Purnell M.Milner
ATTORNEY AT LAW 906 Hibernia Building	;
New Orleans	September	4,	1317
S. A. LeBlano, Esq..,	.
Secretary,
Llot) i le, A lab ams.
Pear Sir:
Your letter of .July 31st was received during my absence in Hew York. Since returning, I have been actively managing a large corporation out of this Parish and have hardly been in the office for thirty days. This explains what otherwise would be an apparent discourtesy.
I certainly am deeply sensible of the great honor you would confer on me in connection with the Hew Orleans-Log-town section of the Old Spanish Trail, but I really believe that the spirit of this great undertaking would be impaired by centering attention on individuals.
I shall always, of course, be glad of any reference to the part I have played in securing the completion of this roadway, but believe the precedent would be a bad ohe^if carried to any extent would cover our International Highways with a mass of names of individuals and rob the highway itself of its unity.
Thanking you, however, for the thought, I beg to
Yours very truly.

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