Post-Graduate Work
In the winter of 1906, with his wife Alice was convalescing in Toronto, Horace Wrinch took the opportunity of going to New York to do post-graduate work at the New York Post- Graduate Medical School and Hospital at Second Avenue and Twentieth Street. From there he wrote to Alice every couple of days. Bed-ridden, Alice was able to write more frequently, on several occasions twice a day. (Original letter in my possession)
“February 10th 1906
My Dear Alice,
A short letter this time to tell you I am changing my address to no. 245 19th Str. I can get better terms and better accommodation there. It is a boarding house, specially designed to take care of post graduate students and is close to the Post Graduate hospital where I think I shall take a good part of my work. I had a free ticket for today and spent the whole day there and found plenty of “pointers”. I have been paying one dollar per day for a very indifferent room at the hotel here and I had to go to restaurants for all meals. I tried a good many places and found that it was hard to combine good food and plenty of it at anything less than 35 cents a meal. At the boarding house I have a nice room in partnership with another doctor but with single beds and had a very good meal this evening as a sample, and only pay 8 dollars a week. So I think this is an improvement worth making a change for. I received some letters today that Agnes [Horace’s sister] forwarded. Amongst others, one from Miss Hollingsworth accepting the offer of matron for the hospital. She wants to know more particulars re time of going etc. So we are sure of one helper on the way out. I hope you had good success in your efforts to find one for ourselves.
I shall keep on enquiring for letters here until I get some from you and Agnes at my new address so will be glad of a note of card to that address as soon as you can manage after getting this. Then I shall not have to come back here to the hotel any more to enquire if any mail has come to it. Agnes and you are the only ones to whom I have sent the whole address. Hope you are all well.
Much love dear wife, from your affectionate husband
Horace C. Wrinch