Memorials, 1905

Prof Duniway

Bishop Nicols Rec'd letter today will be pleased to do anything he can in line he suggests. Expect to take 10.30 train from city in morning

The Bank of Palo Alto Palo Alto, Cal. March 23, 1905

Prof. C. A. Duniway Stanford University, Cal. Dear Sir:

Your letter of March 22nd just at hand. Mr. Downing informs me that he wrote you yesterday concerning the representatives from Palo Alto I will only repeat what he has written you.

At a meeting of the citizens of Palo Alto held Tuesday evening it was suggested that a committee be appointed from the various organizations to attend the funeral of Mrs. Stanford. I was selected to represent the citizens; Mr. Downing, the Board of Trade; Mr. Ferguson, the Board of Trustees, and Mr. Carey, the Merchants' Association, making four in all.

I trust this information is all you may desire in regard to the matter.

Yours very truly G R Parkinson

John T. Doyle Menlo Park Cal.

Menlo Park

Mch 22 1905

My dear Mr Duniway

I thank you for your note & offer, but reading over the programme in the paper know clearly that I never could go through it.

The standing & marching would be more than I could do, therefore I must deny myself the melancholy satisfaction of taking part in the present service {was also ?} {by dy, ly ?} whom I respected and admired so much

You see how I am going; this is my best hand writing.

Yours truly John T. Doyle

Prof C. A. Duniway

HENRY E. HIGHTON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW OFFICE: S. W. CORNER KING AND FORT STREETS HONOLULU, T. H. March 9th 1905

My dear Sir:

I beg to enclose an appreciation of Mrs Stanford written by me and published in the Advertiser of last Sunday and also a preamble and resolutions I also prepared for this meeting of former residents of California, held at the {Young ?} Hotel. They are anxious to have a suitable place at the { ?} { ?} and in accompanying the remains to the steamer. I am Chairman of what the meeting called "The Committee on Ceremony."

May I be permitted to add, without obtrusion, that, in reference to the mystery surrounding Mrs Stanford's death, it might be well for my wife and myself to see you and tell you of some matters that have not appeared in the proceedings?

With kind regards, I am, my dear Sir, Faithfully yours Henry E. Highton

Honorable David Starr Jordan President Stanford University

N.B. You will receive an { ?} copy of the preamble and resolutions, which will be sent to you officially.

My dear Dr. Jordan,-

Just before sending a letter to you, I read that you were about to sail for Honolulu, so I decided to wait until later before writing.

I think that, of all the graduates of Stanford University, the members of the Pioneer Class must feel Mrs. Stanford's death most keenly , for