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                                                  October 9, 1946

Mr. E. B. White North Brooklin Maine

Dear Mr. White:

    Your very kind letter cheers us immensely,

and we frankly and proudly admit that nothing would give us greater pleasure than to be permitted to claim you as a Maine author. It will be a happy occasion to place THE WILD FLAG beside ONE MAN'S MEAT -- and who knows but what the charming Stuart may also one day rest there?

    THE WILD FLAG will of course be purchased for

lending, and it will be therefore not only in the Maine Author Collection, but also in the section of the library which serves patrons all over the state. We look forward to its publication, and wish it well.

                                           Sincerely yours,

                                           In Charge of
                                           Maine Author Collection

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