Copy of an autograph letter : [Saigon], to Lou Schwartz," [1967 Feb.].

Given the placement of this letter in the collection, the place of writing is most likely Saigon; the enclosure is dated September 1966 but the numbering system Steinbeck has used for these letters would place the probable date of writing of the letter in February 1967; this letter was not published in Newsday and thus, there is no publication date for reference.
Lou Schwartz was an editor at Newsday.
Part of a collection of letters from John Steinbeck to Alicia Patterson Guggenheim, written during his travels in Vietnam in 1967. Alicia Patterson Guggenheim was the editor and publisher of Newsday from 1940 until her death in 1963 and Steinbeck addressed his letter "not....to someone who is dead, but rather to a living mind and a huge curiosity" (see MA 2519.39). Steinbeck wrote the letters in this series as a weekly column for Newsday. Letters in the collection have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.