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George F. Baker          - 2 -        Sept. 16th, 1921

thought that you would perhaps like to make a present either for Christmas or the New Year, or for his birthday, to your son whom, at my great regret, I have not the pleasure to know and whom I have never met, because "G.B" can mean "George Baker". You see that I do not forget you.

As the secretary, with the present rate of exchange, is awfully cheap in American money, I sell it to you in francs and not in dollars, you might perhaps like to acquire it.  You can absolutely rely upon what I tell you, I overtake every guarantee.  The price is [[/underscore]] Frs. 130.000 [[/end underscore]],-, which is, at the present rate of exchange, about $10.000.-.  You could not have bought that secretary, 20 years ago, for less that money.  The only remark which I want to make to you is there is 25% export duty which must be added, as well as the freight and packing and some small expenses, but there is no entrance duty into America.

May I ask you as a favor to be kind enough and give me an answer to this letter, because I will not dispose of the secretary before I have your answer.

In any case, kindly excuse me if I disturb you, and I thank you beforehand for your answer.

Believe me, dear Mr. Baker,

                            Yours very sincerely,

Transcription Notes:
[[It looks like the scanned page was folded over in the corner, probably due to a staple holding the pages together, so the name may actually be Mr. George F. Baker. There appears to be a period before the first word.]]