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THE HOMESTEAD
HOT SPRINGS
VIRGINIA

Sunday
Nov 10th '35

Dear Germain:

Your letter reached me this morning & I want very much to thank you for your prompt reply to my request.

To say that I am mortified is putting it mildly - If for one instance I had suspected that the Commode was a gift, you can well imagine that I would never have spoken about a "purchase" from you.

What happened was this. After my mother died Hans Waegen came up to the apartment - (this was several weeks after her death, as I recall it) & said, Alan, when you dispose or if you dispose of any of these pieces of furniture, I want you to know that both the Commode & the Vitrine come from Seligmanns - (or possibly it was only the Commode, he mentioned - but he then said the Vitrine was also very

  

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