Object details
Accession number
ARC.003858
Primary Creator
William Allerton
(active Boston and Newton, Massachusetts, late 19th century - early 20th century)
Full title
Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner with a Dictated Response from Newton, Massachusetts
Creation Date
24 February 1922
Language
English
Marks
Stationery printed: William Allerton / Preservation and Care of / Valuable Paintings / Newton Lower Falls, Mass.
Inscibed in pencil (verso, top): Mrs. G is not well eno to go down / & look at the pictures every day / & telephone - it is 2 much of a strain / & perhaps she had better get hold of / some one who can come & look / after them / WM 0646-M / Telephone Feb. 25, 1922.
Inscribed in ink (verso, center) in Morris Carter's hand:
Letter Feb. 25, 1922
Inscribed in pencil in Morris Carter's hand: Mrs. Gardner does not under / stand. This a.m. she was telephoning / 2 y & there was no answer altho / she feels sure you were there / at the time. It is impossible / in her state of health to constantly / xamine the pictures herself & telephone / 2 y if something is necessary 2 b done. / She perfectly understands if y [iileg.] not / well that y cannot have as active a / supervision as if y were strong & for / many yrs y were able to take proper / care. She thinks now it is / better for her 2 make some other / arrangement for her own comfort as she / is not at all well eno 2 have the anxiety / that lately she has been subjected 2. / She is writing y this 2 have y / understand her position & why some one must b put in charge who can constantly take it. This she wld have told y this morning but y did not listen.
Inscribed in pencil Morris Carter's hand (recto, upper margin): understand her position and why some / one [illeg.] must be in part in charge who can / constantly take it. This she [illeg.] have / told y this morning but y did not listen
Display Media
Ink on paper
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