System Number: 04627
Date: 7 March 1902
Author: Harrison Smith Morris[1]
Place: Philadelphia
Recipient: JW
Place: [London]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler P267
Document Type: TLS
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS.
EDWARD H. COATES[2] PRESIDENT
HENRY WHELEN, JR. TREASURER
HARRISON S. MORRIS MANAGING DIRECTOR
PHILADELPHIA,
March 7, 1902.
James McNeill Whistler, Esq.,
110 Rue du Bac, Paris.
Dear Mr. Whistler:-
It gives me pleasure to inform you that we shipped yesterday by U. S. Express, direct to your address as above, a small wooden box containing the Gold Medal of Honor[3] awarded to you by the Board of Directors of the Academy.
We trust you will receive this in safety and we beg to remain,
Yours very truly,
Harrison S. Morris
Mng d [Managing Director]
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Notes:
1. Harrison Smith Morris
Harrison Smith Morris (1856-1944), Directing Manager of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts [more].
2. EDWARD H. COATES
Edward Hornor Coates (1846-1921), President of the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts [more].
3. Medal of Honor
From the 70th Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1901; see also E. Coates to JW, 12 February 1902, #04627.