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Series 7 of 7: 1960–1967 (56 Items)

Item 1:  Driver’s Receipt, Security Storage Company to Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 1/8/1960, re:  2 [Sert] paintings.

Item 2:  Letter from Janusz Ilinski to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 1/11/1960, re:  items belonging to The Dumbarton Oaks and Bliss collections which are still on consignment at French & Company.

Item 3:  Copy of letter from JT to Janusz Ilinski, City Investing Company (NYC), 1/12/1960, re:  objects belonging to Dumbarton Oaks at French & Company, anxious to settle account.

Item 4:  Shipping receipt, Dumbarton Oaks to French & Company, 1/13/1960, re:  property of Mrs. Lucienne de Cárdenas, 2 paintings by Sert, “Don Quixote” and “Holy Week in Toledo”.

Item 5:  Copy of item 4.

Item 6:  Paul W. Burk, Jr. to EHB, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 1/15/1960, re:  insurance for Sert paintings.

Item 7:  JT to G. Butler Sherwell, 55 Broad Street (NYC), 1/15/1960, re:  Sert paintings have been packed and sent to French & Company.

Item 8:  Letter from ER to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 1/15/1960, re:  Bliss and Dumbarton [Oaks] accounts.

Item 9:  Copy of letter from EHB to Milton Samuels, 978 Madison Avenue (NYC), 2/1/1960, re: Sert paintings.

Item 10:  Letter from Milton Samuels to EHB, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 2/4/1960, re:  Sert paintings arrived with holes in it.

Item 11:  Copy of item 10.

Item 12:  Copy of letter from EHB to Milton Samuels, 978 Madison Avenue (NYC), 2/8/1960, re:  repairs to [Sert] paintings.

Item 13:  Copy of letter from EHB to [Charles H.] Benson, Victor O. Schinnerer & Company (Washington, D.C.), 2/8/1960, re:  [damage to Sert paintings].

Item 14:  Letter from Charles H. Benson to E.H.B., Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 2/10/1960, re:  [insurance] claim for [Sert paintings].

Item 15:  Copy of letter from JT to Milton Samuels, 978 Madison Avenue (NYC), 2/15/1960, re:  various Dumbarton Oaks items which [French & Company] still have on sale, most anxious to settle transaction.

Item 16:  Copy of letter from JT to G. Butler Sherwell, 55 Broad Street (NYC), 2/26/1960, re:  bill for packing and shipping paintings belonging to Mrs. De Cárdenas.

Item 17:  Harry B. Pangburn to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 3/8/1960, re:  bill for packing and shipping paintings belonging to Mme. Lucienne de Cárdenas.

Item 18:  Milton Samuels to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 4/30/1960, re:  French & Company offer to purchase Dumbarton Oaks objects.

Item 19:  Enclosure to item 18, “Objects at French & Company on Consignment from Dumbarton Oaks, as of April 30th, 1960.”

Item 20:  Copy of letter from EHB to Milton Samuels, 978 Madison Avenue (NYC), 5/12/1960, re:  Mr. and Mrs. Bliss will be in New York to a make decision [regarding French & Company’s offer].

Item 21:  Letter from ER to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 7/13/1960, re:  Mr. and Mrs. Bliss will reach a decision as to the advisability of acceptance of the French & Company offer.

Item 22:  Copy of letter from JT to Brach, Gosswein & Lane (NYC), 8/3/1960, re:  statement showing items on consignment at French & Company from Dumbarton Oaks as of July 28, 1960.

Item 23:  Enclosure to item 21, 7/28/1960, “Objects at French & Company on Consignment from Dumbarton Oaks, May 31, 1960.”

Item 24:  Copy of Item 23.

Item 25:  Copy of item 23.

Item 26:  Copy of letter from JT to ER, 67 Wall Street (NYC), 8/3/1960, re:  [Dumbarton Oaks objects on consignment at French & Company].

Item 27:  Copy of letter from JT to Milton Samuels, 978 Madison Avenue (NYC), 8/3/1960, re: payment for Dumbarton Oaks items sold, and other items still on consignment.

Item 28:  Milton Samuels to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 9/20/1960, re:  payment for items [sold], cannot report any additional sales.

Item 29:  Copy of letter from JT to Milton Samuels, 978 Madison Avenue (NYC), 9/28/1960, re:  [receipt of] payment, trust in successful disposition of remaining items.

Item 30:  Copy of letter from JT to Milton Samuels, 978 Madison Avenue (NYC), 11/28/1960, re:  remaining objects belonging to Dumbarton Oaks.

Item 31:  Handwritten note attached to item 30, re: [Dumbarton Oaks objects.]

Item 32: Typed note attached to item 30, re: [Dumbarton Oaks objects.]

Item 33:  Letter from Milton Samuels to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 12/6/1960, re: remaining objects belonging to Dumbarton Oaks.

Item 34: Copy of letter from EHB to ER, 67 Wall Street (NYC), 12/30/1960, re:  Milton Samuels’ letter.

Item 35:  ER to EHB, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 1/3/1961, re:  Dumbarton Oaks account.

Item 36:  Typewritten note, 5/1961, re: insurance valuation of objects still with French & Company.

Item 37:  Letter from French & Company to ER, 67 Wall Street, 6/15/1961, re:  audit by their accountants Brach, Gosswein & Lane.

Item 38:  Letter from ER to EHB, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 6/20/1961, re:  notice from French & Company accountants.

Item 39:  Copy of letter from EHB to ER, 67 Wall Street (NYC), 6/30/1961, re:  objects on consignment with French & Company.

Item 40:  Copy of letter from JT to Milton Samuels, 978 Madison Avenue (NYC), 9/27/1961, re:  remaining items on consignment from Dumbarton Oaks.

Item 41:  Letter from Milton Samuels to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 11/3/1961, re:  items on consignment from Dumbarton Oaks.

Item 42:  Copy of letter from JT to Milton Samuels, 978 Madison Avenue (NYC), 1/16/1962, re:  objects still on consignment, music room ceiling needs retouching.

Item 43:  Letter from Milton Samuels to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 1/23/1962, re:  repair to [music room] ceiling, objects still on consignment.

Item 44: Letter from Milton Samuels to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 2/10/1962, re: would like to arrange to purchase remaining objects on consignment from Dumbarton Oaks.

Item 45:  Copy of letter from EHB to Milton Samuels, 978 Madison Avenue (NYC), 2/21/1962, re:  JT out of town.

Item 46:  Copy of letter from JT to Milton Samuels, 978 Madison Avenue (NYC), 5/15/1962, re:  decision on proposal regarding Dumbarton Oaks objects still on consignment with [French & Company].

Item 47:  Letter from Milton Samuels to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 8/8/1962, re:  confirm purchase of remaining objects on consignment from Dumbarton Oaks.

Item 48:  Enclosure to item 47, “Objects on Consignment at French & Company for the Account of Dumbarton Oaks, as of February 10, 1962.”

Item 49:  Copy of letter from Alberta Carpenter to Milton Samuels, 978 Madison Avenue (NYC), 6/11/1962, re:  receipt of check.

Item 50:  Copy of letter from JT to ER, 67 Wall Street (NYC), 8/20/1962, re:  [French & Company] purchase of remaining objects on consignment from Dumbarton Oaks, and other account information.

Item 51:  Memorandum from Samuel A. Morrow to JT, (Washington, D.C.), 5/10/1963, re:  repairs to various pieces of furniture.

Item 52:  Shipping receipt from Dumbarton Oaks to Mr. S. Hlopoff, 1357 York Avenue (NYC), 4/23/1965, re:  restoration of 2 French 18th century tables.

Item 53:  Letter from Milton Samuels to JT, Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.), 6/7/1965, re:  shipped to Mrs. Bliss blue Ghiordes rug.

Item 54:  Copy of letter from EHB to Milton Samuels, 978 Madison Avenue (NYC), 6/15/1965, re: arrival of Ghiordes rug.

Item 55:  Shipping receipt from Dumbarton Oaks to Security Storage Company (Washington, D.C.), 6/8/1967, re:  various pieces of furniture belonging to JT and Dumbarton Oaks.

Item 56:  Shipping receipt from Dumbarton Oaks to Security Storage Company (Washington, D.C.), 6/13/1967, re: 9 pieces of furniture.