The letter is addressed to "The Librarian, McMaster University" and is signed "Mrs. P.H. Spence". She is in possession of BR's letters to her. This is her second letter, and it quotes her first letter. She did not get a reply to her initial letter and requests acknowledgement of receipt. After legal consultation, William Ready sent a reply on 16 December 1970. In the file is a letter of advice dated 30 October 1970 from Richard Robinson, McMaster Library's London lawyer, to K. Blackwell. Also in the file is Ready's letter to Robinson of 16 December 1970, stating that he has sent the letter that Robinson suggested.