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[William N. Frew to Andrew Carnegie, March 18, 1898]
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| Title | [William N. Frew to Andrew Carnegie, March 18, 1898] |
| Subject | Carnegie Institute
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- United States
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| Description | Frew writes to Carnegie about Parke Godwin's suggestion that a portrait of Edwin Forrest be purchased for the Carnegie Institute. Frew goes on to describe complications with regard to the creation of a monument to Colonel James Anderson by the artist St. Gaudens. |
| Creator | Frew, William N.
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| Publisher | Carnegie Mellon University Libraries; Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, William R. Oliver Special Collections Room |
| Date | 1898-03-18 |
| Type | Letter; Text |
| Format | image/jp2 |
| Identifier | Box C, Series 2, FF 6 |
| Language | eng |
| Relation | Andrew Carnegie Correspondence Collection
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| Rights | http://www.cmu.edu/policies/documents/Copyright.html |
| Transcript | box00003_fld00006_bdl0001_doc0016_00000001.txt; board of trustees, Carnegie Building, CARNEGIE LIBRARY, Pittsburgh, pa. Mar ch 18th, 1898. My Dear Mr. Carnegie:- T received tnis morning your note of March 7th, 1898, enclosing two letters to you from Mr. parke Godwin, referring to a portrait of Edwin Forrest, which he desires to have bought for the Carnegie Galleries of this city, I have written Mr. Godwin and the matter will be considered by the Pine Arts Committee. I am very sorry to learn, after some delay, that Mr. St. Gaudens is in Europe and thinks of locating there permanently. This complicates the Anderson monument matter somewhat. St. Gaud-ens is so far ahead of any one else in this country, that T should almost be still inclined to negotiate with him, even if he does stay on the other side. I wrote Mr. Butler ten days ago, and not hearing from him had Lote Schoonmaker look him up yesterday. It transpires that he also is in Europe. I immediately wrote Mrs. Butler to know if it would possible for me to reach Mr. Butler in Paris. If so, I would request Mr. Butler to call on St. Gaudens and get the exact facts. The Greensburg committee came down the other day and Mr. Anderson and I load a long talk with them. They want us to visit Greensburg next week, which we will probably do. Very truly yours, |
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