Letter to Ernest Hemingway from Wheeler Shipyard, Inc.

[Letterhead: Manufacturers of FAMOUS "PLAYMATE" CRUISERS . SEA SKIFFS . HAND MOTOR SAILERS

WHEELER SHIPYARD, INC. FOOT OF CROPSEY AVENUE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK Telephone ESPLANADE 2-5900]

November, 14, 1934

Mr. Ernest Hemingway Box 406 Key West, Fla.

Dear Mr. Hemingway:

We were certainly glad to receive your letter of November 3rd together with the photographs which you sent along with it. Your authority to use these photographs in our catalog and publicity work is very much appreciated, and we are going to take advantage of it in a new catalog that we are printing.

With reference to the water pump on your motor, I have just written Chrysler another scorching letter telling them what you thought about their motors particularly their water pumps. I hope it does some good this time and I hope I have a definite reply from them in the next few days advising us that they are shipping us some of the new style pumps. You can rest assured that as soon as we get a new pump we will send it along to you without any delay.

It sure is a pleasure to us to learn that the boat has proven to be such a good sea boat, and we certainly hope that we get the pump trouble straightened out so that you can breathe easier as you are trying to cross the Gulf stream.

If we can be of any further service to you at any time, we want you to feel free to call upon us. In the meantime, we want to thank you for your many past kindnesses.

Very truly yours,

WHEELER SHIPYARD, Inc. Eugene M. Wheeler

EMW:AMS

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