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Report on the settlement of Sarah Tracy's account - signed by Abby Chace, 1868 Box 4

Committee report on the efforts to settle the accounts of Sarah C. Tracy, the former secretary of the MVLA. It was signed by Mrs. A.W. Chace, the MVLA Vice Regent of Rhode Island. Miss Tracy is upset that Mrs. Morse, the MVLA Vice Regent of Louisiana, presented a paper in her name without her knowledge of its presentation. Miss Tracy says that she has at no time asked "interest" of the MVLA and states her understanding of her salary contract. This document also includes the results of Mrs. Chace's search of MVLA records regarding Miss Tracy's salary and increase in salary. Mrs. Chace notes the ambiguities and misunderstandings that arose and the desire of the MVLA Committee to make a liberal and just settlement. The document also reports Miss Tracy's "receipt in full" and her acknowledgment that a "generous settlement" has been reached. Mrs. Chace notes that there was a copy of a statement for files sent by Miss Tracy with a contract to MVLA Treasurer George W. Riggs. Had Mrs. Chace known of the contract, it would have affected her settlement with Miss Tracy. As it develops, on lowest estimate, Miss Tracy was overpaid $800, but Mrs. Chace yielded claim, willing to deal generously and avoid any possible lawsuit.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Early Records of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, 1853/1951, bulk 1853/1875
  3. Series 1. Administrative Records, 1853/1886
  4. Subseries 1.5. Reports, 1854/1875

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