"Grace-House-by-the-Sea,"
Aug. 27' /'86
I have just received two telegramsEditorial Note: These telegrams are not extant. from you, the same date, and worded exactly the same. Did you send two? I ask. because I am suspicious of the workings of the telegraph office here, since there is a charge for delivering.
I regret to say that I will not be able to make one of the number of this class. Your class begins the 30th and it is most unfortunate that I will not be able to close the house until the 1st of Sept. reaching New York only on the 2nd, and then with considerable business to attend to in connection with this work.
I will be very glad if you will let me know when you will have the next class. If it comes, and will be finished, before the first of November, I can enter it; and I would like to know just when, if I can, so that I may request to have my vacation at that time.
A letter will reach me here until Sept 1st after that 103 E. 123st New York City