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17 lines, in ink, on 11x8½ sheet of plain paper.

Very early love letter from Jack London to his future wife Charmian Kittredge, written just as Jack was moving out from Bessie and his bungalow. Jack is overwhelmed by his emotions: "Dear Love whom I love so, if I could only write you the love song that is singing in my heart! But I am in chaos, in chaos. But how(?) we come, like the light God said let there be, through all the chaos, to each other. But we shall sing the love-song put together and it will take from here(?) to the grave to sing it out dear love..." The letter is unsigned, as were all Jack's early love letters to Charmian, in an effort to maintain the secrecy of their relationship. The date of July 24, 1903, is in pencil at the top, in Charmian's hand.