From Julian Bond to Raymond Petrie, 30 Sept 1968

September 30, 1968

Dear Ray,

Thanks for your kind letter. Please excuse me for taking so long to answer.

I have a speaking bureau, one that I got onto a few weeks before the convention.

I appreciate your other offers of aid, but I am afraid I had better stick to speeches for the present...I can do it, and know I can, unlike the book contract which has ended so badly.

Sincerely,

Julian Bond

Mr. Raymond Petrie Amalgamated Publishers, Inc. 310 Madison Avenue New York, N. Y. 10017

p.s. can you arrange any Southern dates for any of the groups in the attached brochure. They need a manager. They only want work in the South or overseas.

J. B.