This is one of many remarkable letters in "Letters of Note" - a hefty volume of facsimile letters of all kinds sent by famous and not so famous people. Maybe you can't see too well, but the little drawing is of Charlotte Braun being axed by Schultz. Charlotte was loud, brash and opinionated. The readership of Peanuts didn't take to her at all and Charles M. Schulz had to terminate her (as above) after only ten sightings. I have never seen her but would love to find out more about this unacceptable personality. I mean, displeasing Peanuts readers is something to The full letter reads: Jan. 5, 1955 Dear Miss Swaim, I am taking your suggestion regarding Charlotte Braun and will eventually discard her. If as he appears anymore it will be in strips that were already completed before I got your letter or because someone writes in saying that they like her. Remember, however, that you and your friends will have the death of an innocent child on your conscience. Are you prepared to accept such responsibility? Thanks for writing, and I hope future releases will please you. Sincerely, Charles M. Schulz (copied from Letter of Note, Unbound Edition. You can find out more about the book here: http://www.lettersofnote.com/p/the-book.html And so it is: there are days like this, when a word in the wrong place makes it all go awry. I mean, yesterday, my toothbrush ran out of charge; the bottom element of my kiln gave up the ghost; the rabbits have gobbled my favourite plant; and I appear to have gone from tonic to toxic in someone's life overnight. Today, none of it matters; but for a while, yesterday, I was disconcerted.
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