[Regrets he will be unable to participate in the benefit for the Pier Association . His doctors have ordered no writing and no public reading or speaking. Says he will be on a Canadian fishing trip (a rest cure) at the time. Says Frank Maraspin had also invited him to take part in the benefit and had been written the same response. Hopes he can be of service next year.]

[Says he doesn't expect to be in Boston this winter, particularly since his son [ Joseph Freeman Lincoln ] is through Harvard . Says they will be in Cape Cod from May or June until October and that he might get up to Plymouth , MA., during the summer or fall if Hussey wishes. Expresses pleasure at Hussey's praise of his new book.]

[Regrets not being able to to a reading in the old church in Plymouth, MA. , in March or April. Says he has been under doctor's orders not to do such readings. Says he has declined all requests this winter, except one for their mutual friend Fairley at White Plains, NY. , and one at the Hackley School in Tarrytown, NY. , which his son attended. Mentions being busy with a novel until May at least. Says he and his wife Florence Sargent Lincoln will go to Cape Cod in June and that he might be able to give a reading at the Plymouth Church during the summer.]