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PX-1104
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE
INVENTED FOR A FICTIONAL NEWSPAPER

Invitation to the Midsummer Encampment, addressed to W. R. Frost

Origin
Bohemian Club, San Francisco
Dated
14 April 2011
Extent
2 pages
Status
accepted
Redactions
None. The signature is illegible in the original.

Chain of custody

Received by this newspaper's editor-in-chief in the ordinary post, at his home address, and handed to the data desk the same morning. Mr Frost declined the invitation by return of post and has published both the invitation and his reply. The original is held in the office safe; the envelope, with its postmark, is held with it.

Held by: They Buried, office safe, Ithaca

Excerpt

Dear Mr Frost,

The Committee has asked me to convey its regard for your work and to extend, informally, an invitation to the Midsummer Encampment as a guest of the Lakeside Talks.

There is no obligation of any kind. Nothing said at Lakeside is minuted. Nothing said at Lakeside is said.

With warm regards,
[SIGNATURE ILLEGIBLE]
for the Committee

Transcribed by the data desk. Line breaks follow the original. Bracketed matter is ours.

Editor's note

We publish this because our editor is regularly asked whether he has ever been invited. He has, once, and he said no, and here is the paper.

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