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of May & of Cornelia of Joan never knowing that years later here in this very spot I was to bring Caroline here and here to begin to love her Caroline who is now at home in New York with [[strikethrough]] my [[/strikethrough]] our three children  Now after all these years I can look back twenty, twenty two  twenty five years to those days in this enchanted meadow.
    Today the heat is frightful I've just come directly over here from the Citys storehouse which is built into the end of the old meadow behind the Cott church.  It does not encroach however.  It takes up the space just beyond my old sketching ground  Over there I found all my pictures books and things, those ill fated  A belongings which the Jews [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] threw out just a year ago.  I have made a list of the things that should be there further on in this book.  It pleases me, it is a satisfaction to see that the City of Hartford has taken care of my things even moving them from one storehouse to another.  After all I think the thanks are due those [[strikethrough]] big /strikethrough]] Bighearted Irish men who are in charge of the place

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Worcester Art Room P.L.
    Sir Josh^[[a]] Reynolds
       Wm Cotton MA
letter.  with rare self port from Cottonius Library Plymouth
    Longman Brown Green Longmans & Roberts
         Paternoster Row
              London 1856
   Gleanings from Diary unpublished MS.

   Reynolds at 8 read the "Jesuits Perspective" and made a drawing in perspective of his father's school  R born at Plympton now Plymouth.  father was Rev. Sam master of the grammar school  Letter of father on sending Josh to study with Hudson.  Says [[underline]] here that Hudson who employed Van Haaken to paint his draperies nearly [[strikethrough]] died when [[/strikethrough]] [[/underlined]] was driven out of business when Van died.  Hogarth drew caricature of Van's funeral showing the port ps in great grief.
X  List here of Hudson ports
[[image of 4 dots]] say R [[strikethrough]] was [[/strikethrough]] got his style from Wm Gandy a son of [[underline]] James Gandy pupil of Vandyke.  Look up these boys. [[/underline]]  J. who was patronized by the Duke of Ormond & taken to Ireland 
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in 1661 where he painted portraits little inferior to those of Vandyke.  Ha  here is clue to real painter of some ancient ports now masking as VanDykes.  note Gandy worked in Ireland.  (This author says several of his copies of Vandyke have been sold as originals)!  Northcote brief memoir of Gandy man of pride grown idle & pompeous.  N says his father knew Gandy.  Northcote say there is little doubt that he might have been the greatest painter of his time if he had not been his own worst enemy."  N mentions Gandy's portraits of