Correspondence and Receipts for purchases made on Gertrude Bass Warner's behalf [f1] [026]
Item
Title
Correspondence and Receipts for purchases made on Gertrude Bass Warner's behalf [f1] [026]
Author
Ferguson, John C. (John Calvin), 1866-1945
Recipient
Warner, Gertrude Bass, 1863-1951
Date
1929-07-02
Identifier
UA022_b005_f002_232_233
Description
Correspondence between Gertrude Bass Warner and John Calvin Ferguson
Transcript:
3 Hsi-Chiao Hutung
Peking, China
July 2, 1929.
My dear Gertrude,
I received a few days ago notice from the National City Bank that you had sent a telegraphic transfer of $2,200 in payment of things which I purchased for you. Many thanks for the remittance. I had had a cablegram from you two weeks earlier asking when the goods were shipped and I replied at once that they had been shipped on the SS. Nevada on May 6th. You asked to have them sent on a steamer direct to Portland so as to avoid transshipping and it is evident that the American Express o could not find an earlier steamer though I had sent the things from Peking to Tientsin early in April. I understood your anxiety in the matter, for you were probably planning to go east and wanted to see the things before you left. They must have been already in Portland when you telegraphed but you had not yet had a notification about the,
My two Marys are in Peitaiho and I am expecting to go down tomorrow. Last summer we had no vacation and this year I am later in going than I had hoped, for I made a trip to Nanking to be present at the fortieth anniversary of the founding of Nanking University on June 24th. I am glad to get away, for after two years of continuous work I feel somewhat tired.
Are you planning to come out this winter? If not, do you want me to get more things for you and what kinds of things do you want? You know that you can always count upon me for help in getting the things that you want.
My kindest regards to your mother and all best wishes for yourself. When you see Sam please remember also to him.
Yours as ever,
John
End of transcript.
Transcribed by Tom Fischer.
Transcript:
3 Hsi-Chiao Hutung
Peking, China
July 2, 1929.
My dear Gertrude,
I received a few days ago notice from the National City Bank that you had sent a telegraphic transfer of $2,200 in payment of things which I purchased for you. Many thanks for the remittance. I had had a cablegram from you two weeks earlier asking when the goods were shipped and I replied at once that they had been shipped on the SS. Nevada on May 6th. You asked to have them sent on a steamer direct to Portland so as to avoid transshipping and it is evident that the American Express o could not find an earlier steamer though I had sent the things from Peking to Tientsin early in April. I understood your anxiety in the matter, for you were probably planning to go east and wanted to see the things before you left. They must have been already in Portland when you telegraphed but you had not yet had a notification about the,
My two Marys are in Peitaiho and I am expecting to go down tomorrow. Last summer we had no vacation and this year I am later in going than I had hoped, for I made a trip to Nanking to be present at the fortieth anniversary of the founding of Nanking University on June 24th. I am glad to get away, for after two years of continuous work I feel somewhat tired.
Are you planning to come out this winter? If not, do you want me to get more things for you and what kinds of things do you want? You know that you can always count upon me for help in getting the things that you want.
My kindest regards to your mother and all best wishes for yourself. When you see Sam please remember also to him.
Yours as ever,
John
End of transcript.
Transcribed by Tom Fischer.
Source
Gertrude Bass Warner Papers, 1879-1954
Repository
University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Institution
University of Oregon
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Rights
Rights Reserved - Free Access
Rights Holder
University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives