Letter, [1922 July?], the Yatch [i.e. Yacht] Club, White Bear Lake, Minn., [to The] Society of Midland Authors.

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Letter, [1922 July?], the Yatch [i.e. Yacht] Club, White Bear Lake, Minn., [to The] Society of Midland Authors.

Holograph, signed. Regrets he must decline the Society's invitation as he and his family will be starting south "early next month."

1 item (1 p.) ; 28 cm.

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