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#33 Ferry Avenue,
Detroit, Michigan,
December 20th, 1905.

Alexander Reid, Esq.,
#117 & 121 West George Street,
Glasgow, Scotland.

Dear Sir:--
On my return this morning from an absence in the East I found your letter of November 30th, concerning the full-length portrait of IRVING, by Whistler. Thanks for your kind attention. But even had I been here in time to have received your letters for the sale I should have cabled you not to bid for my account.

I am told, however, that the picture was purchased by an American collector and of this I am glad, as it will be a pleasure to see the picture more frequently than I could if it had gone to some European buyer.

With holiday greetings, believe me,
Very sincerely yours,
Charles L Freer