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02207 1 1897 850 Madison Avenue New York City January 3rd. My dear Mr Muir It is a most pleasant coincidence
that you should have thought of me, just when we were about to send you one Exmas? thought; and? a Happy New Year to you,
and your treasures . This photograph of you, I send to Mrs Muir, knowing she and the girls, will value it, more than your
modesty will allow you to do; we think it very good, and it is from one of Perry's photographs, and