AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

West Park, NY, 24 August 1893. Letter. Paperclip rust stain at top margin. Near Fine. A two-page handwritten letter to Robert Underwood Johnson ("Dear Johnson"), Associate Editor of CENTURY MAGAZINE, on two panels of a 10" x 8" sheet folded in half, SIGNED in full by Burroughs at the conclusion. In part: "I have not written an outdoor article for a long time, except some short papers for YOUTH’S COMPANION. If I ever again write anything suitable for THE CENTURY, you shall have it. I am just now opening the grape campaign [grape harvest?]. This rain to-day is very much needed.... I climbed Slide Mountain [peak in Catskill Mountains, NY] alone & slept on its summit."