Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to Henry Watson Kent, 1920 July 23.

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Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to Henry Watson Kent, 1920 July 23.

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Indicating that he can't bear to stay in Cambridge after October; complaining of constantly being recruited for other people's projects; determining of his current situation in Cambridge that "$3,500 a year is no longer a living wage for three people"; discussing his plans to work for William Rudge in New York and their eventual plan to relocate the plant to Mt. Vernon, New York; complaining of never receiving specimens of any of his work; extensively criticizing museums, the absence of "an art of the people," and manufactured "art" for the rich; asking if he has seen "Dana's latest honor"--In reference to "Why not get wise - full directions inside!" - from which he has come to believe Dana to be "the worst influence we have in the development of taste"; mentioning a toothache.

1 item (8 p.) ; 21.4 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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