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No. 33 Ferry Avenue,
Detroit, Michigan.
October 25th., 1906.

Howard Mansfield, Esquire:
c/o Lord, Day & Lord, No. 9 Wall St., New York City.

My dear Mr. Mansfield:-

Fortunately thus far in life I have escaped serious misunderstandings with the majority of my friends and acquaintances without keeping notes of conversations such as we had together by telephone in New York recently. My memory, however, still serves me fairly well and I easily recall all details of the talk then had. The partial account of the conversation given in your letter of October twenty-second differs only in part from my recollection. The difference is important in that the suggestion as to your writing to Miss Birnie-Philip came from you instead of me, and it was in answer to your own inquiry as to what the effect of such a letter would be that I said "it might be worth while" and then gave you her address, but a letter written under such conditions cannot be construed as having been sent at my