Correspondence (outgoing) to David Starr Jordan, 1900 Jan - May 9

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LS. Thankful for his helpfulness; going to Los Angeles 5-Jan-00; N to Dr. and Mrs. Jordan. Invitation to reception. 20-Jan-00; LS. Consigns valuable letters to his care 2-Feb-00; LS. As well as ever; description of return home from trip; looking forward to Dr. Jordan's return. March 24, 1900; N. Extends invitation to students to a reception [includes invitation of Apr. 20, 1900] 22-Apr-00; ALS. Wants Mr. Nash to go on a vacation 28-Apr-00; LS. Increase the income to $207,000.00 for the year; not wanting an increase to the number of students; Stanford stand ahead of all American Universities; development of soul the most essential thing in life; Stanford should aim to develop soul; Prof. Ross bringing tears to her eyes; Stanford not a political machine; Japanese immigration amount to serious proportions; Kearny incident May 9, 1900



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[left hand page] seventeenth.

Accept my sincere thanks for your kind advice and interest, and with my best wishes for the coming year, not only for yourself, but for all your loved ones, I remain, as ever in the past,

Yours sincerely

Jane L. Stanford

5th. June. 1900 [/left hand page]

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Jan 5, 1900 [/upper right, different hand]

Dr. David S. Jordan.

Dear Dr. Jordan:

Your attentions, and kind letter dated December 26th I accept with many thanks; thankful for your kind thoughts, your sympathy and your helpfulness, which has ever been

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[left hand side] appreciated during the past troublesome years.

I am about to start this evening for Los Angeles. I had hoped to get away two or three days sooner, but the pressure of letters and business kept me at home. I gave up using the carbolic acid tube, thinking [/ left hand side] [right hand side] it wiser to let nature take its course, while using precaution not to add to the cold by exposure to wind and cold. I hope somewhere in the south I shall leave this little annoyance behind me.

I intend, if all goes well, to be home on Wednesday, January [/right hand side]

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[preprinted] Mrs. Leland Stanford requests the pleasure of the company of [/preprinted] Dr. and Mrs. David S. Jordan [preprinted] at a reception to be given to the President the Faculty and Trustees of The Leland Stanford, Jr. University Saturday, January the twentieth, nineteen hundred, from two until six o'clock, California and Powell Streets, San Francisco. [/preprinted]

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[top left, different hand] 73

Feb 2, 1900 [/top left, different hand]

San Francisco,

Dear Dr. Jordan:-

I consign the enclosed package to your care. It contains very valuable letters which are not to be opened until after my death.

Please put them where you can keep them in safety.

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The originals of which the enclosed are duplicates, are in the hands of Mr. S. F. Leib, the document itself being in my own hand-writing.

Very truly yours,

Jane L. Stanford

February second, Nineteen Hundred.

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