Possible date of writing inferred from previous correspondence.
Signed in blue ink "Casey."
Typed on stationery with printed letterhead: "New York University / Division of General Education and Extension Services / Washington Square, New York 3, N.Y. / [at bottom] One Hundred Twenty-fifth Anniversary 1831-32 / 1956-57."
Informing Merwin that his check came through; discussing what Merwin will tell his friends in England about America and what he read; saying that he is in the midst of writing a long poem about Avenue C in New York; adding that he is hoping to be in Europe this summer, not England, but maybe the Canaries, Majorca, Sicily or a Greek island; saying that he was glad to see him.