March 11, 1904
I have received a letter from Alice Dayton in which she says Mr. Munroe hopes that you will be there to officiate today.
Now under the circumstances would it not be best for you to telephone & find if they have yet secured the services of W P McKenzie to conduct the funeral service at 1 p. m today & if not can you not go?
Also if the caseEditorial Note: This is a reference to the passing of Mary W. Munroe in Boston, Massachusetts. was under my care I should make careful examinatio[*]Gap: letter.Reason: page edge. [*]Archival Note: A metamark that looks like an X appears at this point in the manuscript. to find out if there is not a faint trace of life there, before removing the remains by the employment of an expert because the case was peculiar May it not be a comatose As Written: comotose state.
I don't think it safe in Mother's feeble state to name this case to her at present.
