[Letter to Edward Larocque Tinker, New York], 1940.

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[Letter to Edward Larocque Tinker, New York], 1940.

Dated April 8, 1940. Cortissoz writes "how pleased I was by your charming allusion (?) to me in your fine piece about Updike. It warms my heart."

1 p., folded, in envelope

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