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November 12, 1940

My dear Mr. Warner: 

It was most unfortunate that I had to be ill, stricken when you happened to come to town. If I had been able to write to you and tell you, I would have done so. But I was laid low the day before you came. 

I had left a series of Marins with the man - for you to choose one of the pictures you liked. I hear that when you came, the man had just left and you promised to return the next day. He waited for you until well after 5 o'clock - he is usually leaving at four, - and you did not come. This is all most unfortunate. You had promised to come and that is why he waited, but I assume that something delayed you. 

Now that I am back at the post, kindly let me know what you wish me to do. Of course I will understanding if you say you no longer want a Marin. Maybe you picked one up somewheres else. If so, I am sorry, for you would have had a much better choice at AN AMERICAN PLACE, which is Marin's own headquarters, and the money you would have given would all have gone to the artist. But whatever, it is all right. 

With kind regards, 

Yours sincerely,

Alfred Stieglitz

Mr. Keith Warner
Kewar Company
Gloversville, New York