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. ijs Lecile c c sner 24 West 55th Street y Sc r ~ccile: a reply to one of your proverbially undated letters, I )cg to state that there is no objection whatever to giving Laden- ourg-Thalmann the information they suggest in their letter and it .ill be supplied in the course of a week or ten days. In the mean- :ime, we will check their figures as to the cost of quoted stocks, gut we need Mr. Mehan's data and supervision to set out the value, Lt the date of the gift, of the stocks given you and it is also >robably advisable to give the latest value of these stocks fur- ,ished to the Bureau of Internal Revenue in federal estate tax re- t;. 2 i r' > L ' .. . t ;: . Act i7.+.. p' s 3 uve:aca e, which I construe is an indirect solicitation of your investment account. There is certainly no objection to this as thiey are certainly much more expert and experienced than I am and retaining their services iould undoubtedly be in your interest. Ao you know or can you ascertain what their usual charge is for sue -evestment service? doubt if Mr. Mehan will return for at least another week, So it ,wil in ('.S i7 O (I;r ,.r, r - 11.lis :r.'v
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967.[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Cecile B. Kempner, February 12, 1960],
letter,
February 12, 1960;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1322083/m1/1/:
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