July 8, 1926. 
My dear Mr. Rockefeller: 
1 have before me a copy of a letter written by Mr. Raymond 
B. Fosdick under date of May 25, 1925, addressed to Mr. C. 
Stuart Gager, in which Mr. Fosdick states that you are prepared 
to contribute to the Endowment Fund of the Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden the sum of $250,000 on condition that an equal sum is 
raised from other sources prior to December 31, 1926. 
As you are perhaps aware, a group of Brooklyn Citizens have 
been engaged in raising the sum of $250,000 to meet your pledge. 
_ The writer is the Treasurer of this informal Committee. 
This letter is written to certify to you that this Committee has 
now raised and the writer now has in his possession and on de- 
posit in the Nassau National Bank of Brooklyn the sum of 
$250,739. 
I trust this certification may prove sufficient and that we may 
receive your check at your convenience. 
Very truly yours, 
(Signed) G. Foster SMITH, 
Treasurer, 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Citizens Committee. 
Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., 
26 Broadway, 
New York. 
July 12, 1926. 
My dear Mr. Smith: 
In accordance with Mr. Rockefeller, Jr.’s pledge of May 25, 
1925, signed by Mr. Raymond B. Fosdick and in accordance with 
the assurances contained in your letter of July 8, 1926, that $250,- 
739 has been actually obtained in cash from other sources to date 
for the Endowment Fund, Iam, on behalf of Mr. Rockefeller, Jr., 
enclosing his check in the sum of $250,000 payable to the Brook- 
lyn Botanic Garden. This completes the obligation under Mr. 
Rockefeller’s pledge of May 25, 1925. 
May I repeat our congratulations, already given to Mr. C. 
Stuart Gager in our conversation this morning concerning Mr. 
