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418 [[checkmark]] #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