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Ernest Hemingway Typed Letter Signed "Papa" to Leonard Lyons.  One page on onion skin, 8.5" x 11", " The Finca" [Finca Vigía, San Francisco de Paula, Havana, Cuba]; May 21, 1957. Letter addressed to " Lenny" [Leonard Lyons of the New York Post] concerning a meeting with his friend, boxing champion Rocky Marciano. It reads, in full: " All mail is slow as hell now from N/Y/ or anywhere else here. Anyway I called up Rocky Marciano at the Rosita de Hornedo and they said he had been there two weeks ago but had returned to the US. Told them he was expected back and left word for him to please call me when he came in. I got the letter too late to catch him with a letter in Miami. Should have wired but figured him from your letter as due here the 20th. Hope you and all of yours fine." Signed, " Papa." Leonard Lyons (1906-1976) and Hemingway enjoyed a close friendship that spanned over twenty-five years. Following Hemingway's death in 1961, Lyons was asked to announce his passing by Hemingway's wife, Mary. Their friendship was recounted by Lyon's son Jeffrey in his 2021 book Hemingway and Me: Letters, Anecdotes, and Memories of a Life-Changing Friendship. The letter is accompanied by a COA from RR Auction. Condition: Smoothed folds. HID01801242017