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September 14th., 1942.

Dear Mr. Milliken:

Your extremely kind longhand letter, written from Bar B C Ranch, reaches me this minute, while my letter to you is probably being forwarded from Cleveland. Will you allow me to say that I am deeply touched by the spirit of your lines, and I want to thank you ever-so-much for them.

Though my letter of the 11th., covers fully, I think, the matter of the RENOIR, may I tell you — answering one of the paragraphs of your letter - that if term payments would facilitate this purchase, I would of course be willing to arrange them.

You also allude to the correspondence exchanged with Hans Waegen, which unfortunately, [[strikethrough]] I [[/strikethrough]] as I wrote you, I have no trace of yet. You will thus understand, I am sure, how delicate it is for me to be stepping in at this time, knowing hardly anything of what had gone on.

I am glad to see that you are having a rest, which you were undoubtedly very much in need of. I have often been told of the beauty of Wyoming, but unfortunately have never been there.

Looking forward to hearing from you further,

Yours very sincerely, 

(Germain Séligmann)


William M. Milliken, Esq.,
Cleveland Museum of Art,
Cleveland, Ohio.

P.S. As per your request, I am sending this to the museum.