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From DigitalMaine Transcription Project
November 18, 1943
Mrs. Henry Beston Chimney Farm Nobleboro, Maine Dear Elizabeth Coatsworth: THIEF ISLAND has Just been received, and our gratitude for your generosity and interest continues. It's a grand story, and will be appreciated by young readers everywhere. We appreciate your kindness in inscribing a copy for the Maine Author Collection. Our thanks go to you, and also our good wishes for THIEF ISLAND and for the book on which you are now working. Sincerely yours
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Secretary
Miss Stuart was so charmed by this book that she immediately abandoned all work, and sat down to read it from cover to coverl
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