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E. D. Palmer
Dec. 3, 1859
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Albany Dec. 3d. 1859.
Jno. Durand Esq.
Dr. Sir.
     I have read an article ("Naked Art") in the Dec. N. of [[underline]] The Crayon [[/underline]] which, I think ^you^ will find, will do no good to yourself, your paper or the Cause of true Art.
     I enjoy the pleasure however, of thinking that you are not the author of this ignorant, filthy, obscene, expression of fanaticism.
     It would seem that through the heart (if he has one) of this [[underline]] very [[/underline]] "Christian" and "religious"(?) writer, flows, [[underline]] not [[/underline]] warm human blood,