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Letter from John S. Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, July 31, 1942 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box D: 2, Folder: 65Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1942.07.31
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Copy of typescript letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand sends her a check for her services from January 1 to June 30, 1942. He asks that she let him know when her account needs to be replenished. Thacher reports on his health screening for entering the Navy Reserves and taking a few enjoyable days away to the Hot Springs where he had good conversations with Lewis Delafield. There is still no final word about the bulbs for the National Gallery [of Art]. He reports on happenings at...
Letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California, April 7, 1942 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box D: 2, Folder: 35Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1942.04.07
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Copy of typescript letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand thanks her letter and receipted bill and her confidential letter of Easter Day. He is delighted that she approved the budget and reports that Paul J. Sachs has also done so. He discusses his contribution to the garden fund; Farrand's plans to visit Dumbarton Oaks; not wanting to put pressure on Mildred Bliss; Francis Baker, a tree man falling from a tree and needing surgery, a tree service taking over his work while he is in the...