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March 23/97.

My dear Mr. Morse:

I am just home from a two weeks' absence in the south and am quite overcome by your enthusiastic appreciation of the things you saw in my house when you an Mr. Gookin were here. I count your visit one of the pleasantest I have ever had, and I hope to see yourself and Mrs. Morse here soon after your return from Japan. I appreciate your willingness to execute any little commissions I might ask you to attend to while in Japan, and if occasion requires, I shall not hesitate to accept your kind offer.
I was with Mansfield a little while last Friday night and found him very well. While at Yamanaka's on Saturday last I found a Tsunemobu kakmono fine enough to bring tears from a stone. I could not pass it by, so when you come home from Japan I should be glad to welcome you with a glimpse of this fine painting.
Wishing yourself and Mrs. Morse the fullest enjoyment of the best things in Japan, I remain,

Yours very truly,
Charles L Freer

Mr. Charles J. Morse,
1825 Asbury Ave.,
Evanston, Ill.