December 24, 1929 – Peabody to JSA (Telegram)

• December 24, 1929 (?) Telegram from Peabody to JSA (Hawthorne Avenue, Richmond, VA) –

JS APPERSON, CARE A H APPERSON, HAWTHORNE AVE RICHMOND VIRGINIA HAVE YOUR LETTER 20^TH THINK YOU FAILED TO READ CAREFULLY THE SITUATION WITH RESPECT TO HIM IS THE SAME AS IT WAS IN JAUNARY 1^ST WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE YOU EVIDENTLY FORGOT NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL VALEDICTORY FOR COMISSIONER AND THE FIRST PAGE STATEMENT LATER THAT MAYOR OSBORNE WOULD RESIGN IN DUE TIME TO ACCEPT COMMISSIONERSHIP AFTER JANUARY 1^ST I SENT THIS TO RELEIVE YOUR MIND OF ANXIETY THROUGH HOLIDAYS WHICH I DO BELIEVE JUSTIFIED EASE UP A LITTLE AND THINK OVER THE VARIED RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EXECUTIVE WITH THE INNUMENRABLE DETAILS FROM LAKE ERIE TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN LAKE GEORGE IS NOT THE ONLY PLACE. GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY.