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[[left margin]] F. Parker [[/left margin]] 1410 BANK OF AMERICA BUILDING SAN DIEGO 1, CALIFORNIA FREDERICK S. PARKER, PRESIDENT 7917 GIRARD AVENUE LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA THE PUTNAM FOUNDATION A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION SAN DIEGO, CAL. TELEPHONE FRANKLIN 7323 LA JOLLA, CAL. TELEPHONE GLENCOVE 5-4321 October 11, 1954 Mr. Germain Seligman, Jacques Seligmann & Co. Inc., 5 East 57th St., New York 22, N.Y. Dear Mr. Seligman, In response to your letter of October 2nd, I would say that I expected to be in New York shortly but conditions have changed and I doubt if I can get there much before the end of the year and in the meantime I wondered if you would care to send me the details on the so-called Vermeer and the price, including the photograph. I would be interested to look at it. We're just concluding the purchase of a substantial amount of pictures and are anxious to clear this whole purchase up before we enter into any new purchases. However, your offering excites my imagination and I would like very much to know more about it. With kindest regards, Sincerely, F. S. Parker FSP:mb