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Maine State Library | Maine State Library | ||
Augusta, Maine | Augusta, Maine | ||
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Dear Mrs.Jacobs: | Dear Mrs.Jacobs: | ||
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The day your letter arrived I was | The day your letter arrived I was | ||
preparing to go out of town and so was not able to | preparing to go out of town and so was not able to | ||
answer it immediately. | answer it immediately. | ||
| − | The copy of the letter written to | + | |
| + | The copy of the letter written to you | ||
by my uncle, Marsden Hartley, and dated Nov. 14, 1941 | by my uncle, Marsden Hartley, and dated Nov. 14, 1941 | ||
is very helpful to me and I am delighted to have it, | is very helpful to me and I am delighted to have it, | ||
| − | as well as the others. It verifies | + | as well as the others. It verifies my claims that he |
| − | intended to present | + | intended to present some of his paintings to some |
Maine institutions. He had told me or this the last | Maine institutions. He had told me or this the last | ||
time I talked with him in Ohio, but to have something | time I talked with him in Ohio, but to have something | ||
in his own handwriting serves as authentic evidence. | in his own handwriting serves as authentic evidence. | ||
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I have been putting forth every effort | I have been putting forth every effort | ||
to establish the facts about his wishes in regard to | to establish the facts about his wishes in regard to | ||
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of art objects and personal things to an institution | of art objects and personal things to an institution | ||
to be kept as a memorial collection if these things | to be kept as a memorial collection if these things | ||
| − | should | + | should be acceptable. This part of the problem has |
still to be worked out. But I am very grateful to have | still to be worked out. But I am very grateful to have | ||
been able to save them from being sold or scattered | been able to save them from being sold or scattered | ||
| − | + | promiscuously. They are safe in the warehouse in New | |
| − | York. | + | York. Since he has written of many of his little posessions in his manuscripts, I feel that they are doubly |
valuable for historical record. | valuable for historical record. | ||
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Professor Green of Colby College agreed | Professor Green of Colby College agreed | ||
| − | with me on this point and we had some interesting | + | with me on this point and we had some interesting conversation about the matter when he called on me here |
in Boston at the time he came to see the manuscripts | in Boston at the time he came to see the manuscripts | ||
which I have here. (I now own the entire collection | which I have here. (I now own the entire collection | ||
Revision as of 21:48, 30 March 2017
24 Clearway Street Boston, Mass.
October 1, 1945
Hrs. F. W. Jacobs Maine State Library Augusta, Maine
Dear Mrs.Jacobs:
The day your letter arrived I was preparing to go out of town and so was not able to answer it immediately.
The copy of the letter written to you by my uncle, Marsden Hartley, and dated Nov. 14, 1941 is very helpful to me and I am delighted to have it, as well as the others. It verifies my claims that he intended to present some of his paintings to some Maine institutions. He had told me or this the last time I talked with him in Ohio, but to have something in his own handwriting serves as authentic evidence.
I have been putting forth every effort to establish the facts about his wishes in regard to his estate and have succeeded in securing the signatures of seven of the heirs agreeing to carry out his plan. They have also agreed to turn over his collection of art objects and personal things to an institution to be kept as a memorial collection if these things should be acceptable. This part of the problem has still to be worked out. But I am very grateful to have been able to save them from being sold or scattered promiscuously. They are safe in the warehouse in New York. Since he has written of many of his little posessions in his manuscripts, I feel that they are doubly valuable for historical record.
Professor Green of Colby College agreed with me on this point and we had some interesting conversation about the matter when he called on me here in Boston at the time he came to see the manuscripts which I have here. (I now own the entire collection of manuscripts) There are thousands of pages of them and are in both prose and poetical form.
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