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KENNETH ROBERTS KENNEBUNKPORT MAINE

July 16, 1948 JUL 19 [stamp]

Mrs. Marion Cobb Fuller Maine State Library Augusta, Maine

Dear Mrs. Fuller:

Professor Toynbee, as you doubtless know, holds that Maine, due to her rugged climate, is populated only by lumbermen, watermen and guides. The Saturday Evening Post suggested that I take a paste at Professor Toynbee, and I think the time is about ripe.

Years ago, when Iwas traveling around a good deal for the Post [underlined], I'd run into State-of-Mainers in Texas, Arizona, California, Utah and so on. They were running banks, newspapers and steamship lines, etc. Do you know of any sources to which I could go to find out about Maine people who have made their mark in other parts of the United States--and have you any suggestions that would help me show up Toynbee as the stupid ass he is?

With all good wishes I am,

Very sincerely yours, Kenneth Roberts [signature]

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