Letter from John C. Van Dyke to Henry Clay Frick, 25 September 1895
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RUTGERS COLLEGE AND RUTGERS SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL,
THE NEW JERSEY STATE COLLEGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE MECHANIC ARTS,
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
25th Sept.
H. C. Frick Esq
Pittsburg.
Dear Sir: Thank you very much for your prompt and favorable reply to my letter. I have sent the check to Mr. Crane and he will send you the picture at once. Keep it for a week or two and if it is not satisfactory take the canvas out of the frame and send it to me here. I will see that he paints you something that is satisfactory. In any case I should like to hear your opinion of the picture. As I told you I have not seen this canvas but I know Crane well enough to be sure that he can and will paint a good picture and that too for
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a small sum. In other words he is a reliable man.
I hope to meet you at Pittsburg in November if not sooner. Expect to go out there then with Mr. Carnegie to see the opening of the library. In the meantime I should be glad to see you in New York if you are stopping there and have the leisure to see people on non-business matters.
Yours very truly
John C. Van Dyke
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RUTGERS COLLEGE AND RUTGERS SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL,
THE NEW JERSEY STATE COLLEGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE MECHANIC ARTS,
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
25th Sept.
H. C. Frick Esq
Pittsburg.
Dear Sir: Thank you very much for your prompt and favorable reply to my letter. I have sent the check to Mr. Crane and he will send you the picture at once. Keep it for a week or two and if it is not satisfactory take the canvas out of the frame and send it to me here. I will see that he paints you something that is satisfactory. In any case I should like to hear your opinion of the picture. As I told you I have not seen this canvas but I know Crane well enough to be sure that he can and will paint a good picture and that too for
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a small sum. In other words he is a reliable man.
I hope to meet you at Pittsburg in November if not sooner. Expect to go out there then with Mr. Carnegie to see the opening of the library. In the meantime I should be glad to see you in New York if you are stopping there and have the leisure to see people on non-business matters.
Yours very truly
John C. Van Dyke
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“Letter from John C. Van Dyke to Henry Clay Frick, 25 September 1895,” Transcribe Frick, accessed April 28, 2024, https://transcribe.frick.org/index.php/items/show/414.