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subject certainly any Mass. one in that panel under the circumstances I think all artists will agree with me that an allegorical one would be far more suitable, all the more now that the historical ones are [[underline]] within. [[/underline]]
   This ends my hope of having a share in this work unless your committee have

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[[written sideways]] power and will to place something like ^[[insert]] an allegorical [[/insert]] figure of memory or something of that kind there.  In this case I should be delighted to undertake it.

I remain yours very sincerely
Abbott H Thayer
Manadnock N.H. Aug 7. [[/written sideways]]