Letter from N. W. Gates, Wilmette, Illinois, March 30, 1895, to Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Pierson, and their reply April 9, 1896 regarding membership in the Elmwood Library Association.

              Wilmette, Illinois
                                                            March 20th 1895
Mr. and Mrs. L.J. Pierson:
    Dear Friends: -

	The Directors of the Elmwood Library Assoc. [Association],
in looking over the recrods, find the names of a 
number of members who have not been itnerested in
the Library during the last few years.
	New books are benig added to the Library
constantly and an earnest endeavor is being made 
to interest all suscribers.
	There have been no dues received from you
since July 1893. Will you kindly notify the Sec'y [Secretary],
whether you wish your name dropped from the 
list of members or whether you desire to retain your 
membership.
	Yours Respect.				(By order of the Driectors.)
		A. W. Gates, Sec'y [Secretary]



We feel that the Library ought to be supported
by general taxation, and not by personal efforts
[unclear], so you may drop our name and 
oblige
		Yours
		Martha [?] L.J. Pierson
Apr [April] '9 '96 [1896]