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Date
12-18-1894
Personal Name Recipient
Allison, James W., 1833-1898
Description
Letter from Percy Griffin to James W. Allison discussing settlement of Mr. Griffin's disagreement with Mr. Randall.
Transcription
Dear Mr. Allison— I have referred the question of arbitration to Mr. R. and have just received his reply, in which he argues that there is no ground for arbitration and says that in reply to him— during my absence on the "other side" in August last— you wrote your wishes— and I quote from Mr. R's letter of yesterday— "he said that if he (you) had any choice to make in the matter, he decidedly preferred that I should continue in charge of the work"— I regret that I did not know of your "preference" before so that I might have saved you as well as myself from the annoyance of such an experience, or rather, correspondence— It is obvious that with such a preference expressed by you, an arbitration would be of very little service to me, no matter what might be my side of it— An arbitration very likely would rule as I have said in another reference to this— that a remark from you (such as I have quoted) would practically settle the matter, and since these are Mr. A's views, I, as an arbitrator leave them as they stand— Very sincerely yours Percy Griffin 18 Dec. '94. James W. Allison Esq. [ALS, Percy Griffin to James W. Randall, December 18, 1894, on letterhead: Griffin & Randall Architects 48 Exchange Place New York.] [edited by APS]
Personal Name Subject
Griffin, Percy -- Correspondence; Allison, James W., 1833-1898 -- Correspondence
Corporate Name Subject
Griffin & Randall -- Reorganization
Topical Subject
Architecture, Domestic -- Virginia -- Richmond; Architects and builders -- New York (State) -- New York; Arbitration and award; Project management
Geographic Subject
Richmond (Va.) -- Historic houses, etc.; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
City/Location
Richmond (Va)
Genre
letters (correspondence)
Local Genre
text; archives
Type
Still Image; Text
Digital Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Building VCU’s President's House
Source
Original letter: Letter from Percy Griffin to James W. Allison, 1894 December 18, James W. Allison papers, M 1, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
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pre064.pdf