Name/Title
Letter from James Hickie to Leo PitassiEntry/Object ID
2021.1.734Description
Letter from Rev. James Hickie of St. Anne Catholic Church in Bristol, VA to Leo Pitassi, expressing his sticker shock at Pitassi's prices for stained glass windows.Collection
Pitassi Stained Glass Studio CollectionCataloged By
Weaver, JonahTranscription
Transcription
April 7 1937
Mr. A.L. Pitassi
Pittsburgh Pa.
Dear Mr. Pitassi,
In answer to
your letter, I wish to say that according
to your prices - figures could not
even be considered.
Do you mean medallions
& emblems to be the same of different -
I mean do they represent the same
thing?
It will probably have to be
emblems because the person
who wants one in cannot offter any
more they told me & their donation
is $225.00 To this I will have
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to add the price of installing some
or rather assume it. If you could
make them for the price of $225.00
each, I might order two at this
time & there is a possibility we
might secure another order in
the late fall for one or two
Of course, from your letter I
understand your position & the prices
quoted. However we have only a little
over 200 in this congregation &
none of them wealthy. While I would
like to keep the quality of those in the
sanctuary in allother, yet we just
cannot afford to go higher.
Please let me hear from
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you, if this is the best your can
do.
I like your work & if
possible would be please to
have you get the work on all
the others later on.
Sincerely,
James P HickieTranscriber
Weaver, JonahCreated By
jonah@weaverphoto.comCreate Date
October 17, 2025Updated By
jonah@weaverphoto.comUpdate Date
October 17, 2025
