August 7, 1961

Dr. Joshua Lederberg

Department of Genetics

Stanford University Mecical School
Palo Alto, California

Dear Josh:

I would like to have your permission and that of the publisher
to reproduce a figure from one of your papers with appropriate
acknowledgment in an article I am writing entitled, "Biosyn-
thesis of Bacterial Cell Walls". I am referring to Figure 2,
J. Bact. 75, 145 (1958),

Since I would like to have your approval as soon as possib...,

I am enclosing a carbon copy of this letter. If you ere williss
to let me use this figure, would you please sign this copy and
return it to me? I am also sending 2 ¢ py of this letter to the
Psblisher for their approval. Thank you very much.

With best wishes,

Sincerely yours,

Jack L. Strominger

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