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51 West 10" St. May 7th 1868 John F. Weir Esq. My dear Sir, I duly received your interesting letter of the 20th inst & I fear you think me quite neglectful, in not having sooner acknowledged it. The truth is I lost no time in writing a notice of your picture, which I sent to the Post; Mr Bryant wrote me it had already been commented on at length in the article on the Academy Exhibition. I then sent the notice to the "Times", where it would have a long time since have appeared but for the crowded state of their columns owing to the voluminous Impeachment speeches. I called yesterday to inquire the