Qualifies for in-house shipping---Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953), Nobel Prize winning playwright; typed and signed letter dated January 27, 1936, written to Genevieve Taggard with the League of American Writers to decline an invitation stating "....I'm very grateful to the League but I can't possibly make it. I'm up to my neck in work. And, if I do get to New York this year, it will be only because I have to keep a postponed date with the dentist to have some teeth yanked out, and will not be fit for dinner - or discussion, either, for that matter. But much gratitude to you, and Malcolm, and Henry Hart for wanting me there.", signed "Eugene O'Neill"; written on letterhead "Casa Genotta / Sea Island / Georgia", O'Neill's beachfront retreat built on Sea Island in the 1930s; 10" x 8"; toning along upper edge of letter (Inv. 22)