March 8, 1958

Dear Mr. Canfield:

I am in town so infrequently these days that this
is the first opportunity I have had to reply to your letter of
February twenty-fourth.

My schedule until the end of the month is highly
undertain, but I will be here between March 31 and April 7.
Might I suggest lunch either March 31 or April 4. I should
be delighted to meet John Fischer, and Eric Larrabee is an
old acquaintance.

Kind regards,

Mr. Cass Canfield
Harper & Brothers
49 East 33d Street
New York 16, New York

HAK:bb
cc: Corinne Lyman

February 5, 1960

Mrs. Linda Jamieson
522 East 86th Street
New York, New York

Dear Mrs. Jamieson:

I returned from Europe a few days ago into a world made emptier and grimmer by Frankie's death. It would be tempting to speak of the suffering he was spared and the mercifulness of his parting. But we who knew Frankie--and therefore loved him--cannot do so in truth. We know that we would have liked to hold on to every minute of his dedication and to every moment of his unpretentious wisdom. In our new loneliness, though, we also realize that we are better off than those who had never had the good fortune of associating with Frankie. We are sadder today, but we are better human beings for having known him and a bit of him will stay with us whatever we shall do and wherever we shall be.

None of us can fully comprehend your loss or your sorrow, but all of us share a bit of it, and even that bit is painful enough. I only wish we could be of more help.

With kindest regards.