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November 3, 1938 Mr. Gilbert Patten c/o Barse & Co. Grosset & Dunlap 1140 Broadway New York City Dear Mr. Patten: I find that we do not have in our Maine Author Collection in the Maine State Library any of your works, and am writing to see it we cannot fill the void. Our Maine Author Collection is for exhibit purposes only, comprising about a thousand inscribed presentation volumes, written by Maine sons and daughters. Biographical and,crit1cal information is collected also, and all correspondence is carefully filed. Preservation of such items, and the representations or Maine's contribution to literature will offer an invaluable source of data for future historians and students. One,of the great values of the collection, which occupies a special room in the library, is the fact that they are for the most part inscribed by the authors. I am hopeful that you will be willing to inscribe and send'to us as gift volumes some of your books. The library will be &lad to purchase others to complete the colkeotion. We are proud of our Maine Author Collection, and we wish to 1nchi.de all the books of all Maine born authors. As a resident of Penobscot County, and for twenty-five years editor of the Bangor Commercial, I have often written articles relative to your birth in Corinna. I also very pleasantly remember our slight acquaintance when I was editor of the Rockland Daily Star, and was playing baseball down in Knox County. I trust .you will be able to accede to our request as expressed above, and also hope that you will long continue to supply wholesome sport stories for the boys of the nation. Very truly yours

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State Librarian

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