Part: 123456789         Session: 1         Page na123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495050a51525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282283284285286287288289290291292293294295296297298299300301302303304305306307308309310311312313314315316317318319320321322323324325326327328329330331332333334335336337338339340341342343344345346347348349350351352353354355356357358359358359360361362363364365366367368369370371372373374375376377378379380381382383384385386387388389390391392393394395396397398399400401402403404405406407408409410411412413414415416417418419420421422423424425426427428429430431432433434435436437438439440441442443444445446447448449450451452453454455456457458459460462463464465466467468469470471472473474475476477478479480481482483484485486487488489490491492493494495496497498499500501502503504505506507508509510511512513514515516517518519520521522523524525526527528529530531532533534536537538539540541542 of 542

So I took that occasion to write a letter, which is a matter of record, in which I thanked her for her inquiries, said that I was glad to answer, that I was aware of the rumors, which were not true, but that if I were a Jew I should be very proud to acknowledge it and to acknowledge the background of culture, generosity, intelligence, patriotism and so forth which the Jewish people of this country are famous for. But it was not so. My father's name was “So-and-So.” I came from a long New England line, and I gave her the name of the first settler and his date, and so forth. My mother's family were also of old Scotch and English extraction. They had come to this country in 1640. My father's family were people who were either Church of England, or Congregationalists or Unitarians. My mother's family were mostly people of Sctoch or English extraction who tended to be Presbyterians or Methodists, although both my father and mother and grandfather and grandmother had been members of the Episcopal Churoh. That was my religion and the faith in which I had been brought up.

Then I went on to say, “It may interest you to know that I was married in New York City to my husband who is Paul Caldwell Wilson,” and I underscored the Caldwell, “who is also an American of the old stock of Scotch