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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Acadia National Park

August 10, 1942.

The Maine State Library, Augusta, Maine. Attention Mrs Jacob. Dear Mrs. Jacob: My book on the Origin of .Acadia National Park, a very slender volume, but the result of much condensation and.omission of non-essentials, which, if I live to do it, will ultimately be followed by other related publications -- telling of the background -- only in part •Y own, I most gladly autograph and give copy of, through But the coPJ for you, to the Maine Author Collection. time, for tradition's the Maine State Library, at the same sake and my own standing as an author, I shall be glad to The price, two have the Libral"J' purchase for its files. dollars, represents considerably less than the actual cost of the secretarial work involved and the printing. I am forwarding both copies together, the inscrib~d one for the Maine Author Collection, the other tor the files.

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It bas been an interesting piece of work about a most interesting subject whose accomplishment will, I trust, endure so long as people care for noble scenery and our National Government gives thought to its protection.

George B. Dorr GBD-0

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