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400 #33 Ferry Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, August 15th, 1904. Dear Mr. Abbott:-- I regret having missed you in London; and am glad you saw and enjoyed the Peacock Room. I am pleased to also confirm your solution of the little mystery concerning its ownership -- a harmless measure, which you will understand. Still, for the present, I am keeping the real facts away from the public. Your kind offer to exhibit the room under the auspices of the Copley Society appeals to me very strongly. I have written to Miss. Birnie-Philip, asking her views, and must defer a positive reply until I receive her answer. I can say that she is more than pleased with the triumphant success of your memorial of last winter, and I think she would enjoy having the room shown in Boston under Copley influences, the same as she did in London under those of Obach & Company. Hence, please understand my hesitation is not caused by anticipated opposition from Miss. Birnie-Philip, but it is the result of the great fear I have of serious damage likely to follow a second erection and dismantling prior to its being finally erected elsewhere. However, I shall take pleasure in considering your gracious project, and give final answer as early as possible.