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Helene (fl.1932) to Arthur Ruhl

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09757.01 Author/Creator: Helene (fl.1932) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: Pagination: 2 p. ; 25.4 x 18.9 Order a Copy

One letter from "Helene" dated Sunday. Writes that she has finished reading "Haitian Odds and Ends," and the memory of Haiti's smell almost brings her to tears. Encourages him to write more about Haiti and that they may visit it together again some day.

Refers to his article "Haytian Odds and Ends" published in the New York Herald Tribune, May 8, 1932.

Ruhl, Arthur, 1876-1935

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