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My dear Bigelow - I have the solemn compact

My dear Bigelow - I have the solemn compact
My dear Bigelow - I have the solemn compact

Overview

Creator: 
Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909
Subject: 
Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909
Subject: 
Artists--United States--Correspondence
Source: 
Original letter: ink on paper, 2 p.
Language: 
English

Transcript

[B-27]
[1892]
My dear Bigelow -
I have the solemn compact and will amend it and then subscribe.

  1. P.B. shall not be too serious and any man shall be allowed to grin when he sees something funny. -
  2. P.B. shall wait for F.R. long enough for the latter to make a sketch. -
  3. P.B. shall have the entire charge of the maps. -
  4. We do not sail a canoe when the sea is running high.  I to be the judge as to this
  5. If we are fired out of Russia P.B. does business elsewhere

I did not get your letter in time to meet you at Players.
I will buy a canoe of Everson - give me his address! Everything seems to be lovely ---
you entirely misunderstood me - I am an easy man to get along with when “on the trail” I’m like Wm.Wolke in the respect that the “planning is hard and the execution easy”
Send me your English address - also full particulars of how to get to Germany - and then I will communicate with you in England and let you know in time to arrange to meet me there. - What line of steamers do I take - write it.
Will see Everson so that our canoes can be shipped under your directions. -
Do I want to do anything in an official way have as regards letters of introductions and &c &c &c--  If I do tell me what. I suppose I need some sort of letters.  But we will discuss this –
I can leave my extra baggage in Germany - cameras - six-shooter +c.  I suppose.
Yours
Frederic Remington

Rights

Rights Management: 
Original materials may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (more information).
Resource Identifier: 
Private Collection

Technical

Digitization Specifications: 
Scanned at 600ppi on Epson 1000XL scanner as 48-bit RGB uncompressed TIFF images. Images resized to 960 pixels wide, 150 dpi, and saved as JPEG (level 7) in Photoshop CS5 with Unsharp Mask of 60:1.
Date Digital: 
September 13, 2011
Format: 
image/jpeg
Type: 
Text

Location

Series: 
1
Box: 
1
Folder: 
B27