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First draft of letter, in note-book 59 (54) 1900 Dear Sir: I can't write a thousand word sketch. I was born in Scotland.
When I was 11 the family emigrated to Wisconsin, where I helped to make two farms, went to the Wis. State Univ. 4 years, and
then vanished in the wilderness. That's all. Odds and ends of particulars you can get in Am. Biography, and in a mag azine
I send with photo. Yours truly, J. M. 02890