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Mr. Harry L. George,
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If it were not for the fact that a fire in 1905 destroyed and damaged a large part of our correspondence previous to that time, we could send you the original letter from this party, in which he described the Shirt, etc. As it is, all we can do is to try and ger you an affidavit from him, and if we are successful in this we will be glad to forward it.
We have had the Shirt examined by many people thoroughly familiar with the work of this tribe, and there seems to be no doubt in their minds but that the specimens are both Cheyenne work, and of considerable age.
Regarding the price, will say that your experience undoubtedly is more than ours as regards this class of work, but we know that we can easily sell the goods at the price we are holding them, which we consider reasonable priced.
Very truly yours,
JOHN LEE CLARKE, Inc.