[Letter] April 29,1894,Northamton [to F.H. Giddings]

April 29, 1894, Northampton.

 Promise of J. B. Clark to assist my wife and
children in selecting and editing my economic
manuscripts in the event of his surviving me.
F. H. Giddings.

Dear Friend:
       You have given
me a prove of your
confidence that I
prize. Most certainly
will I do anything in
my power to make
your rare and valuable
economic work available
for fellow economists
in case the contingency
that you speak of occurs.
It is, I am sure, and
happily so, an improbable
contingency. I had
often thought of making
such a request of you,
and even now it seems
to me that you are
more likely than am
I to be in a position
to render it. In general
strength I never could
compare with you.
This is, of course, a
world in which nothing
is certain, and most
cordially do I undertake
to do what I can, if
that which is possible
should occur.
 For the sake of
many friends to whom
your studies mean a
great deal please do not
work too hard at Columbia.

     Yours Very Truly,
        John B. Clark