Stockton Axson to Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre
Title
Stockton Axson to Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre
Creator
Axson, Stockton, 1867-1935
Identifier
WWP17441
Date
1908 May 20
Description
Stockton congratulates his niece, Jessie, on her graduation and academic award, apologizes that he couldn’t attend her commencement, and sends a check.
Source
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University
Language
English
Text
Dearest Jessie
Here is a cheque for a graduating present. I was told that you would like to have a college seal and that you would have to purchase it yourself. Hence this prosaic way—sending you a cheque instead of a purchase. I had expected to run down to Baltimore for the day of your graduation, leaving here early in the morning, returning at night. But it was just my luck to get an examination scheduled for that day—June 3—so I cannot go. I am disappointed.
Congratulations to you on your ?.
B.K.!
And now, my heartfelt wish for you on your graduation is that your life may be long, useful, happy—all that it should be for one with your gifts of mind and spirit. Good be with you always, dear.
Original Format
Letter
To
Sayre, Jessie Woodrow Wilson, 1887-1933
Collection
Citation
Axson, Stockton, 1867-1935, “Stockton Axson to Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre,” 1908 May 20, WWP17441, Jessie Wilson Sayre Correspondence, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.