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[image: monogram, blue circle of dots, ribbon, "J.L.S."]

President F. Patton.

Dear Sir :-

With pleasure I received and read your kind letter of Feby 5th. When your card was discovered lying on my desk some days after you had [--called--] been here, I was surprised that you had [--so--] honored me [insert: with a call], and regretted exceedingly that by carelessness on the part of the servants it was not brought to my attention on its receipt.

Your kind invitation