only next week, I preferred writing to you to ask you more definite details as to what you wished done. Must the painting be sent direct to your name in Philadelphia? Or, must it be sent in bond through New York? I understand that you do not want the painting to pass through Hussa's hands, but we were always told that when paintings were sent in bond through New York, that they had to pass through some New York Custom agent.
Will you please also let me know the name of your Custom agent in Philadelphia. Perhaps the shipment should be made in his name. I will cable all this to Paris as soon as I get your answer.
Very truly yours,
P.S. I have added in my cable that they should procure the proof that the painting is over twenty years old so as to pay no duties.
