This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
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 January 17, 1940 Mr. Germain Seligmann, c/o Jacques Seligmann & Co., 3 East 51st St., New York City Dear Mr. Seligmann: Your letter of January 13th addressed to our Mr. Lisle has been turned over to me to answer, as his letter to you stated would be the case. It would be very pleasant were we able to buy Stuart portraits when offered for sale, but unfortunately that seems to be highly impossible. We are short of money and running behind as it is and would have to count on the cooperation of some member interested in the family represented by the portrait. Can you let us know who is represented in these two pictures to which you refer and the price asked for them. As I myself have been trying in vain to sell a Stuart portrait for many years I have a very definite idea of the market value of Stuart's work in times like the present. Yours very truly, W. Sumner Appleton Corresponding Secretary WSA/L