Handwritten letter from Eddie Collins to D.A. Fletcher who was organizing a barnstorming tour for after the 1910 baseball season. Fletcher’s tour was ultimately nixed by the National Commission who ran baseball at that time. The players’ frustration with such control over them led to the formation of the short lived Federal League in 1914 and 1915.

This letter was written on the same date, and on the same hotel stationary as the Chief Bender letter. Early signatures for Collins are hard to find, particularly with the “Edward T. Collins” signature version.