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confident that the money will follow. Should the Cor- 

 poration accept us under the conditions above stated, 

 we should pass over all our present property, — 

 an invested capital of $150,000 with landed estate, 

 buildings, etc., to the Corporation. Within our pres- 

 ent limits we are fully self-supporting, and we should 

 look for farther educational opportunities from the 

 College only as we can bring means for our increased 

 expenses. We know that the funds of the College are 

 all appropriated and cannot be diverted from the 

 purposes for which they were given. We recognize 

 therefore the necessity of producing the means for 

 our own support and for our future development. 

 But we believe that whatever means may accrue to 

 us in the future will be spent for the Annex to greater 

 advantage by the Corporation than by ourselves. 

 To them we should confidently entrust the adminis- 

 tration of our affairs both financial and educational. 

 Forgive this long letter, my dear Mr. Eliot, and be- 

 lieve me always 



Most cordially yours, 



Elizabeth C. Agassiz 



On March 29, Mrs. Agassiz records in her diary, "I think 

 our aim will be accomplished, but it will be slow work.*' 

 Meetings, discussions, conferences, one or the other, fol- 

 lowed almost daily. An idea of some of the diflSculties in 

 the way and Mrs. Agassiz 's method of encountering them 

 may be formed by the following note from Edward W. 

 Hooper, the treasurer of Harvard College, with the draft 

 of Mrs. Agassiz 's reply. Her letter which called forth the 

 note from Mr. Hooper is not available : 



