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the removal of the buildings. Much 

 foundation material was contributed by 

 three local people and has already been 

 acknowledged, together with the cash 

 contributions, in The Guide To Nature. 

 The financial summary for the six 

 months is given below. 



From all parts of the country, letters 

 of encouragement and aid have been 

 received. For these and for their kind 

 words, personally and on behalf of the 

 AA, I am grateful beyond my power to 

 express. I submitted the case to the 

 public, with the correspondence, with- 

 out argument. With the just verdict 

 and the practical approval of the work 

 of the AA and of its president I am 

 well pleased and much encouraged in 

 my efforts to meet future problems. 



In spite of the calamity of six months 

 ago, of the innumerable discomforts 

 and disadvantages of living and carry- 

 ing on work in a series of buildings 

 that were traveling across the fields, 

 notwithstanding the bills to be met 

 and the many problems of the im- 

 mediate future in connection with the 

 completing of the new Arcadia, this 

 Thanksgiving day will be a grateful 

 and hopeful one to your president, and 

 to the members of his family who have 

 so loyally and faithfully aided him in 

 the terrible struggle for the continued 

 existence and efficiency of the AA. 



Hopefully and faithfully yours, 



Edward F. Bigelow. 



FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF NEW 

 ARCADIA. 



Sound Beach, Connecticut. 



November 16, 191 1. 



RECEIVED. 



Sound Beach — in addition to 

 foundation material from 



three local people $ 407.07 



Greenwich — in addition to the 

 buildings from The Uni- 

 ted Workers 500.00 



Stamford 1,165.50 



Elsewhere 602.05 



Paid in Advertisements 18.11 



To be Paid in Advertisements 102.04 

 The Bigelow Family — loan . . 680.47 



Total $3475-24 



Details of the contributions have 

 been acknowledged in The Guide 

 to Nature and in the local papers 

 of Greenwich and Stamford. 



PAID. 



Land ..$ 710.00 



Foundations and Grounds . . . 1,052.23 

 Lumber, Hardware and Car- 

 pentry 922.88 



Plumbing * 39-95 



Moving buildings 425.00 



Correspondence Expenses . . . 95-44 



Painting — labor 76.54 



Electric Lights — restoring, 



wiring, etc S3- 20 



Total $3475-24 



The books, bills and receipts at 

 this office are open to the inspec- 

 tion of any Contributor or Member 

 of The Agassiz Association. 



YET To BE PAID. 



Bills for material furnished 

 and work now in progress, 

 about $ 500 



Estimated cost of proposed 



Assembly Hall 1,500 



Due on land 1,090 



Total $3,090 . 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



Previously acknowledged . . . .$2,599.27 



Honorable D. O. Wickham, 



Cleveland, Ohio 5.00 



Mr. William L. Marks, New 

 York City (Increase, total 

 of $150.00) 50.00 



Mr. W. A. Bentley, Jericho, 



Vermont 1.85 



"The Kids," Sound Beach, 



Connecticut 5.00 



Mr. Belmont Odell, Water- 

 town, New York 1.00 



Miss Belle Ferris, Sound 

 Beach, Connecticut (In- 

 crease, total of $3.50) .... 2.50 



Dr. Elizabeth Finch, Sound 



Beach, Connecticut 5.00 



Reverend Howard A. John- 

 ston, Stamford, Connec- 

 ticut 5.00 



Total $2,674.62 



