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[printed] Stanford University
California

[written] Sunday, Dec. 12 '97.

My dearest Nannie -

Saturday morning
bright and early my dear birthday
letter from you came and I at
once purchased two Stanford pins
at a dollar and a quarter apeice,
one for Lolie and one for Rose, and
the rest is to go for Stanford photos
to remember the dear, old, Alma
Mater, Nannie, and my twenty-
second birthday by [illegible]. And
now I want to tell you what a
beautiful birthday I had. For a week
I had kept a little box in my lower
bureau drawer [illegible] looking at
it, supposing it to be a much desired
Stanford pin. The night before I put
it under my pillow with Mama's
picture, to be opened the first thing
in the morning. All night I dreamed
about my having a Stanford pin
and having all kinds of dreadful
things happen to it, even to being
stepped on by Punch. In the morn-