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TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS,
CHATAIGNE, LONDON.
TELEPHONE No 7821 GERRARD.

THE COBURG HOTEL,
CARLOS PLACE,
GROSVENOR SQUARE.W.

June 12th/09.

Dear Colonel Hecker,
I think that I was wise in leaving Detroit as early as I did, for when the rush ended and I was really at sea, I found that my 
system was out of key. The ocean trip did me good but would have done greater good had it been longer.

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In Paris, as you know, I was not quite up to

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