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September 17, 1957

Mr. Bernard H. Porter 25 South Street Houlton, Maine

Dear Mr. Porter:

Our delay in answering your letter of August 27 should not be construed as due to disinterest. On the contrary, we are much interested and pleased to have your manuscript material; and only the unusual confusion attendant upon moving some of our offices, and establishing the federal program, has prevented our acknowledging the arrival of the package.

We are approving a charge of five dollars against postage and handling.

Thank you for your continuing interest. We hope that the exhibit of works of Houlton authors materialized, and that it will be written up for the newspapers and such publications as the Bulletin of the Maine Library Association.

Sincerely yours

hmj

In Charge of Maine Author Collection