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System Number: 07890
Date: [1894/1897?][1]
Author: JW
Place: [Paris?]
Recipient: John James Cowan[2]
Place: [Paris?]
Repository: Library of Congress
Call Number: Manuscript Division, Pennell-Whistler Collection, PWC 1/19/1
Document Type: ALS


Dear Mr Cowan -

I dont want to miss work today - but am detained for a while - will you & Mrs Cowan[3] forgive this, and kindly wait - We will make it up!

[butterfly signature]


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Notes:

1.  [1894/1897?]
Dated from the reference to the painting of Cowan's portrait (Arrangement in Grey and Green: Portrait of J. J. Cowan (YMSM 402)), which was executed during these years.

2.  John James Cowan
John James Cowan (1846-1936), paper manufacturer and collector [more].

3.  Mrs Cowan
Sophy Cowan (b. ca 1850), née Gillespie, wife of J. J. Cowan [more].