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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 20, 1940 Mr. Germain Seligmann, c/o Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc., 3 East 51st St., New York City Dear Mr. Seligmann: You must by this time have thought that I had wholly forgotten your proposed sale of my Stuart portrait of George Facius. As a matter of fact I have not forgotten it but am now making my plans to have Frazer & Walker call for the painting tomorrow morning. They will probably pack it tomorrow and ship it either late tomorrow or some time Saturday. I have arranged to have the painting covered with $8000 insurance until it gets into your hands and should like to know in detail what kind of insurance you carry in New York. Yours very truly, WS. Appleton WSA/L