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July 15, 1960 Dr. Bern Porter General Delivery Calais, Maine Dear Mr. Porter: You are kind to keep in mind the Maine Author Collection, and to send us from time to time material to be added. We acknowledge with thanks the recent mailing. Unfortunately, we cannot be encouraging about your problem of the umpublished [sic] manuscript, I'VE LEFT. We have no funds available to us for this kind of activity, and as far as we know, the state does not subsidize publication of anything, except of course its own laws, statutes and court reports, or its own publicity material. If anyone wants to apply for state aid of this sort, the only way to do it is to have a bill intro- duced in the legislature by his representative. Such a bill will usually present the matter with the representative from your town and district, for further information. Sincerely yours hmj In Charge of Maine Author Collection