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^[[117]] [[Letterhead]] Imperial Hotels, Ltd. Tokio. (Imperial Hotel & Villa, and Metropole Hotel.) [[hotel insignia]] CARL FLAIG, Gen. Manager. Imperial Hotel & Villa [[/letterhead]] ^[[omit]] May 17th 1907 Dear Colonel Hecker, I am working to get hold of some expensive things but, as yet, am uncertain of success. Should I get them I shall need between five and ten thousand dollars. Not wanting to exhaust my letter of credit and thinking that the ready money might help I cabled you this evening as follows, Statue tanager sidecut Send me by mail $10.000 Enjoying myself. Well. I think the Peoples State Bank can give their own draft or that of Brown Bros & Co payable in Yokohama. I may not secure the things I am negotiating for and in this event I can take back the drafts to America. This has been another active day spent with the Director General at the Imperial Museum. Tomorrow I visit Count Date's collection and the day following I am to see Mr. Gejō's private collection. There is lots of hard work along with unlimited pleasure in what I am doing but I am standing the racket all right. ^[[150]] [[marginalia]] With all good wishes Very sincerely yours, Charles L. Freer [[/marginalia]]
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I changed "Enjoying myself, still." to "Enjoying myself. Well." near the middle of the page.--thomasc