FREDERICK NYMEYER & COMPANY 366 EAST 166TH STREET - SOUTH HOLLAND, ILLINOIS, U.S.A. EDISON 3-0031 (AREA CODE 312) December 26, 1961 Mrs. Ludwig von Mises 777 West End Avenue New York 25, New York Dear Mrs. von Mises: I have not forgot about sending you a Parker ballpoint pen. I ordered it a long time ago and instructed them to have your name engraved on it so that you could identify it. I also ordered one for Dr. von Mises with his name on it. The latest time I was in Janesville at The Parker Pen Company the little girl who handles such matters clutched her head and said that she had mislaid the ballpoint pens and did not have the slightest idea where they were. She was frantic about it and I decided to be noninsistent. But if you will have patience, you will eventually get them. In the meanwhile, The Parker Pen Company has a subsidiary, The Eversharp Pen Company, and I am sending you a few of their small pocket ballpoint pens under separate cover. Sometimes pens like these are hard to start because they have not been used for a considerable period of time. If so, take a piece of scratch paper and fold it enough times so that it is thick, and press real hard on the ball, and then the pen will always start. With best wishes for you in 1962 from both Mrs. Nymeyer and me, Yours very truly, Hymeyer Frederick Nymeyer FN:ev