Box E

Scope and Contents: Handwritten letter from Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss sends her contract agreement from G. Morris Steinbraker for construction of the North Vista finials and consoles. The model is stored at the Dumbarton Oaks Fellows' Quarters pending delivery of the limestone. When cutting begins the Aquarius finial will also be cut and intermediate capping under the rail will also be done. Contract agreement signed by G. Morris Steinbraker and Ruth Havey on behalf of Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss. Letter dated...

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Signed handwritten letter from Elizabeth M. Cornell to Robert and Mildred Bliss thanking them on behalf of the blind people who attended a concert at Dumbarton Oaks. She hopes she may have the privilege of sharing the Henry and Annie Hart Home for the Blind at 3050 R. Street Northwest with them some day.

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Signed handwritten letter [name illegible] to Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss. The letter accompanied two gifts for the Blisses. Quince preserves made from the fallen Quinces in the Dumbarton Oaks Garden and a book that was supposed to arrive for a Christmas gift to add to the Garden Library collection. The correspondent tells the Blisses of the therapeutic qualities of the quinces (Cydonia Vulgaris Persoon) according to the "Hortus Sanitatus".

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Correspondence sent to Mildred Bliss by persons or by Mildred Bliss to persons whose last name begins with "D".