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#33 Ferry Avenue,
Detroit, Michigan,
May 4th, 1901.

My dear Mr. Koopman:--

I have your kind note of the 2nd instant, and am glad that you are now a member of The Players. I am sure you will enjoy the club very much, and I congratulate both you and it.

What you say about your work is very interesting, but it does seem unfortunate that artistic temperaments are always of a destructive character, still, I presume that the preservation of the very best is in strict accordance with the canons of art. 

I have seen very little of New York this winter, and when there have been so pressed for time that I found it impossible to visit you, as I wanted to do. If all goes well, on the 18th instant I shall sail for Capri, returning home next fall. 

Wishing you a very pleasant and successful summer, and hoping to meet you during next fall or winter, I remain,

Yours very truly,
Charles L Freer


Augustus Koopman, Esq.,
The Players, #16 Gramercy Park, 
New York City.