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A letter sent by Frederick Horniman to Joseph Kemp, dated 7 September 1899, thanking Mr Kemp for his donation of a sedan chair and old glass vase to the newly built Horniman Museum. Horniman then refers to Kemp's previous letter dated 25 August and expresses regret that Kemp would think he doubts Kemp's generousness in charging for work carried out by his company. Horniman goes on to express complete confidence in Kemp's work and hopes that their business relations remain agreeable.
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive. The database also includes information on objects that are considered secret or sacred by some communities.
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