LS, three pages, 8.5 x 11, March 15, 1906. Letter to A. L. E. Crouter, President of the American Association to promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf. In part: “As I am about to sail for Europe, and since I have promised to give to the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf certain property to establish the ‘Alexander Melville Bell Memorial Fund’ the outline of which has been presented to the Association and accepted by its Board of Directors, and since most of this property will not come into my hands for several months, I desire to give to you a memorandum in black and white of what it consists as a protection to the Association in case of accident to myself before the release of the property…1st the house and lot of land in Georgetown formerly occupied by my father…valued at about $13,000. 2nd All stocks and bonds which will come to me from my late father’s estate, except $20,000 which shall be given to members of my family and certain papers which have not had any value placed upon them…The amount of stocks and bonds to be transferred to the Association is estimated at $62,000 making the total gift by me to the Association about $75,000.” Each page is affixed to a slightly larger board In fine condition, with intersecting mailing folds, one through a single letter of signature, and uniform light toning to each page.
Alexander Melville Bell was Bell’s father and an expert on the correct usage or words and phonetics. The elder Bell, renowned for his work with work with deaf-mutes, had passed away a year before his son sent this letter, in which he references the memorial fund named in his father’s honor. The famed inventor had a long-standing relationship with the AATSD, having been elected the New City-based organization’s first president. An excellent example of Bell’s firsthand involvement with hearing-impaired. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA. Please scroll to see image of the signed third page of this letter.
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