Letter From Geraldine Fitzgerald 1913
At Waiawa Downs
Onewhero
Auckland
15 May 1913
Dear Mary
I hear that Constance is actually leaving CHS [Chilton St James] this term. She will be greatly missed there. You know that I don’t generally say pleasant things, so you can believe me when I tell you how much I have come to admire her purposefulness and capacity. I have been meaning to write this to you for
some time, for since I returned from England I have noticed the excellence of the work in the school, and work of that kind is everlasting in making the foundation of a school like that. I don’t think Constance has ever liked me much, so she may the more appreciate the fact that the value of the work she has done has been
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Geraldine Fitzgerald was the founding principal of Chilton St James, the school attended by Constance Nelson, and at which she later taught.
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Handwritten letterDate published
15 May 1913People
- Geraldine Fitzgerald
- Constance Nelson
- Mary Nelson
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