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aid in the work for the education of women in which 
that institution is engaged. 
A doubt as to the best way of acknowledging the 
gift and the sympathy it represents has kept me 
silent till now. But a friend suggests that you might 
put us in the way of searching that gentle Joanna 
Hoar who speaks across the lapse of time so cordially 
and sweetly. In that case will you express, if not to 
her, to some of her living descendants, the thanks of 
Radcliffe College for the scholarship which she has so 
generously endowed. 
Perhaps I may be allowed to add my own respect- 
ful gratitude for her valued letter to me. 
With great regard, 
Most cordially yours, 
ExvizaBetu C. Acassiz 
TO MRS. LOUIS AGASSIZ FROM A DESCENDANT OF THE 
WIDOW JOANNA HOAR 
Concord, Massachusetts, October 15, 1894 
Dear Mrs. Aaassiz: I am honored by the receipt 
of your courteous letter. If, as I suppose, the Joanna 
Hoar to whom you refer is a lady from whom I am de- 
scended, I know no means of communicating with 
her. Even the messenger entrusted by the Post Office 
with a “special delivery” letter might decline to risk 
the chances of getting back, if he were to undertake 
the delivery in person. So I adopted the other alterna- 
tive which you suggest, and stated the case to two of 
her most conspicuous descendants of our time, Sena- 
tor George F. Hoar, of Worcester, and Mr. Charles F. 
