of tiiUit^r cf lh5?e r.<: l i^upplsirierii-al heciter for ccld rectus. The ,;2'^s?e:u price of current herg, und^r the i^v? which went lo f I \ % \ * i HBA 237 into effect e week ago, is .03* per kh after the first ten kb, which coat .07^. I am mighty glad I went to Gwrbridge. It wca Icvely to see you fill in your l)e«utiful new house end to have a fev.- deys with yott all. If ycu will kindly get Beth a pair of those shoes with skates ettached and send ma a memorandur! of cost, I will send check tc cover s^ne,es e belated Chris tnwis gift from Grsndpe. Incidentally. I feel that these beleted pros e rite are of much more account thtn these distributed on Christines D«y, for the doable reason thas they coice'es a canplete Surprise and come after the others hove lost a good deal of their freshness. Be vSjre tc get first cless skttes end shoes and big enough so they sill serve her for another year* With love to you £il, riginal Defective i I ft* 8£S Jan-;.iry 21. 1926. Eear Betty: You -..ro the haHast girl -o v.ril« to that I ever knew; the trouble is that you stay too far ..way. It is a aii^ular fact ir: huinan psychology that T^hila a !ett.^r is a letter, ne7.rthelo.o ^ it. i^ nuch ?a?ier to write to people '^o.tMn rifle mn-e than to thone on th- ^bher side of the bj^ rat.?r, Furtherriore, letters ao-. eumi;lHte mt\ nv.oh pernisi -ur. rapid: ty t^at I hars not y»t oaugH uf, ^ith the 3tac!c that heftan t-. ascaTjlrvte b*^for«« I went to Can- brid're to see Dorothy and ov.r r randchl 1 d ron the last week of the Ir^ WA tr ?*8r n However, vou are a rrooi .-irl t- rri:8 ^our old ancle » nr.e in a while .xnd you niay rest asaured that ha is alwa^/a glad to hear from you. fine thin-^ t.h^.t- ^^ou folk-i Ta."^ 'ihle to mike thic^ ^.riy ar"! see all the wjnderfui thirco th?:^.t yoi. h-^ve aeon .irS! th^^t yvj hnre to sea* Trse ■orinci'^xl iu-n^er of ^^uch trix:^ is that vvhen tnay co»ne home the ..rirli^ that» T:ake 'Jhen. are ao savarated :vlth forerm lanjv^ivre^i ^inu m>:5ert3 t^h^t it iu very difficult for them to talk 3tr=xi=r' t Ilriiti^A'^ St^x^^s fx:no. ^.hey are 'Uble to u^e •A'orda that nuwr '2f ;'9 f'-il to unJeratarid by re.i.rjon of whi^h :?e develop a paini\illy ha^Tble feelin^: when in their presence. f '\ k H I f » i'.'f 239 - 2 - You tell me a curious thing - that in your literarv x^ere- Srinations you have come across the book -BirO-Sn" by J. Winl^ Schultz,and that you were astonished to find it dedicated to his ,on Hart M.rri«n Schultz. This really is all right so far as the t,ook U concerned, and it may be added that the young man has dereloped ranarlcable talent as an artist, some of his .^intings command ir« hig prices in N«, Toric and other places. The main objection to him. aside from being his father's son. seems to be that he does not al- ways tell the truth. His rr.other wae a fall blood Blackfeet Indian. In the long a^o days vvhen I practiced medicine and sui^ery in northern New Yoric his father was one of my patients; likewise his grandmo ther. You are ^ettin;^ ac^iuainted with altogether too many people over there. This probably seems Jl right to y-u for the time being, but there is an aftentath which is terrible to' contem- plate; namely, tlie time you will htve to waste in writing letters to them after you return. Speaking of writins letters, T ifant to cor^ratulate you on the evident eane with which you write and also more puiicularly on the improvenient in your handTrrtirjS. Neverthe- less, there is even yet room for — . You have succeeded in making your •!" stand up, which in itself is a great accomplishment , but your capital "Us* and •Ts* look like all sortsof things. And whj' is it that girls write letters without either dating them of giving Defective o^s - 3 - their address* Between Chriatciaa and New Ye&rs I had to go to New Haven for a few days for the reason '.hat I had the misfortune to be elected IVeaident of the American Society of Naturalists which held iii3 annual meeting in New Hsiven in connection with meetings of the An thrcrol ovists and other scientific societies. When the ordeal was over, instead of ccmin?; straight back to Wsshinarton I Tent to Cnr.bridr.e to see tho easternriost branch of rr/ fnirily, as I had been there only once since Dorothy's marriage* I foimd them well and interestinr-. The grandchildren have deTsloped Bplendidly and their new house is the most perfect dwelling I have over seen. It was huilt bv an engineer, Professor tipple of Har- vard, who di^i u vear or two age. It is so comfortably arranged and contains so many cubbies, shelves and handy places and things that it TJould take me a ?/eek to tell j''cu about it. Another advantage is that it has a double- barrel C'^ncrete garage close to the kitchen door^and et^-nds alone in a yard with plenty of trees and shrubbery. It is v/ithin a few? days of two months since we returned from California and except tha few days when I wa.^ in New Englrxnd I h'-vc; vvorked ten or twelve hours a duy as hard as I could without bain^ able to catch up with ^tcciimaluted ir.ail and other odds arid ends, so thr.t T arr only rust now beginninr to feel th^t I can take lip my refs.1 work in a few davs. ', : \ i I 241 - 4 - ^ Vour d»vot«i uncle T,™,„ u ^„.t now enjoytng hi„,oIf »oas the ™,k„u «,d alllgatcr^ ot the loulsUn. ,.„he,. He r^ t»e^ ..appear suadenl, an. the only ^, ,, ,„ „„, ,,„ .3 ; apiittinc' open a neighborin-^ alHi?^,fn,. t b rm,. alligator. In one of these he found no fewer than eight rrruskrats. Your CHisin Ploddie and vour -innf vt^ .... '^ '^^^ "^.unt Florence are still thriving and appear to be taking a sufficient .„«r,f,-* -, «, «i auincien. quantity of nourishment. but if you were here you culd save them lots of trouble. ' "^ Thus far this .inter we have had only one snowstonn that amounted to anything and it did not amount to much - only about three inches. I have not had time to go to the Zoo since I c^e back but when you come homo I .ill agree to accompany you «d as often al you like. IncidenUlly. I am glad that you *ere able to ae^he Brit- ish Wuseum of Natural Histcrj,-. With best love to you cji, i„ which your aunt Elizabeth and Zenaicia join Miss Betty Hone Hotel Danube 5R Rue Jacob Paris , Prance. As ever. ^*-— -w^jto- 242 May 20, 1926 Mr Geo.'W. IPfhite. President National Metropolitan Bank Washington, D.G. Dear lir liVhite: Thanks for your letter of the 14th instant acknowledging my check for ^1.660 and telling r.e th.t you have purchased e like amount in first mortgage notes at 6^ on property of John H. Wright, maturing May 12. 1925, secured on lots 66 to 70. square 1955 known as 3501 36th Street. W'i. 1 thank you for your kind offices in the matter. Tery truly yours. V— . t\-^l^-*„ ■ n" "!♦'■• **r '" 1 243 ,-«^»*r*W*»i SI^S 244 il I- D^cenber 3^ 1926 l>0ar Julia: Hirewith I am enclosing your Washington Bailway and Slaotrio Ooiq^on for $aO« payable now« r,^ Wi had a abort hut rery huay fiel4 aaaaon in Califomiat ratundii; ttie middle of NpTembef • I waa obliged .to ha liar^ aarliar than woal in order to read proof of an article on the Pit Biyer Indians now passing throu^ the preaa under the Snithaonian Inatitution. Zenaida* aa you doubt la aa 1mow« retamad by vay of Panama and Havana, and had a g}.orious trip. floddie ia with ua ill i la Florence and Yemon are still in Call for nia« ffe all ara Taxy well axaapt my ayaa ifcieh are feeliqg the off acta of too much proof and manuacript« With lore from ua all Aa erer. Mrs* Ct L* Marrim ljW6 Waahiogtcn Street latertowQ, aew York. ^ . I ^ I I i ,.| .u 1: 1 : t 245 Otc«b«r 7. 1926 ir. I, lilUgt 8f fioo of iMMaor iftriot of Colntbia. Dear Sir: Bom joitr offioo oror slip a oog? Thia aftamoan I raoaifa4 tlia aooaayanying notice to tho affaet that I aa iafUotad ilth a etaalty of SOjC for failure to flit • tax ratum laat J«]j aa irt^ulrad ^y I'filad mj paraenal tax ntont aa aaoal in July befora laaTiqg Ur Qalifw&la» afid on MoTaabar 12 » paid tha tax in full. $U7a5A (yoar aaooant oiaikbar 26264) by obaok niBibar 404 « on tha Hatioiial Matropolitan Baek of ttiia city« A vaak or ao later I racaivad from the office of the Yax tiDllactor receipt for the above tax, dated lOTeBber 18^ 1926. Taxy truly ycmra^ I :<♦ ^•■■';'i mmmMmm%^-*mm'^**''''*^>^ I i^l ' M"MI II 'T f|p?»,n ^ fWf*, »*>**»»*•-»»*' ' ■ ■it^aiw>y»v^JW*'»'*«Hf *'fV«*ir-*»*'* . . 246 i * ■ ; ^ 7 / 4- -A Ir \ V { '^*- r Mit8 7453 Outlook Offioe New York City Your advert isemeDt in the Outlcck of Januery 19 attracted my ettention. is you are seeking t^: '>pporU2ait/ U 4q "interest- ing and useful work^, an* as I fii^ TOl'- cr "ihit sert of work and SaOET on competent qualified ae* I'-^wt^, I'm wg^tlB^ for more Information. I am a naturalist : hJ e i^i^i/^gxc^t of ttie old scIm^oI struggling in an effort to ^rt^yBy l ■ ^n.j ^-^y^jjxs a reasonable percentage of a lifetime's acuinra'v ticn of notorial relating to the Indians of California ajacl rh*^ ^i\.'s7^w^lB ^ birds, reptiles, trees and brush of Western America. I still carry on fieldwori: in California about half of each year. If interested, let me hear from you. ^^fgm • ..•■wmfcauM—iiaij Original Defective tmmmttm^itttiimmmmif* I* • >i •f ■.^.< n f 'I s !',i 247 ^ Miai Barl)ara Hastings 317 Lartjnie Street itchison, Kansas Feb. 3, 1527 . Dear Miss Hastings: Thanks for your letter cf Jt?nu- ry 23 • It's a pity that we live so far apnrt, ^ h^ lfb-'.ar in my office would giva ycu s better ideii of tho \\( rk t'-:^.: :. dozen letters. lou ask atcut salary bul say tiolhing cfcout ^lu^ll'^^-- tions. .The salary deperjds on whst I gat in returr.a If are a good stenographer you will be worth much more rcth i: office and the field thar; if you crc rictc Have you c.ny Itingu^jges— ettpecifclly Spji.i^^'^-V Other (juf lificaticns that count with me .i neatness and order in everythirg. p^:-: jrintingffrr •- S.^ W v.i.X ■. <-• X. J C . Indian words), experience in the prf»p. racier of ..:^i^,u5.yrij^ proof repding, familiarity with lihrrry work-^^e ic'iirr. ^■^." -^nd extracting material, with exact ref»*rfr.ce9, ^rl cc on. rher, the Der^crrl elemt^i't i: tfcrice — willinj'nep? tt helc •;11 .Ici^- ' "e li^;-^ -tc '-.c ".i:."3 i:; ^^y; tc do .J^ythirig tc s-ve ^'; ti^ie— frc^ ^^ttir:^ 'r ^^^r r.r gophers or helping ^re^^sc; tha cjr, tc ^tc.rohing vv.r-s en •^sc-ern exploration for references to Gr-i:^..;,, te.^rs ('•- [j-^i/.nz, -r ^. :i ing a rri:\nuscript for critioirjr.c ':e"ore ?e>0^ t. re?5 I • i! •.\,.,.,* immMm I**'*' ' ' *i>i' mmupmttti"-^- ■ *»■* h i It I H ■f- ,:. r'4 I ■■ ' t, ■■•, ' 1 pi: (■■■ * ■^^ I 248 ■"**SHi paers •ieze in Wu'^hiii^ton 1 csutllj hrvs ono cr two stencgra- ,'iid viie or two ether cissiattnts. Just now 1 have three in in the field in O-lifornio 1 have only one "besides my daugh^ I a.i.ra to pi.y f. girl what she is worth to me, which means, ■f she is not v?al] ^u^iiified, ^oout u hundred dcllurs t month. ^Shcii 10 /our weif^ht and height? Have /oa uny special fa^utitude for work relating tc Indiar miia^'iials, l-irds, x*eptilos, or plant !iT 7ery .traly yours. k \ V i < 249 n t-t } ^ f%. 16. 1927 Shmr Jftn HMtisi8«: SMoilai for your lottor of tko 22^ i^t^n** OVriowly jou can print . and with liardlj maj proeti oma primt our way* Ifo a pity you art not a ataaograplibor ainoo in Calif* anda I aaa ha?o only one aaaiatwt baaidaa mj daaghtor and anat kmf9 a ataaographtr. fwo 9Viggi»mtio9M eeenr to m-AD that yoa bagia «t ono* at or Mar. joar em heaa; or(2) that jn oaiia aooa to fashington aod stody in work. ." *•" •" • ■'"">«•«• to «to.hlngt.n and ha„ „o fri.»d. h.« ..thar V laaghtar^r I ,ia ba glad to ..at j^ .» ,i. tram and d.U,.r ,.. .t .0.. t..^„^ .^.^.^.^^ ^^^_^^ Vary trnly yonra. «a.lNJ5»^ ''•■4 •: I ■I. ( 251 t May 7. lS;d7 Charles Scribner's Sons 597 Fifth Avenue Heif York City Dear Sirs: Today I am sending ycu by express (prepaid) a manuscript entitled •Ji-nikifi-def:The History of the Universe as told by the Modesae Indians of California. It records the beliefs of s prima- live people. If ycu do not care to publish it, kindly return by express, charges collect. For several yeurs I have tried without success to secure suitable illustrations— the artists failing to express the spirit of the Indian beliefs. A previous volume was illustrated by 2. a. i)6ffling and Carlos HitteKThe Dawn of the World. A. h. Clark Gc. 191L). 4>^otogroph of Istet Y/oiche end wife, from whom I cbteir.ed t;'3 story, end photographs of the Jumping Rock cf the First People. and one of the Footprint of old Coyote-mar., eccomptiny the manuscript. I have e number of photcgrtiphs of scenery in the Modesse country, but they seem to me to detract from the spirit of the myth. Very truly yours. WT^ ip li « " < ' ! , 1 , i • i May 31, 1S27 Charles Soribner's Sons Publishers, 597 lifth Ave New York City Dear Sirs: On May 7 I sent you by express (prepaid) a manuscript entitled 'AnnikaAel'but have not recieved any acknowledgment of its receipt. * Tomorrow I am leaving for my summer home at lagunitas California, which will he my mail address for the next four or five months. In case you return the manuscript by express, please address it to me at San Rafael, California, and notify me by mail at Lagunitas— there being no express office at Lagunitas. Very truly yours. ^' J - . - li"^ ! '*f- S3 HfW ATMue TtCT rortc City Jnlyl2,lS2T ^PBT Siw r ^T«irit>i t a 8€fft«!xn^ ycm by exjo^ss^ ^^repaid r s^ ^o^ wKiufieript entitled Ad ^ fhe M^airoTj" of tn^Qf U!nT^r7# as tol<3 by the Mc»dts»# indiai^s of (ialifarsLMu. if it appeals to you i »*fall oe 3;ls8* ta fxaat '^rtro ja: in retmrd to puolicatioc; if aot. ^adlj rett^rrr b^- -.iUTWs-, the manuscript are three photographs of t>^e toreete and waters of t>^e :)i;^ liend rtt -liver region — the scene ot the story; also m photo ol the narrator, istet rtoiohe, with his wifr* The latter ha« been nrinted In nrv teehnioal T>aper on the tit nirer in^iajwi — ^whlch however is of very limited distribution tSmithsonifm nise. O^itributlons, vol. 78, no* 3, 1926.1 '^v^.s^ \^ f i^ Original Detective IIS !// Miss riuth U. Brvant Sditorial De-paririert The Laeirilian ij.o»r.nfjr' New iork iJit^r ' " ^J '3esr kiss aryapt: ai^ cu n /s>5r5(:» U' r«.' « "t o KJ %'• J, ^ Abcerce in the f IT .£1 J . • rKin/> with 1 i-axar:; >- ♦ northern v±rt »^i I i^an :oriiia. has. ad a^^ed ri"' ao^-r. cttI sc/^ice c ■our GO'irteoag letter of .••xlj 2^; accompaoyir.;- tr;c r:tur::ed script of .^.".rikaael I realize of co rse the sinall dcr-L^d thi sort arid xii not at all 2 urprisea that the ..aniB returned X 0 1 1 w-^rks of t> V at Very truly yours J J t I I* ' I ' ;l I 5^ August 7,1927 -PuDlishers -Boston ^ Mass, ^ear ^irs; Herewith X SB ^eadin, you by express (prep,id) the .«n.>so.ipt Of » boo, „„ti., iN'-NlK-A-m. the history of'tH "r.„„e aocordio, to t^e loaeese I.3i.„ of .aliforn.a. If a appeals to ,m I sh^l be sUd to hear fr.m you i. reserd to po.,ibl, p.blioatio„: if not. kindly r^ta^. bv «rre.s, ohar,e» ooU.ct, addressed to .e at San Safael Calu" and -.otlfy Be by Eail at La,^„itas. there is »„ . ' .t iaf^unitaa. '"«"» no express office .nth tve ma.uscript are t>.ree photographs of fnrect. and waters in t>p lon/^ rx^» 4.v i. .» " *" t..e land of the tribe whose religion is hero told ana ore of t^e »'»orrQf r»>. 1-.4. x t^ . , * 7 '^'^^^^°^' -^^t^* »oiche, with Ms wife, xhe Utter has been T^ubHehA/^ in m^ 4.^ v • .itU.hed in ny tech.n,csl paper on the m .... ind^.^s "Which however is of v«r-r li-if.^ -,• ^ .. ^"a.cns .Vi«of , distribution {S.;i.hson5an Uso. Very truly yours. A o V w^SJK- » T^ t. a«i- ' J \ 'X ^ aj*5e- li«moranduin to 3ditor The nuBter of maisn names and their frequest repetition gives the book a semi -technical aspect, •rhis might be aaterially lessened by on>itting many of the indiw words in the text and headings and collecting them in a glossary at the end. i an willing to do this. the narrator(lstelioiche) in quoting the rei^arks ot of one ^erson^e to another always began with the word .you' , as "You go and build a fire". ihe you right be omitted. Hyjhens.-As a rule Indian words should be hyphen- ated bv STlUblee. or, if this seens objectionable, tveir first appearance should be with hyphens, after which they XL\^y\X be printed f^olid. \ 00inra8..-The manuscript is not uniforr. in t>>e use of comas be'tweer xndian personel names and their English equiTalents^^^xhu8,^^^^^^_^^^ went fishing-. °' "Jamul. the coyote-man, went fishing". I prefer the forcer but do not insii^t. cross references in the manuscript are of course tc 1^ pages, to be fixt in the proof. if V 536 • .4.. .. , J'lly ^0. 1027 \ Sal en b. ¥ait, uollector ir^ternal ileyeniie oervice Baltimore, i^arvland '■ xieplyin- to jour inquiry of julj ^liforrarcled trom I iKSshin-^tcn and recieved today/ would say that the item of .pl90, office ezpense, was for use and deterioration of four or five rooms of mj houseil919 16th street, .lashin'^ton) for office purpose- y^y threeisometiir.es four/ clerks and steno-^raphers continuously 4 ** cial jjodge oar in which 1 drcve to California in perfon-nce of my regular official work. I explained both oj t.^ese iters to your representative -D rennyBlvania iivenue rear Uth b^reet and he said the char-^es were perfect!"- proper. 0. fi'trt ikierriar ;-4 %. .,•%. 254 1^) ' <>> i Oct. 17, 1927 The St^ratford Company 234-240 Boylston Street Boston. Massachusatta Dr Henry T. Schmittkind Dear Sir From time to time for several years ^at you liava invited ne to submit lasuiuflcripts with a view to pablication. In response, I am now sending you by express (prepaid) a book manuscript entitled Al^'IlijiiliiL— a history of the universe as told by the riodease Indians of California. If it appeals to you I shall be glad to hear from you with regp^rd to publication; if not. Kindly return by ex- press, charges collsct, addressed to rae at 1919 i6th Street. Washington, D.C. With the inanuscript are three photographs of forests ard waters of the Pit River region in notthsm California, the • scene of the story, and one of the narrator, Istet Woiche, with his wife. The latter was published last year in my technical paper on the Pit River Indians— which however is of v©ry limitrdu distribution (3mit.li8onian Misc. Contributions, vol. 78, no. 3.;. Vc,jL-y truly yours. v.: ,f.,;:j 0 V Nov. 3, iv27 r»c» ^' " Your propoeition of OcWoor 27. trat I pay the cost of' publication, rather stacse- -• Neverthelo.s I :^y te aila ^0 d'-. tvia. -ut firat I would like to .oc your contract. ■- Yo. apeak of :nalcins the book an illustrated volu^^e. *^I a3.^e- that you refer to the reproduction of t^e fe. photo- rr-Vs sent v;ith the mnuacript. The .mnu3cript ae it stands is not fully raviecd aa tTt*-e forrri o? the Indian na::ie3r-:nany bein^ hyphenated. ::rin:;^.ot. -., * 4. .^ ti- r,+ i-rc; '^nd I will -nake thein uniform. "Please return i« ^- o.co -nu - The b33t> v;^y.to hxwndls the Indian words, i- beeas to ■ rr/o'. is to Vint thea in Italics, aolid. or^itting h^'phens and " accents (except in a few of unusual lencth). and foliowins the firs! occurrence of each by a parenthesis in which the v-ord i. repeated hyphenated and accented, thus: Annikad9](Aii-riI(f-a-del'). Tlus >ould greatly sinplify the typoe^phy and at the same ti.r:0 result in a better looki"- pa-^-at Icasi.. so it seems tc .:e. Awaiting the return of t'^o inanuscript and centred Very truly yours. «. \i-LXj^ T^-t H-—^ I ti i / 256 I* S *ni7 T. Sohnittklnd ^idfot. The Stmtfoni Co 234 Boylaion Stra«t, Boston Bmt Sin Sineo recoipt of your Ifitor of tho 8tii inatent, wltlf conirftct and returned manuacript of limikadal. I My^ baan ao continuottaly oeeupiod with the Annual CbovanUm of the imeri- can Omitealoglata' Onion that I have hem fu»hla even to open the paeksfla of nanuacrlpt. Bbwaver. that ia ov«r nev and I hope to tackle the thing tomorrow. There are one or two amall aattara I'd like to bt about: I aaautse that no illuatrationa will be oaed exc*^ t^ fosi^iiotoa Mtaaitted with the raaaiacript; that I almll be allowed to approve the cover deaiga; and that in matter^ of punctuation and eayitala the printer will follow copy. Ia thia correct? " In all of theae oattera I ahall welcoM auegMtio^ and criticiam bat wiah to have final aay. Juat one other point: The contract atstea tiat the Publiaher will sake atat«Benta and aettlmenta "upon written application therefor- —thua calling for at leaat two itoolly unneceaaaiy let- Wra eaoh year from the author, who in ny caae ia far away in the field. I den*t like thia. Very truly youra. V "i^ ees .27 to do this. nC" Verj- truly yours. lC:ljUU. A.^. 1-^^H^.^ty^^^ ") / M. Your proposition of October 27. trat I pay .he cost of'pu^li-'-n. rather starrer, me. ''e.orthelcss I ...ay ce .Ue ^ -ut firat I would like to ^ioc your contract. | You apeak of :nalcins the book a. illustrated volu.o. ^I aa.;^^; t-at you refer to the reproduction of t^^e fe« photo- ^ /i-. - .-^ ,ith t^e 'nanu3cri/u. ' " ^' The .m.u3cript ae it standi i3 not fully revised aa , .r --e fom 6'f the Ir.dian nar.e.r-any beir.^ hyphenated. :^ot, \ The best v;^y.to :'^--dle the Indian words, it i:*e<.as to f ..T.e*. is toVirt the., in Italics, ^olid. or.ittine hyphen, and | accents (except in a few of unuaual length), and folio'^in^ -he first occurrence of each by a parenthesis in which the v.ord ia repeated hyp'-enatod and acxen^ed. thus: nnnikade](Ati-ril(r-a-del*;. TInis would greatly Biapiify -he ty^.t>r^^x"-i -^-^"^ -^ ""''' result in a better looki-e pa^e-at lOiSt.. so it seems tc .^s. A^aitinc the return of t'^o iXtruscript and ccntr-jct ii i / 256 »•▼• 20,1927 S ^'y^^' Schnittkind ^••idtnt. The 3tr»tfoni Co 234 Boyleton Street, Boston Dear Siace receipt of your lirtter of the 8th instant, witlf contract and returned manuacript of Annikadal, I faivtf been ao continuouely occupied with the Annual ConvenUm of the imeri- can Omithologlste' Onion that I have taean omhle even to open the paekaflp of manuscript. However, tiat is ever now and I hope to tadcle the thing tomorrow. There are one or two small matters l»d like to be sure about: I assume that no illustrations will be used ezcaft t|^ ^^ fovi^tos sutaaitted with the manuscript; that I shall be allowed to approve the cover desiffi; and that in matters of punctuation and capitals the printer will follow copy. Is this correct? " In all of these matters I shall welcome aug^Mtions and criticism hat wish to have final say. Just one other point: The contract states tl»t the Publisher will make statements and settlements "upon written application therefor- —thus calling for at least two wholly unnecessaiy let- tars each year from the author, who in ny case is far away in the field. I don*t like this. Very truly yours. Retake of Preceding Frame J s r ■ 1 257 »» March 2, 1928. Dear Xjaaa: Very many thanks for your claar.bnsinesslike.and Most interesting Isttar abont Julia's death and affairs. I saapact that you will find either a later will or one with a ntmher of codicils. fta sudden appearance of your dearlit.tle dai^hter Sally a day or two ago was a joy aa well as a surprisjB to the Washington branch of the family. Too bad she and her old BSD had to pull out so soon. I an haring great luck just now in ths unexpected preaence of two Indian Chiefs from the Pit River country in northeastern California. They caM to attend a Hearing or two before the Indian Comittee In Congress and expected to go back sereral dajs ago. Bat tl»y have now agned to stay until the early part of next week so that I am gatherii^ a rich harreat of their kind of material. «^o With lore to you all. As erer Mr* Ijaan L. Merriam 56 South Higllland ATenue Oasinii^. New York > J / -1 -, I ' 258 1 » ; ■■> ■I J • > ^1 li ^ /^ ^ 1 A. t Dtar Lyman: March 4. 1928 I had „p,ct.d to send you boforo thi» tho deicriptlon Of a boM bou^t for JuUa .o„e yoar. ag, and atill hold Tn ,uy .af. d.po.it box at th. la*. But for th. ^t 8 or'lo fay. I i... had a c«pl. 0, ohiaf. of th. Pit m„r Indian tribe, hor, i»jy »ffic.. and usually for t.o .«!. a day al.o. and ha., b.en putt^s .n 10 or 13 h«.r. a day on th.ir work and .fapiy haW-nt had a ch«,c. to run do™ to th. vault.. Ho.ov.r it." „« an"d ' 11 ..nd you th, prop.r d,.oription of it .oo>,or if you prefer I U .hi, th. bond ifelf. If. a Wad.ington Ry » si 5 aml-i-.'"' well re^rded here* ^^ Hope you had good luck in the north it you went. Every month or eo we catch a glympa of your beautiful" dutiful, and much in demand daughter; and last week we actually' saw the long and the short of 'em together-a mre ei'^t a. well as a gpod one. Lymn L. Uerriaa. general handy man. pilot, buainesa raanager and •atior of the scattered oncoming and expiring meiabers of the ^jig. Osaining, New York, ' 1 259 H i April 5, 1928 At Lyman L, ilerriam Ossining, New York .... ^ V . i - « * . ' Dear Lyman: Very many thanks for your letter of April 2. enclo- sing a copy of Julia's Will. It is most generous to all of. us. for which we are duly thankful. When you have dug up her distant and unknown relati- ves and have J)robated the Will— or earlier if you wish—I will ^ send you the Bond I wrote you about, which is still in my oafe Deposit hoT at the bank. Augmsta and Betty left us for New York this morning, ^ J after a too brief visit. And we all are looking forward to Dillie's coming in the impending future. It will be good for all hands, including your beautiful dau^ter who otherwise :ni^t have been teirpted to undertake the perilous journey to the Wicked City. Col. Brandreth's death on top of the Julia affairs aust keep Lyman fairly occupied. But we are looking forward to the promised visit before we set out on our annual pilgrinage to the Golder West. With love from us all, As ever. V C Original Defective / \ 260 r am April 14, 1928 Mr Lyinan L. Merriam.Sxecuto estate of Julia Bust Merria Ossimng, New York Dear Lyitian: •Thanks for your letter of the 12th instant, aeking m. to ha^d to your good wife the Bona in my possession belong- ing to Juiia'3 estate. But I do'nt intend to do anything of the kind. Many years experience as exscutor and trustee oi 6stat«B wd syni; catea baa U^t me not to place on any person the r<»»pon8abii:ty of convejing on his or her person valuable securities. T have always sent them by Banker's Insurance- and have sent , I believe, more than $75 thousand t^^rou^ Banks and Truat Companies, without losing a cent. ^ * So on Monday the ICth I purpose sending you. addressed to the First National Bank of Ossining. and insured aa above, the bond in question. It is a ^ashin^on Railway and Slectric Conaol. Mtg 4e of 1051, int. June ,^ Ddc^ithToupom attached . I cut and sent Julia the last coupon early in December last. Dillie and dau^.ter appear to be having plenty to do but I'm sorrj' I've been too busy to see as :nucb. of them as hoped. As ever yours, «*• •^»^.-W-oC iifc-sJ^" 3 A-r r^-Cof^ (,j^ f^j^ i ■i / 261 April 2>Q.l'^28 ^J« Stratford Co.. Publishers 289 Congress Street, Boston Dear Sirs: Herewith I am enclosing iy check on the JJational Metropolitan Bank of this city for 5500 dollars in pa^^ent of the third and final instalment due you for the publica- * tion of ny book AN-NIK-A-DEL. Very truly yours. I \ ij I f' ^ h I / 262 ••1^ ^ Isy 21. 1928 / A f«w 4«j« agB I •«iit jott by «prM« addwswd to teoendido tta •riglMl Jai««l •f J«» »*«»». oanceraing vbidk I irott jMi ••■• **■• *9» liih it i« • tjp«wlttMi oopj ikich jewr lw»t IliM- l^th and I tore oawfullj o«p«wd with th. arigiiial. -king .11 the corrtott«« we «r» «r« of. *^ of th* ^ords. yoa liU ohatrr^aw a Uttla dlfficiat to «ka out. ia hope to atart on our amrnal driTa to California Dy tha tenth «f Jwa. If *11 «oaa aeU »a hope to aaa jon in the ^11. mXti lore fro. all af TW to all of yon in larria. Tallay, ia avar yovra. Kr. latry 1. larriaa San uraaa Oalifomia I 26 •■ * 1^ ' i t , January 2, li?29 Spbert Bagg & Co. 219 Geneseo Street ^ Utica, New York Dear Sirs: Thanka for renewal of ooliciea just received for furniture, and so on, in my house at 1919 - 16th Street, W?5ahington. D. C, namely: London, Liverpool & Glob U -14230 expirincr J^ajiuary 18, 1932, $3750. ^ Hartford, 10042, erpi ring January 13, 1932, ^3*750^ Premium ipie.QO each, 1^33.76 for which my check on the National Metropolitan Bank of this city is enclosed herewith. ^ - .' " « Very truly yours, „, im, ft^ -. J i om-.L 4. I \ 264 I Smamrf7. 1989 ll ( , '! i 9^^ IL.ttbMrtMD IdcBSvMeL^s ^ totttr io jou of ngpt^m ^9, mU m OB OMMriMr 26 ihat jou M ««ii ia vlth qgr voqpMni • eoigr of MarUa J«k»oa«< JiteL «• ar. 1. Buelay AUjtani. 12S0 fty MrMt. ^*-I9» :»U Jli§ apijrvl (M^^ at. If •irM4r MOi I alaai 1»o obUfltd if yoa aiU It. •• I ate to kMf mf accoaata eorroet to ntli koat aiitea. Toiy truly ^poaia. ^'^ f i CBIkL . : I n tt ti I I t ■J I I f. 265 Jmma9 f, i^ /C X'fT'JSI iOoc, fir. B;' C. at. w. C. ft»BRi« ■•o 'nuieitoo. i^ison TC *'' • 6tfj* „;.:&(:, Vim e "■. 4- ■* •^ — T' 1 tiiou^i 7011 «oold D« ^fitd^ V ••• It. 2 «]liii «ai iiill Ik'v* i» 1»r»ea of «i0a> ^•«y truly joara. > .— . »• *•> '* r c»i ! Vt . ' ?•• GBitL 266 i s t; 1 l -A » » ^ '4 f ■^ I ^ I 1 February 20, 1929 Mr. ?. Martinelli Lagunit^>8. California Dear Mr. Martinelli: fhauka for your letter of ttie Uth instant. I am sorry to kno^ that there are still a few leaks in the house. If they do not soak upland enopgh water conies 4hrou/^h to do damage^please phone Mr. George Kendall. His address is 1015 Red Hill Avenue, San Anselnio. He has a phone but 1 do not remember the number. Tou will find it in the phone book. Probably he dannot oome up any day but 3unday; a? is a builder 'rerj busy with contract work during the week. We have had rattier a mild winter for Tiashington with 7fr> little ?ncw< About an inch fell last night so that the gi'tund is white this morning but it is not likely to last long We ere all v»ell end hope you and your family are the pame. With best wishes to ycu ell, in vJiich Mrs. lierriam joins ?ery truly yours » ^ \ W«L> \ k. « -'^_-. \* CHK:L I \ 267 Uaj 6, 19^9 / i ^OcuntjT Treasurer Jefferson County, New York Dear Sir: The acccmpenyirig notice in tl:je matter of the Sfitate of Julia Bush Iterriam. deceased, has just reached me, and in accordance with the statement caatained therein that an inheritance tax of $100.30 is due, I am enclosing herewith my check on the Ketional Metropolitac Bank of this city for that amount* Teiy truly yours, ^ "W-ivCX As- CUM:L (~ 1 i f In »i 268 34»]929 •ntotrepolitm 1«^ Omt Mr. niiU: Ante fbr yov Ivttvr ^f ttet tii« Iriglit BoU ^M faM bMB pida with iaUTMi, la Mooidrae* vifk ynorldatf rtiBfBst ia another fint •te^l hare ■igaad «& «i r« diMk yea ««re go«d aaoagh t% f try tralj wnn «ff«r ta taxa^temltk tb» 001:1 1 269 \ f Kagr 21. 1929 i; / 'i i f fct.Seorg« J. Khite, Pi^sident MatioBsl JietropolitaB Bank Tashington. 9. C. 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I ■ A. I, foxy tniiy yours. C^ V VcejSi^ A^ -•-'-^**-^ I ■ 273 » t I I 4 r. D9C.2S. 1929 0«ftr O»etor GrosTtnor: "Iteqr thanks for •n«th»r opportunity to diariie^ a iRBab«r of friends with ths intor- -esting bo<4tf of the fhntiMial Gafltgn^o Sso* iv^. nu>j aro aliagfs aM»r»ciatsA« •asacisiUj at Chrictoas tiM. •ssit at. aAd aa' otelsaiiiKllM vith oar psrsfloal ^ .."^ •1>iiii|Pk^ ■ I I fir Qilbtrtn6r^at«B«r Goograj^ie Ssois^ I 274 1 i Z'^l-Z'^^ June 3, 1930 Pruitt i Zimmerman 2438 18th Street Yifa8hington» a). C. Deer Sire: Your bill of $132.19 for repair- ing my roof has just arrived. To say the least, I am appalled et the monstrosity of the charge and feel that you must have made an error in computing the amount. 1 shall be obliged therefore if you will give me an itemized statement, with the date and charge of each item. ■^ t i 275 t ■■iH ^ 4 141 a^s 276 . i : I < il 277 I « / 1/ fl^ES 278 \ -4***.i*- 279 / Jamary 16, 1931 iMf. T«uiii» P. Collier 109 2oth Strvet ashington. D. C. ^f d«ar Sir: This morning I reoeiTed from your office by phone the information that the price of the teo sets of iron window bars which wer? omitted amounted to $12.00. This, together with the $4.00 allowed for the kitchen chain drop light furnished by me. makes $16.00 to be deducted from the corrected account. The only item changed in your bill of January 5 is the one for repairing of plaster in basement, which is corrected from $30.00 to $22.71— thus reducing the bill from $606.00 to $696.71. To this I hare added the ironJgiMird on kitchen door, $10.00, making the total of the bill $608.71. Dedootiqg from this the two items abore mentioned (iron bar eoaris $12.00. kitchen drop light $4.00) brir^ the bill to $692.71. Cedootiz^ the $200.00 paid you on December 12 leares a bfldyice of $392.71 due you. Por this amount aty check on the National Metropolitan Bank is btrewith encloaed. If this ia not comot. Kindly infom me at once. 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