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Graves, J.L., Charles L. Hutchinson correspondence, Nov. 17, 1893; fragment, undated

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Open book Graves, J.L., Charles L. Hutchinson correspondence, Nov. 17, 1893; fragment, undated

Title Graves, J.L., Charles L. Hutchinson correspondence, Nov. 17, 1893; fragment, undated

Date Nov. 17, 1893; fragment, undated

Language English

Description Charles L. Hutchinson was a Chicago financier, trustee, and philanthropist.

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bargain price." This, I regret to say, seems to be all I can learn about them. As you probably know, such things are frequently purloined by servants & sold - or some member of the family, needing immediate money, sends a servant to some dealer, to [[?]] on the articles. This was probably the case in this instance.
Sypher & Co. showed me, in October, at their store in N.Y., an ivory medalion of the [[Gov.?]] about 4" X 3 1/2" (inches) in size which they found recently in a London dealers hands, of which they were wholly unable to get any traces of former ownership. This medalion they had just sold for $850. to some customer.
I hoped my Agt could trace the history of these paintings, for [[?]] [[?]] [[?]] but it seems he could not. Very truly ours
J. L. Graves

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Archival Collection Title Charles L. Hutchinson papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Hutchinson Box 2 Folder 111

BibID 998343628805867

Projects Tag Gilded Age (Adam Matthew Digital)

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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