UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

System Number: 00429
Date: 1 December 1901
Author: William I. Buchanan^[1]
Place: Buffalo
Recipient: JW
Place: [London]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler B205
Document Type: PL/T/I

PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION 1901^[2]
[Circular design with picture of the Americas, and words:] PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION - 1901 - BUFFALO. N. Y. U. S. A.
BUFFALO, N. Y., U. S. A.
ON THE NIAGARA FRONTIER, MAY 1st TO NOVEMBER 1st, 1901.

HENRY S. PRITCHETT,
SUPERINTENDENT OF AWARDS.

DECEMBER 1, 1901.

BUREAU OF AWARDS.

Mr. James McNeill Whistler,
Paris, France.

Dear Sir:

I HAVE THE HONOR TO ADVISE YOU THAT A DIPLOMA OF A Gold MEDAL HAS BEEN AWARDED YOU ON YOUR EXHIBIT OF -- Oil and Water Color Paintings -- AT THIS EXPOSITION. THE DIPLOMA, STATING THE TERMS OF AWARD, AS ABOVE, WILL BE FORWARDED TO YOU AS SOON AS IT CAN BE PROPERLY PREPARED. PLEASE ADVISE ME TO WHAT ADDRESS THE SAME SHOULD BE SENT, AND WHETHER YOUR NAME IS CORRECTLY STATED ABOVE. A FAILURE TO REPLY TO THIS INQUIRY BY JANUARY 1^0.[3], 1902, WILL BE CONSIDERED AS NOTIFICATION THAT THE DIPLOMA IS NOT DESIRED.

THE GORHAM MANUFACTURING CO., BROADWAY AND 19TH STREET, NEW YORK CITY, HAVE BEEN GRANTED THE EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGE FOR FURNISHING THE MEDALS IN GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE, AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES:

GOLD MEDAL, 24 CARATS FINE .... $175.00
GOLD PLATED MEDAL .... 3.00
SILVER MEDAL, STERLING 925/1000 FINE .... 5.00
BRONZE MEDAL .... 1.50

IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT EXHIBITORS WHO HAVE RECEIVED DIPLOMAS OF GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS MAY PURCHASE COPIES OF THE SAME IN BRONZE.

SHOULD YOU DESIRE TO SECURE THE MEDAL AWARDED YOU, PLEASE COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH THE ABOVE-MENTIONED FIRM.

VERY RESPECTFULLY,

WM I. BUCHANAN^[4]

DIRECTOR-GENERAL.

[WB?]

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Notes:

1.  William I. Buchanan
William Insco Buchanan (ca 1850 - d.1909), Director of the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, NY [more].

2.  PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION 1901
Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901.

3.  0.
Added in ink by hand.

4.  WM I. BUCHANAN
This 'autograph' signature is printed upon the sheet.