Many happy returns! And thank You for the in-

vitation! It is impossible for me

to come – as I am occupied with building.

I have been at it day and night since I received

Your first letter and made drafts and sketches

for the cards – I dare say that I have done

my utmost – (slept only 1 hour in 24)

and yet You may find that various

things should be done differently – I just now

in haste made a selection of my proposals for this

use – I so wished to make something really

good for the occasion – but have now

in the end become so tired that I am not

quite myself and can[not] judge everything. –––

I first made The German Wharf – and worked on

that motif for an entire day – likewise with a couple of

others – but when day 3 had passed without a better

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