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[[Handwritten]]
Recv 
Robert Allen
Dec. 28 

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 
December 16, 1911. 

My dear Miss Fletcher: 

I assume that a copy of the remarkable fulmination of Mr. Boas against Mr. Hewett is already in your hands   It is a spent arrow, and I can hardly conceive the state of mind that should have led a presumably astute man to put forth such a document.  I have telegraphed you, as well as Mr. Hewett, fearing that, stung by the attack, Mr. Hewitt might permit himself to be drawn into just the kind of controversy in which Mr. Boas delights.  I am sure that you will agree with me that both Mr. Hewett and myself, following the example of Dr. Wolcott, should not by reference or comment betray our knowledge of the existence of the document, and that you will use your influence with Mr. Hewett to follow [[strikethrough]] unserve [[strikethrough]] strictly this course of action.  
The Boas document would be amusing if it were not such a pitiable revelation of a distorted inner consciousness. 

I look back upon the meeting in Washington with unusual satisfaction. 

I enclose an envelope for the return of the letter to Mr. Hewett 

Sincerely yours,
[[Signature]]

Miss Alice C. Fletcher