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#915 Union Trust Building,
Detroit, Michigan.
February 7, 1911. 

Richard Rathbun, Esq.,
Assistant Secretary, in charge
United States National Museum,
Washington, D.C. 

Dear Sir: 

I am addressing this letter to you on the subject of the eleven makimono cases ordered from the Messrs. Charles F. Biele & Sons Company, New York, by Mr. Freer in August last for shipment to the National Museum for use in exhibiting his makimono or scroll paintings at the forthcoming Washington exhibition. I am in receipt of advices from the Biele Company that on January 30th last they shipped two cases, two on January 31st, two on the morning of February 1st and more later on the same [[?]], and that they will continue to make daily shipments of these cases, and I suppose that by the time you receive this letter all eleven cases and stands will have been received at the Museum. 

My understanding of the order given by Mr. Freer to the Biele Company for these cases and tables is as follows: 

The tables should be of metal and all metal work finished in black, each with four legs connecting the two longest cases which are made in sections:

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