Autograph letters signed (5) : New York, to Graham and Dorothy Watson, [n.d.] and 1969.

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Autograph letters signed (5) : New York, to Graham and Dorothy Watson, [n.d.] and 1969.

About a planned trip to Southeast Asia and the Pacific; about a poetry reading planned for Yevgeny Yevtushenko at Queens College; saying that Edward Albee has dedicated his new play to John; describing their voyage on the Queen Elizabeth; saying that John is to leave for Tokyo with John Hersey and John Dos Passos; telling in detail how John died, and quoting a Robert Louis Stevenson poem she selected for Henry Fonda to read at the funeral; and sending Graham John's copy of Don Quijote.

5 items (13 p.) ; various sizes + with envelope.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7217643

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