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VAN LOON, Hendrik Willem (1882-1944)

Petulant T.L.S. on personal stationery simultaneously thanking his correspondent for lunch and complaining about the other guests,

with holograph corrections in pen. Tall 8vo, 1 page. Old Greenwich, Connecticut. Dated "Friday," ca. 1935. "...thanks for the lunch. I would deduct it from Dorothy's salary for she got us into it. I thought I had better take the Father for a bit of air. He was terribly worried about my blood pressure and insisted I go to the doctor...it was interesting to observe that my self discipline had make the damn thing go from its normal 150 to 176 but after half an hour with my civilized doctor I was back to 156. Which shows etc. etc..."

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