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#33 Ferry Avenue,
Detroit, Michigan,
May 10th, 1901

My dear Mr.Morse:--

Your good letter came during a recent absence, and I am glad to have it before starting on my European trip. I found I could not get away quite as early as I had hoped, and I now intend sailing on the 18th instant, going direct to Naples.

Many thanks for the information you gave me concerning the green Chinese vase, also for the title of the Chinese books. After my return next fall, I hope to have time to become better acquainted with the books and to obtain further information about them. I also fancy that if Hayashi is in Paris when I am there during the summer, he can perhaps enlighten me on the Chinese vase.   

Mr. Daw spent two days with us, and if I were called upon to present a set of specifications describing of the man, I could do nothing better than to copy your estimate of [?], as it appears in your good letter. He certainly is a very charming man, and I am delighted to have made his acquaintance.