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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, 
ExizaBetu 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 difficulties 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: 
