217. Wright, Frank Lloyd.Autograph Letter Signed, "Frank", to his first wife about the dissolution of his marriage and status of their children. About 2 pages. 4-1/2 x 13 inches, single sheet, on Wright's letterhead, original envelope; moderate wear. Illinois, October 2nd, 1918 [2000/3000]Wright having been an unfaithful husband, and destined for divorce, responds angrily, "I am bound to give you and the children (those not grown men and women) what you need—no more.""No help has ever come from one of them to me. The children are yours by blood and sympathy…. Now the children (six) show the first signs of economic independence. You tighten your thankless grip and demand more.… I am sorry for your children who have no love and no mercy." "You say it was no fault of yours the past is dead—but you show in your every act good reason why it could not live. If this is what you are—If this is what I provided for in six children who hear this forward—thank God the past is dead! Could I cut it out of any future harm it may do as the offspring go their selfsame way I would. It would be better they were never born!"