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#33 Ferry Avenue,
Detroit, Michigan,
May 14, 1901.

My dear Coleman:--

Your good letter of April 9th came yesterday, and this afternoon I am leaving Detroit for my trip to Capri.

Immediately on receipt of your letter, I wrote to LeBrocq, asking him to get the articles you require, and saying that I would call for the same at his place in New York on Friday next.

I shall also call upon Henry Poor, and will be delighted to deliver your message to him. I doubt, however, if it will be possible for Poor to leave New York until midsummer at the earliest. I have noticed his name very prominently connected with some large deals now being brought out, and these, together will the enormous activity of him regular business, wil1, I fancy, keep his nose very close to the grindstone for sometime to come. I wish we might all gather together in Capri during June, but it is too good to hope for.

I am delighted to know that your health is improving, and you certainly must have a great many years in which to still scatter pleasure to the many who know you. I am so glad that