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THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS OF THE CITY OF DETROIT

ARTS COMMISSION
EDSEL B. FORD PRESIDENT
ALBERT KAHN
CHARLES T. FISHER
EDGAR B. WHITCOMB
COMMISSIONERS

W. R. VALENTINER.
ART DIRECTOR
CLYDE H. BURROUGHS
SECRETARY

Lieber Herr Seligmann
Haben Sie vielen Dank für Ihren freundlichen Brief & den 
Scheck für das Gutachten, der mir in dieser schwierigen Zeit sehr willkommen ist. Von Friedländer habe ich kürzlich gehört; er ist wohlauf & hat einstweilen keine Schwierigkeiten. Aber die Zustände in Deutschland scheinen ja recht übel.

Der Catena ist allgemein bewundert worden; ich hätte 
ihn deshalb gern hier behalten 

Transcription Notes:
[[translate]] Dear Mr. Seligmann Thank you very much for your kind letter & the check for the expertise, which is very welcome to me in this difficult time. From Friedländer I have heard concerning he is in good health & has no difficulties for the time being. But the conditions in Germany seem quite [[?]]. The Catena has been generally admired; I would have liked to keep it here [[/translate]] Maybe someone can identify the still missing words :) ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-09-15 03:21:19 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-09-22 00:47:43 last word: behalten - rest of the word on next page ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-09-24 11:35:45