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PRESIDENT ARTHUR B. LISLE VICE-PRESIDENT BOYLSTON ADAMS BEAL TREASURER CARLETON R. RICHMOND RECORDING SECRETARY BERTRAM K. LITTLE [[seal]]THE SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUITIES INC 1910[[/seal]] LIBRARIAN THOMAS G. FROTHINGHAM DIRECTOR OF MUSEUM CHARLES D. CHILDS CORRESPONDING SECRETARY WILLIAM SUMNER APPLETON HARRISON GRAY OTIS HOUSE 141 CAMBRIDGE ST., BOSTON HARRISON GRAY OTIS HOUSE 141 CAMBRIDGE STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS TELEPHONES CAPITOL 3956, 3957 A PRIVATE CORPORATION OF A CHARITABLE NATURE, CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING AND PRESERVING FOR POSTERITY, BUILDINGS, PLACES AND OBJECTS OF HISTORICAL AND OTHER INTEREST June 25, 1940 Mr. Germain Seligmann, c/o Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc., 3 East 51st St., New York City Dear Mr. Seligmann: It occurs to me to ask what you would consider the present probable sales value of my Stuart portrait of Facius. I gather from your letter that you think it may have gone off from the $8000 figure you put onto it in April and I wonder what you think it has now gone down to, whether $7000, $6000 of just what. I need your best guess on that in order to guide me with reference to the next steps I may take in connection with that painting. I take it that you yourself are to be counted out until the world once more gets back to something approximating normal. Yours very truly, WS. Appleton WSA/L P.S. It is really a question of the proper insurance that it is wise to put on it.