A, includes C.B. and Harriet Alexander, Bertha K. [Ankam], and Alice Archer-Hornblow

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year and see for yourself the wonderful good being done. About 100 Colleges sent young men to represent them, the idea being to fix them to return to college to do better work as Christian men. One meeting during the Conference was under the auspices of the Inter-Collegiate Young Men's Ch. Association, and when one of the speakers

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Ans, Ju[ly] 27/93.

The Dakota, Central Park West. N.Y. City East Northfield Mass. 15 July 1893.

My dear Mrs. Stanford.

When we heard of the sad loss that had come to you, Father requested me to write and tell you of our deep sympathy, but my writing was postponed as we moved here for the summer.

referred to Stanford University, he spoke especially of your kind interest in the Y. M. C. A. started there. I trust you will have young men coming soon to represent California too! It is a grand work, to send out into the world highly-educated earnest Christian men and I trust you may meet many in another world that

have received food through Sen. Stanford and yourself in the University God has given you the privilege to found. May you come some day to see for yourself this great work of Mr. Moody. Prof. Drummond has been giving grand talks to the students. He & Mr. Moody have much influence over young men. Accept warm love & true sympathy from my parents and myself, and believe me

Yours' sincerely

Melissa D. Attebery