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TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS,
CHATAIGNE, LONDON.
TELEPHONE NO. 1719 GERARD.
 
THE COBURG HOTEL,
CARLOS PLACE,
GROSVENOR SQUARE. W.

June 1st/05.

Dear Colonel Hecker,
 
I have again bowed to temptation and fallen by the wayside! This time its almost a repetition of the Theobald transaction of some years ago.  

That circumstance involved thirty four framed Whistlers. The one of today consists of thirty three framed Whistlers in pastel, watercolor, chalk, ink, pencil and one oil (all small)

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