ALS, one page both sides, 4.75 x 7.75, struck-through 816 Madison Avenue letterhead, October 20, 1889. Letter to magazine editor L. S. Metcalf, in part: "I cannot yet bring myself to the point of contributing to any magazine; and while I am constrained to decline to be the author of an answer to the article mentioned in your note, I shall look for an answer which I hope may be better and more conclusive than any thing I could contribute." In fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned matte-finish photograph.
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