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money back.

I told them before they [[word crossed out--showed ?]] offered it for sale it should be backed cleaned and varnished - but this should not be done without first consulting the artist, as he might like to do it himself or have it done under his direction - They requested we write Morse which I did; he was then residing I think near Po'keepsie.  His reply to my letter I sent to the Beaver Street merchants & never got it back.  which I have requested, as it was a peculiar reply under the circumstances, & ought to be preserved --  I cannot at this late date remember it, but the idea was that he had devoted the best of years of his life to the Arts with but poor Encouragement; he had since been divorced from  her, and any [[barthing ?]] or offspring of that union he disowned, and they
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