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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 24,1940 Mr. Germain Seligmann, c/o Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc., 3 East 51st St., New York City Dear Mr. Seligmann: The world is certainly a different place now from what it was when I talked over the possible sale of my portrait by Gilbert Stuart. Accordingly I am calling the picture back from the expressman and shall not trouble you about it again until the world once more settles down into something approximating normal, which, let us hope, it may do during our lifetime, although concerning that there is at the moment an element of doubt. Sincerely yours, W. Sumner Appleton Corresponding Secretary WSA/L