| Ref No | WIA FC/1895/14/14 |
| Title | Warburg, Aby to Warburg, Moritz and Warburg, Charlotte 11/10/1895 |
| Writer | Warburg, Aby |
| Place1 | [Seabright], The Terrace, Rumson Road |
| Recipient | Warburg, Moritz; Warburg, Charlotte |
| Date | 11/10/1895 |
| DateNote | FC, in 'Warburg, Moritz' file |
| Format | manuscript |
| Contents | the previous evening he returned from a five day trip to Boston and Cambridge; Jim [James Loeb] accompanied him; thanks them for letters, three weeks is a long time to get a reply; two days after Paul's and Nina's wedding, Jim and Warburg went to Boston and Harvard in order to look at academic establishments there and to meet Professor [Charles E.] Norton; Jim showed him around; calls Jim 'a thoroughly pure and good soul' and not as pushy as his family; Warburg was very impressed by Boston, Harvard university, the museum, public library, Athenäum give witness of a way of thinking which is much larger than in Germany; he greatly enjoyed his conversation with Norton, 'the most agreeable hours of my life'; 'it was one of these conversations where one feels that one has spoken, not in order to be heard or understood, but to assure each other of one's inner common ground'; mentions painted buffalo skins, but has not learnt more about them; there were no painted skins in the museum in Cambridge; he plans to travel to Washington in the coming week |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/156 | Loeb; James (06/08/1867-27/05/1933) | 06/08/1867-27/05/1933 |
| DS/UK/467 | Norton; Charles Eliot (1827-1908); Prof. Dr. | 1827-1908 |
| DS/UK/686 | Warburg; Nina Jenny (19/05/1870-21/01/1945); née Loeb | 19/05/1870-21/01/1945 |
| DS/UK/703 | Warburg; Charlotte Esther (24/02/1842-13/10/1921); née Oppenheim | 24/02/1842-13/10/1921 |
| DS/UK/702 | Warburg; Moritz (08/05/1838-29/01/1910) | 08/05/1838-29/01/1910 |
| DS/UK/2245 | Warburg; Aby Moritz (13/06/1866-26/10/1929); Professor, Dr. | 13/06/1866-26/10/1929 |