Correspondence (incoming) - A

To Hon. Leland Stanford, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.

Sir: I beg leave to enquire the name, or names of persons, to whom application should be made for information regarding [the?] branches of study to be pursued at the University of Palo Alto.

West Point Desiring information regarding the branches of study.

and also regarding the establishment of any [partic?] war [professorship?] there. Very truly yours, George L. Anderson, U.S. Army.

U.S. [?] Academy, West Point, New York. Feb. 10, 86

Los Angeles, Cal., July 16, 1889 Hon. L. Stanford, U.S. Senator,

Dear Sir, Will you be so kind as to give answers to the following questions: 1st When will the Leland Stanford Jr. University be opened for the reception of students? 2nd Who will select the faculty? 3rd To whom must a person apply for a situation in said institution as an instructor? I have had several years experience in teaching, especially in Trinity University as Prof. of Mathematics. Having moved to California some time since, and expecting to make

[this?] at [at?] [any?] home desiring the remainder of my life, I desire a situation in the faculty of the Leland Stanford Jr. University. I would prefer the chair of mathematics.

Yours Truly S.[J.?] Anderson 21 S. Main

YMCA Gymnasium, Brooklyn N.Y. May 17

Mr. HC Nash - San Francisco, Cal., Dear Sir, It was my intention to send Mr. [Blaikies?] letter in the one I mailed for you yesterday, I have received scores of letters similar to the enclosed. While the Pacific Coast may not be such a large field for me and mine to work upon yet there is a grand work for development on that great Coast. Yours Sincerely, [Jas.?] Douglas Andrews