Brown Paper Archive: Signed Letter from Burroughs to Daniel Lauffer, March 14, 1964

Tangier, Morocco: William S. Burroughs (letter, typed, signed), 1964.
12.25" x 8.25" (letter) and 6.625" x 9.375" (envelope), single-sheet, one-sided.

Original typed and signed letter from William S. Burroughs to Daniel Lauffer dated March 14, 1964. This letter notes that the signed “Exterminate the Exterminator” is enclosed along with an “additional literary supplement conducive to exterminating the exterminator” [this is also included in the archive]. This letter also discusses Yage and Gysin’s “Hasheesh Fudge” recipe.

The Brown Paper Archive was acquired from the Estate of Daniel Lauffer through Derringer Books (Avon, CT.)

The Brown Paper Archive: 

• Exterminate the Exterminator by Daniel Lauffer 
• Letter from William S. Burroughs to Daniel Lauffer on December 27, 1963
• Cut-Ups by Burroughs from the work of Samuel Beckett (c.1963)
• Cut-up of Exterminate the Exterminator by William S. Burroughs (1963)
• Letter from William S. Burroughs to Daniel Lauffer on March 14, 1964
• Three-Column Typescript by William S. Burroughs for Brown Paper (1962/1964)
• Letter from William S. Burroughs to Daniel Lauffer on October 25, 1964
• Daniel Lauffer's copy of Brown Paper can be viewed at the Outskirts of the City link below.

External Links: 

• RealityStudio: Interview with Brown Paper's Daniel Lauffer
• Outskirts of the City: Brown Paper, 1965