A Letter From Mayor Tony Rockefeller of Gotham to President Abraham Theodore Rockefeller III

("The City of Washington: Birds-Eye View From the Potomac—Looking North" - Currier and Ives, 1892)

President Abraham Theodore Rockefeller the 3rd

The Capitol

Washington, DC

4th of Delaware, 776 Anno Declarationis

Brother,

We got a bit of a problem. I write you this letter in haste. Forgive my handwriting in advance. Took your advice. Didn't work. Within the day, you will receive a missive from the Despot of Hudson, declaring her intention to take Manhattan. Not sure when she'll do it, but I don't wish to test my luck against time, if you know what I mean.

I don't need to convince you why any action against Gotham, especially the Great Orchard of Gotham, would mean blasphemy against the Founding Fathers. The spirit of Washington still stands on the steps of Wall Street, and He will not cower before some fuckin' tyrant.

With your permission, I would ask that we station additional garrisons at West Point immediately. I am willing to pledge whatever "tithes" Your Holiness requires.

Hope to see you soon. Your nieces and nephews miss you.

Fugheddaboudit,

Tony

P.S. - We still gotta talk about that shit you got hiding under the Pentagon. You told me it could "explain everything," last we talked?

& Burn this whenever you read it. Consider it "unofficial correspondence".