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you have written, but, my dear, it is so insufferably bad I could not read most of it. You certainly do write worse than I

As to the dress question

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Be sure you look as well as the rest of the Club. You know, I'm going to show off when you come. I'm going to [swell?] up over you. And you must look your best, even if you have to wear your new dress. Write immediately - Fred

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Stanford. Mar. 20, '00.

My dear Mother:

Saturday the 31st. inst. will not be convenient for me, because I expect to return home and go to work in the Library on Friday the day preceding. The week following we have our week vacation, and any Saturday after that would be out of the question for I shall be even busier after vacation than I am now.