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Dec. 1/96.

Mr. A. D. Gihon,
8 West 127th St., New York.

Dear Sir:

Your letter of Nov. 26 reached me a day or two ago, and as I am in the midst of an unusual pressure of business affairs I am compelled to answer by dictation.

Detroit as a field for teaching the fine arts I am reluctantly forced to confess is not attractive. The Detroit School of Arts and the local Museum are struggling with the problem, and while I am not connected in any way with either institution, I should judge from the information I have that neither institution is over prosperous. Attempts in this direction have been made during recent years by one or two men at least, thoroughly well qualified to prosecute the same line of work now in your mind, but they had to give it up and go elsewhere. As conditions to-day are no better than they were during the time referred to, I can see no reason for expecting success by yourself or others. I wish that it were possible to write you more encouragingly.

Yours very truly,
Charles L. Freer

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