[Letter] February 23,1895,Amherst [to F.H. Giddings]

February 23, 1895, Amherst.

Dear Friend:
          Your good
letter adds much
to the pleasure that
I feel at the thought
of living and working
at Columbia. Thanks
from us all for
the kind welcome.
We will avail ourselves
of your aid, so
cordially offered, in
the matter of a
house, to the extent,
if you chance to know
of sections of the
city not too far from
yourselves where
boarding places that
are good and not too
costly can be found.
I should be glad
in the course of the
Spring, to learn of
them. When it comes
to locating ourselves
I think Mrs. Clark,
with two younger
children and I will
temporarily take quarters
in some boarding place,
leaving the two older
boys here. We can
then make a permanent
arrangement at our
leisure. Mrs. Clark
sends thanks to
Mrs. Giddings. She
also looks with
pleasant anticipations
toward our move,
notwithstanding her
pleasant life here.
 In some
indirect way the facts - 
or some of them -
have become known
to some extent among
our students. I hope they
will not reach the public
till President Low officially
announces them - at
least I hope they will not reach the public from
this quarter too early - but I fear they may.

       Yours Very Truly,
          John B. Clark