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July 30/96.

Dear Mr. Keppel:

Your esteemed letter of July 2 reached me recently while I was enjoying a little outing in the New England states. I passed through New York on the way home and called at your interesting store in 16th St., and left word with the young man in charge to be good enough to forward to me the catalogue of Whistler’s lithographs which you so kindly secured for me. I have not yet seen a copy of it -— in fact, your letter was the first information I had of its existence -— and am looking forward to its coming with much interest. If Mr. Whistler favors me with a copy personally, it will probably come as have his lithographs and other things, that is, whenever he happens to be in the mood to send them. About four weeks ago he sent me a cablegram of a single word, “Writing”, but as yet the letter has not been received.

I am very glad to know that Paris and London retain their old time interest for you, but you must not become too fond of Europe or I shall have to charge you with having a malady similar to that which you ascribed to me when you last visited me in Detroit. I then confessed to the possession of a rather bad case of Whistler-ism. What shall we term your disease, should you lose interest in America?

The tea from Ceylon which I promised to send you was delayed but is now in my possession, and by the time you reach home you will find some of it there to welcome you.

Yours very truly,
Charles L. Freer 
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