"Davenport response to Steggerda (2483), January 15, 1940"

2478. Charles B. Davenport Cold Spring Harbor Long Island, N. Y. Jan. 15/40 Dr. Morris Steggerda Cold Spring Harbor Dear Morris: Your letter touched me very much and every word of it was appreciated. I suppose as one gets older the assurance by a colleague that he has left a mark is very pleasant. To have made friends is [illegible] important; and it is the friendliness of your letter that gives me great satisfaction. I assure you that Gertrude and I esteem highly the friendship that you and Inez have always shared. Faithfully yours, Charles B.D. [end]