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Metropolitan July Jas Morris Hunt portrait of Charles Sumner [[?]] Mrs E Hunt Slaten 1918 magnificent 20 24 profile red bground dark side (universal her) very simple strong in line rich in color perfectly handled. black coat black tie collar & shirt front rich white hair rich black & grey very fine image great portrait head of [[?]] signed WH 1866 not signed loan Mrs Staten X X [[Lemme?]] surprised when I say that the Met. turned down a fine Copley that they could have bought, that they want them and are very anxious to get good ones as Boston is so much ahead of them in that matter. Says any that are for sale should be offered. they want them badly. O'H says library has catalog of Huntington coll which has the Washington & the librarian Wm Clifford may know something of it. Try & see catalog. Find photo which had been pasted in & referred to in description nothing. Tell Clifford of this Strange-both the original & the photograph missing! Clifford calls up a woman in another part of the museum who comes in with a card record bearing photo of the Copley Washington. says Geo Brick is in charge of documents [[?]] [[?]] which may have the [[end page]] [[start page]] 31 25513 numbers of photos of Copley Washington 19480 Miniature at Metropolitan Museum Washington [[?]] [[?]] - says I can get a photo of it at the photo desk. I have an order for it to be sent to V and [[sorlus?]]. Then off. Stop on way back at Pub Library to show F Weitenkampt some wood cut prints. W is much interested. Find him overworked. Says, "day is not half long enough." Says he had a letter from [[?]] recently. Likes my "judgement of Paris" & "1917" Says "Why did you exhibit with the "Painter-Gravers?" Arrive in Westford near midnight. Find no one at Windsor Av. Thurs 18 July work at MS of Copley Book Friday 19 July work at MS stop in to see Kress Find hi busy. good work. lunch at Thompsons with him. Tell him may go to Gloucester tomorrow. met Plunkett last night and he turned over a little money on his portrait Leave Kress at midnight. Saturday 20 July memorable day This is [[strikethrough]] ind [[/strikethrough]] indeed a black book in which I have to record the [[strikethrough]] happ [[/strikethrough]] events of this period I journey the whole day from Hartford to Gloucester planning to to connect trains & cars so to arrive in daylight and find the bungalow which Carol has rented but the train at Springfield is an hour late so