6 October 1919, to Alexander C. Humphreys: "When you came to my rescue in 1906 and made it possible for me to continue my course at Hamilton College, you wrote that if I ever wished to repay you . . . I could find the account all recorded in your books. I have often wished to repay you . . . .
"Then the war came . . . . So not until now have I had the money . . . .
"It seems to me that I also owe you interest on this loan . . . calculated at six per cent . . . .
"Under separate cover, I am sending you a book I have written. Just now I am inordinately proud of it. . . ."
21 May 1929, to "My dear Niece": "I could convey my blessings much more eloquently if the sturdy vine would bring the clinging oak up to call some day. . . .
"I am now struggling with an impulse to send you a wedding present. I suppose it ought to take the form of a few wholesome groceries."
8 October 1929, to Herbert [McAneny], sending a group of 3 small photographs of himself: "You can do anything you want with my face . . . provided the use of these cartoons doesn't imply an endorsement of your Goddamn game. . . .
"Harpo Marx is, and will be all this week and next, at the Ritz-Carlton in Boston. . . ."
25 May 1933, to "My dear Roscius": ". . . This will not illegitimize the baby, which will, by the way, be a boy, and is to be named, I might as well tell you, Michael. . . ."
28 February 1941, to Marguerite McAneny: "It was I who proposed Princeton for the opening night before Baltimore but the theatre wanted a rather larger percentage than the management wanted to part with. Therefore we went off in a huff to Bridgeport instead . . . .
"Things are booming here. We go to Philadelphia for three weeks beginning March tenth. . . ." Written on White House stationery.
On February 24, 1941, Woollcott visited the White House at the invitation of Eleanor Roosevelt (he had visited on other occasions as well), lodging there until March 9 in the Rose Room. On the evening of the 25th, the Roosevelts attended the National Theater to watch Woollcott perform in Kaufman and Hart's The Man Who Came to Dinner.
with--Alexander Woollcott. Autograph Note Signed, in French: "Here they are / A.W." 1/4 page, 8vo, personal stationery. Np, 25 April 1922.