Margaret Sweat to Susan Hudson, 1879

Containers:
Box 94
Creator:
Sweat, Margaret J.M. (Margaret Jane Mussey), 1823-1908
Language:
English.
Scope and content:

A.L.S. Mrs. Townsend concerned about Post article as such criticism interferes with raising funds. Suggests some Vice Regents better visit Mount Vernon without warning Hollingsworth. Suggests asking Regent to have Mrs. Harrison make such a visit and report in letter to New York papers. Speaks highly of Regent. Glad she approves her plan for business at Council. Refers to "financial crisis" the Association is passing through when she worked so hard to avert it. Hopes for increased funds from boat, repairs more costly than expected. Her insistence that Hollingsworth pay all bills monthly failed. Paid $250 for horses bought last year. Expects to "pull through" after careful study of the situation with Regent. Favors a Finance Committee. Superintendent should make more careful estimates. ER-18, p. 185

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