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1 229 Lumpki n Street Thomson , Ga . Sept . 15, 1966 Hayor I van Allen City Hall Atlanta , Ga. Dear 'fayor lien : This i s j ust t o tell you how much I have admired you sin ce you t ook office as 1ayor of Atlanta o And never more so than durin your recent handling of the diffi culties in Atlanta. You were superb , and I was happy that I knew you , if only by correspondan ce . · n 1 60- 61, you wrote me twice, and also When my second book , '1ALK EGYPT i/ came o sent me some material , including a book on Indians . I was never so pleased . And when you later ran and were elected to office, I felt as though I ' d been honored . Ay main re gret i.b. that this isn ' t 20 years a~o , and you were just starting out in office . now much you could have already done for the state . But I ' m glad you are in office now. Meanwhile I am J0Ufu\IAL correspondant in Glascock, Columbia, etc. counties--just etc, for my next novels--I 'm having one help you, in any way, wi.hh information, this particular area , HcDuffie, , arren, to keep my hand in and get material, out in February---and if I can ever etc. , please do let me know. srrly, ('. 'Vinnie ( /~~ /tii~n11' Jilliams ~ �