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Framingham, Mass.
May 11, 1942.

Commissioner Arthur T. Lyman
State House
Boston, Massachusetts
Dear Mr. Lyman:
I am taking this opportunity of writing you even before
I voice my oppreciation to Mr Boaz Pillar, for the privilege
of hearing such music in Framingham that comes only from the
Symphony Orchestra.

You have set the foundation, laid the cornerstone, and
left it to us to build something of various types of beauty
from it, something lasting, some definite foundation that
we felt incapable of forming for ourselves.

Don't ever let this edifice crumble, but rather that you
have started something so great that hundreds of human hearts
and souls are enjoying, deriving courage from, and finding
true happiness from truly good music.

Most Sincerely,

Emily Cobb