Box 5, Folder 4: Julia Lapham Correspondence, 1910-1913

5/ with little cakes & many goodies for which we marched down to the dining room. Early, he would tell us in his gentlest, jolliest manner, that it was time for us to go home, that there would be another party, and that we could all come again.

He was an ideal father and most wonderful man, but so

6/ quiet and modest that the world hardly found [illegible] out during his life.

Now I am as happy that his worth, and great knowledge are recognized and that, as an old friend of the family, I have been asked to pay his little tribute to his memory.

No praise can be too great

7/ for the man, the husband and the father.

Very [graciously] sincerely,

Mary Langwartey [Temple?-Illegible]

Muskegon, Michigan.

Written for the children of Lapham school. Madison March 7, 1910. 99-Anniversary.

Wednesday March 2d, 1910

My dear Miss Riley,

We [are] will send[ing] by Wells Fargo? [Exchange?] to your The Yosemite picture changes paid and hope it will reach you safely.

With it you will find some other pictures that may be of us [&] perhaps then can be mounted in some way or framed.

The enclosed letter I think the children will enjoy hearing as it was written by a Lady who knew Dr. Lapham well when she was a little girl living in Milwaukee-

With all good wished for all the teachers and pupils in the Lapham School, from my sister and myself. I am yours sincerely

Mary L. Lapham. Oconomowoc, Wis.