Correspondence and receipts for purchases made on Gertrude Bass Warner's behalf [f2] [002]
Item
Title
Correspondence and receipts for purchases made on Gertrude Bass Warner's behalf [f2] [002]
Author
Ferguson, John C. (John Calvin), 1866-1945
Recipient
Warner, Gertrude Bass, 1863-1951
Date
1930-02-08
Identifier
UA022_b005_f003_013_014
Description
Correspondence between Gertrude Bass Warner and John Calvin Ferguson
Transcript:
3 Hsi-Chiao Hutung
Peping, China
February 8, 1930.
My dear Gertrude,
Your cablegram stating that you were on the President McKinley bound for San Francisco was the first new we have had from you since you left. When the message arrived I noted that it was marked as having come from Shanghai. This puzzled me at first until I bethought myself that you had probably asked the Purser of the ship to forward the message for you through the Dollar Office in Shanghai. We were hoping for a letter from Japan telling us of you experiences in Tientsin, in Korea and on the railway, but now we shall be obliged to wait until our letter from the ship arrives telling us all about what you have done. It seems only a short time since you and Mrs. Perkins arrived in Peking and now, as I am writing, you are homeward across the Pacific.
I have enquired from the American Express Company concerning your things in Tientsin and they have informed me that there has been no trouble. I have asked them to enquire the date of sailing and the name of the steamer on which they were shipped to Portland. I hope that they will all reach you in good order.
We all join in much love to you and in kind regards to Mrs. Perkins,
Yours as ever,
John
End of transcript.
Transcribed by Tom Fischer.
Transcript:
3 Hsi-Chiao Hutung
Peping, China
February 8, 1930.
My dear Gertrude,
Your cablegram stating that you were on the President McKinley bound for San Francisco was the first new we have had from you since you left. When the message arrived I noted that it was marked as having come from Shanghai. This puzzled me at first until I bethought myself that you had probably asked the Purser of the ship to forward the message for you through the Dollar Office in Shanghai. We were hoping for a letter from Japan telling us of you experiences in Tientsin, in Korea and on the railway, but now we shall be obliged to wait until our letter from the ship arrives telling us all about what you have done. It seems only a short time since you and Mrs. Perkins arrived in Peking and now, as I am writing, you are homeward across the Pacific.
I have enquired from the American Express Company concerning your things in Tientsin and they have informed me that there has been no trouble. I have asked them to enquire the date of sailing and the name of the steamer on which they were shipped to Portland. I hope that they will all reach you in good order.
We all join in much love to you and in kind regards to Mrs. Perkins,
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