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acceptance of the photographs and the record of me in the Index of Twentieth Century a[letters crossed out] artists to keep on file among my publicity material and for private satisfaction chiefly.

I feel like a little boy who has been presented with his first S tate flag. Very Sincerely yours, Marsden Hartley [handwritten signature]

Marsden Hartley, West Brooksville, Maine. c/o Evans. Until Sept. 20th. I will know by then where I shall be s ettled in Bangor,and am planning to go up to Mt.Katahdin and stay a week to get some portrait material or that wonderful mountain,and I think it most laudable that Ex.Gov.Baxter should feel with such high dignity,the value of giving that inspiring mountain back to itself,a very great and noble gesture,since now it can regain [letter crossed out] its original strength and beauty. Dirigo" - direct to the goal of my ambitions to be so warmly recognized by my [?] State.

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