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33 Ferry Avenue, East,
Detroit, Mich.

October 2oth, 1913.

Dear Mr. Peters:

Your interesting letter of September 21st written in Paris reached me a day or two after an attack of my old trouble, which came on the 1st inst., and the present is the first opportunity I have had to reply.

Let me now congratulate you upon your successful interview and correspondence with Mr. Hobson. He undoubtedly is the best man available to write the proposed catalogue, and I hope that he will undertake the work.

Your idea about engaging some competent person to give his undivided attention to the collection during the exhibition seems to me to be absolutely necessary.

Gorrer's room on Fifth Avenue is a charming place and also very central. If the exhibition is held there it should receive a very large attendance.

By the way, have you ever thought of the Metropolitan Museum as a place? The room in which Morgan's pictures are now hung would be a very desirable room for the exhibition if it can be obtained. I mention this to you in a confidential manner as it may be possible to arrange with Dr. Robinson for the room. Late in September, when I was in New York for a couple of days enroute to Detroit, I accidentally met Dr. Robinson in the Museum, and after discussing Chinese Art with him a few moments, I told him of the plans we were making towards our exhibition, without naming the place. He seemed very deeply interested, and I told him that when our plans were further advanced, the committee would be pleased to call upon him and invite his suggestions. I did this simply as a feeler, thinking that perhaps he might permit us to use the room named. How does the thought strike you? Is it worth carrying forward? If you should think well of it

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