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December 23, 1898. 

Dear Dewing:- 

I have yours of the 21st instant, and note same carefully. Should Kennedy find "The Swan" and "Alderney Street," I should like to look them over when I reach New York. The other etchings mentioned, as follows: "Justice Walk," "Chelsea," "Exeter Street," "Grey's Inn Doorway," "Clothes Exchange No. 2," "Children--Brussels," "Booth at a Fair," are already in my collection, so of course I shall not care to purchase duplicates of these I already have. I notice with interest that he has purchased three oils. They are doubtless some of Jimmie's best early work. I should like to see them very much indeed, but I agree with you that it would never do at all to buy them without inspection. If Kennedy cares to give you the refusal of them for 1500 pounds, why not take it, as it will cost you nothing, and it would give you the first sight of them when they reach this country. The price is really not too high, if they are of the quality stated by Kennedy. The probabilities are that, if twilight nocturnes, they are something on the same order as the Valparaiso which we saw at the Chicago Exposition. 

I have been kept at home ever since my return last Sunday, being knocked out with some sort of congestion in the head, which the doctor assures me will pass off in a few days more. 

The wedding occurred yesterday, and proved a great success. I could not go to the church, but was at the home reception for a few moments. The steamer on which the groom came was delayed somewhat, in arrival, and he reached Detroit only four hours before the wedding

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