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[[begin left-hand page]] ishly perhaps, but determined to do my best. The President once posed, I never saw him in the same pose again. He wrote, took visits stood up, swung his chair around. In short, I had to construct him as I would a little animal. I believe with you that mine is the only portrait from life. I do not believe it was destroyed. It is probably coarse but not without merit and might serve as a basis for something better Yours truly Thomas Eakins The chairman of the Committe which gave me the job was the Hon Geo. D. McCreery [[end left-hand page]] [[right-hand page is blank]]