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#33 Ferry Avenue,
Detroit, Michigan,
April 30th, 1904.

Dear Mr. Canfield:--
I duly received your telegram of yesterday, reading:--

"Letter received. Exhibition here closes Monday. If possible would much prefer Rosa should go in your room. Wire me Narragansett Hotel if it can be arranged and is agreeable to you and I will wire Ives myself."

and in reply I at once telegraphed you, care of Narragansett Hotel, Providence, as follows:--

"Fear my room too small to show Rosa to advantage. Will think it over most carefully and consult with you in New York next Tuesday. The plan perfectly agreeable to me should we decide it is feasible."

which I now beg to confirm.

In order that you may quite understand the proportions of the little room which I am to install, I send  you herewith a pencil tracing. You will see that it is admirably adapted to very small pictures, and I have planned to hang therein thirty-six pastels by Messrs. Whistler, Dewing and Tryon. These will all be placed on a good line of vision, and above the pastels some ancient Japanese wood-carvings of low neutral tone will be hung to make the room look more complete than it otherwise would. It seems to me that the "Rosa Corder" would not be seen to good advantage in