GEORGE WELWOOD MURRAY
E. PARMALEE PRENTICE
CHARLES P. HOWLAND
WILLIAM E. S. GRISWOLD

HOWLAND, MURRAY & PRENTICE
COUNSELLORS AT LAW
35 WALL STREET
NEW YORK

HENRY E. HOWLAND
COUNSEL

May 22, 1911.

My dear Mr. Russell:-

When the Committee on the Yale Memorial met at my
house last winter they adjourned to go to Mr. French's studio
to talk the matter over with him. I understood at that time
that they approved of the design of which he had a photograph.
Your letters to Mr. Gordon say that there is a difference of
opinion in the Committee, and that the design is not settled
upon. That is the first thing we should do, and the Committee
should meet as soon as possible. I think a Committee meeting
should be called at once for the 16th at New Haven if you
prefer that place. I can come there and General Gordon also.
If you prefer it here you can call it either at my house or
at Mr. French's studio, and we could then get Frank Polk and
Mr. Evarts. New Haven would be the best place for Governor
Baldwin, yourself and Mr. Stokes.

I have an engagement here for the 15th which would
prevent my coming, but I have none on the 13, 14 or 16th of
June. We ought to settle on something as soon as possible.

Talcott H. Russell, Esq.,
New Haven, Connecticut.

MURRAY, PRENTICE & HOWLAND

COUNSELLORS AT LAW
37 WALL STREET
NEW YORK

HENRY E. HOWLAND
COUNSEL

June 13, 1912.

Dear Sir:

Judge Howland asks me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of June 10th sent to him at Walpole with various suggestions for an inscription for the memorial, and to say that he finds none of them altogether satisfactory. He does not think that the placing of this memorial in itself aids greatly in securing the national bond, and therefore he does not like the inscriptions to that effect; some of the phrases have the effect of accidental blank verse; others lack nobility of style. With a feeling that possibly similar objections may be made against the following, he nevertheless asks me to submit it:

"Yale University has placed this Memorial
To Her Sons Who in the Civil War
Paid the Last Full Measure of Devotion
For the Cause They Deemed the Right.
May the Bonds which now unite the Land endure forever."

Talcott H. Russell, Esq.,
42 Church Street,
New Haven, Connecticut.

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Walpole, N. H.

July 6, 1911.

My dear Mr. Stokes:-

I enclose a letter I received from Governor Baldwin which I sent to Mr. French and I send you the French reply. I have told Mr. French the Committee was about equally divided on the design but they agree in fairness to him that he should have an opportunity to show them his completed design. Will you kindly ask Mr. Russell as Secretary of the Committee to present to the other members of the Committee copies of the correspondence. If I had a stenographer and typewriter at my command I would do so myself.

Gen. Gordon is at Briarcliff Manor, N. Y.

New York, May 15, 1911.

General William W. Gordon,

Savannah, Georgia.

My dear General:

Before I left for the West Indies, where I have been spending the best part of the winter owing to a severe attack of bronchitis, we had a meeting of the Memorial Committee and approved Mr. French's design, of which I think you have a copy; if not, I can see that one is furnished you. Since then I have not heard that anything has been done beyond private canvassing among our friends here, but no official subscriptions have been received. I suppose we should take it up actively during commencement week at New Haven.

I feel guilty that we have not gotten along any further. At all events we have got the design and it is enthusiastically approved. We are trying to get some possibly large subscriptions to the Fund, to start with, for it is such a large sum to raise we must get it well started before we make a general subscription. I will consult with Messrs. Stokes and Russell about it and will let you know if anything further has been done at New Haven.

Shall you be here at Commencement?

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