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Lot #297
Booker T. Washington

Washington sends thanks for children’s gifts that “carried good cheer and a Christmas greeting where it probably would not otherwise have gone.”

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Washington sends thanks for children’s gifts that “carried good cheer and a Christmas greeting where it probably would not otherwise have gone.”

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 8, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute letterhead, January 5, 1911. Letter to a supporter in New Hampshire. In full, “I am writing to you now after the Christmas holidays to say that the things sent for distribution among the children in the plantation districts of the South have been distributed in accordance with your desire. You may be very sure that they carried good cheer and a Christmas greeting where it probably would not otherwise have gone.” Intersecting folds, and light overall toning, a bit heavier along top, otherwise fine condition. R&R COA.

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  • Dates: #326 - Ended October 17, 2007