Stains, creases and wrinkles have taken a toll on this 1919 letter to Ernest Hemingway from Carl Edgar, a boyhood friend. Edgar's letter is one of the pieces of Hemingway's correspondence being sent out by the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum for restoration and conversation.
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Stains, creases and wrinkles have taken a toll on this 1919 letter to Ernest Hemingway from Carl Edgar, a boyhood friend. Edgar's letter is one of the pieces of Hemingway's correspondence being sent out by the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum for restoration and conversation.

Hemingway letters receive crucial care

By Bridget Murphy
The Associated Press

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ANDOVER, Mass. – The paper conservator’s scalpel picked at the red and black specks, flicking away the fly droppings that had stained Ingrid Bergman’s letter to Ernest Hemingway.

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