BROW Arms LAG Company December 8 LOD. am Mr A. L. Layden, 609 Los Dear South Grand Avenue, Angeles, Caiifornia. Suite 207, letter of December 6th, and I have kindly not written sent me. you since Sirs: I have your embarrassed to find that of the manuscript you so Following the death of my father, the receipt suggestion Came to me from a number of sources that we compile biographicaldata and put the material in the hands of a capable writer for editing. This seemed easy enough in theory, but the more thought we gave to the problem the more difficuit it became The fact is that my father was so completely hidden behind his work that a biography, it seemed, would be mainiy a catalogue of tne arms of his invention. You have compiled the best summary of machine gun developement that I have seen, and I and other members of thi family have read it with interest. This evidence of your interest in firearms leads me to think that you might enjoy glancing thru the the plant with your catalague of in Belguim, manuscript. Thanking Browning Arms and accordingly I am that are manufactured enclosing a at copy | you for your thoughtful Sincerely, John Browning courtesy, I am,