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[HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961), association]. Original Telegram from Hemingway to Esquire Editor / Publisher Arnold Gingrich (1903-1976). Key West, FL

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[HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961), association]. Original Telegram from Hemingway to Esquire Editor / Publisher Arnold Gingrich (1903-1976). Key West, FL via Chicago, IL: Western Union, 1938 Jan 30. Telegram on Western Union paper with pasted telegram text. Approximately 6 ½ x 8”.

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Toned, some general wear, creases. Very good. 

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"Dear Arnold Didnt find letter here explaining new setup difficult wire editorial unknowing when really outcoming whats liek who working with Stop You know necessity timing for timeliness believe everything you say sure letters gone astray along with cables but need Haer if am to write intelligently Stop Want cooperate fully but being announced editor magazine completely changed since setup agreed to unhearing changes from you after making arrangements holding time open since end October disconcerting Regards Always = Ernest. Haer." Here Hemingway acknowledges that some letters or cables may have been lost, but objects to being announced as an editor for Ken Magazine (Ken Magazine was an illustrated magazine co-founded by Gingrich, to which Hemingway supplied articles, but was never an actual editor). It is unclear what "Haer" refers to.