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duties into the hands of the National Academy chiefly on account of some newspaper attacks emanating from that officious nuisance Perry, united in a protest and expressing entire confidence in the Committee and urging them to carry out the objects of the Committee. It was signed by Huntington Eastman Johnson, Gifford, Whittredge, Beard, and myself and subsequently by Hubbard and Hicks. It is outrageous that this wasp of a Perry rises up to breed trouble in any undertaking connected with art. I hope however we have circumvented him. I immediately wrote to Church for his signature he having expressed that same view to Huntington- Last night just before dark Mr. Wood of Brooklyn who was here a few days ago- with Mr. Ogden, came in and after considerable hesitation as to which of my two brook scenes he would buy finally decided upon the one I painted for Dorman, for which he pays me four hundred dollars exclusive of the frame.