Handwritten letter to Miss Eunice Cummings of Brookline, Homestead 112 Main Street Letterhead, West Newbury Massachussetts ca 1900 with Boston and/or Metropolitan Museum New York content: General Louis P. di Cesnola, Textile departments, pottery

West Newbury , 1900 . letter . Very good. 4p letter in mailing envelope: My dear Miss Cummings: Miss Kelly of course how could a man forget the name of such a pretty girl? I am sorry that beside having misinformed a waiting world about the opening day, I made misstate much in writing to you, fortunately not in print this time. I have only a [---] aquaintance with Miss Brooks at the Museum. I met her once many years later and I saw her unboxing the flowers at John Abbot's funeral. And when I began to hear of Miss Brooks at the school I assumed it was the same until Luis Howe sent me a letter from Miss Jennie Brooks because she had some nice things to say about thie History. She writes ---- "museum and school, until my securty, as a family, I have been more or less connected with them. Wish my oldest sister was in one of the very early classes of the school. My sister Marquette was at one time assistant to General Louis, at the same time and later working with Prof. Moore on the Japanese pottery collection. Then my sister Alice's [--] manager, and even I myself took charge of the textile collection for five year in the same Old Copley Square building. The demolition of which I always regret even with it's "Baked Honey Cake' [--]. So you see it is all in one family traditions and every name and every allusion are familar to me. "--------- An interesting faily history. I am sorry I never knew these Brooks sisters. Robert Monks was in his youth most lovable and perfectly hateful by turns. I was exceedingly fond of him and stood a great deal from him because I was so very fond of his good side. I gave great deal of license. We spent a summer together at Jackson NH while we were at museum. When I landed in Liverpool in 1881 I met him gonig home to his wedding. I joined Charles H. David at Flurry and B. and the [--] presently joined us there. Robert became more and more untenable and at last I would stand no more and we had a grand row. Later he wanted to patch it up, we were on polite terms, but he had forfeited my regard. Later he was so impossible that Charles Davis through him out. He quarreled with his sister and his brothers, lost all his friends and too late it was recognizezd that he was really insane. SO far as Davis and I could judge he was nice to Mrs. Minks, but he must [--] at her much anxiety and sorroy. He was such a dear, it is a great pity. Cordially Yours, [Mointrup][Peirez]