ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 7, The Blackstone letterhead, May 23, 1924. Letter to Yale Professor F. Well Williams. In full: “Letters have been chasing me & I have only just received your kind note. I hasten to make amends for delay and to thank Mrs. Williams & you for your kind invitation which I gladly accept and to look forward to coming on the afternoon of the 17th (June), if that will not be an inconvenience to you. I can hardly express in words how much I appreciate the honour your university is about to confer on me. My only wish is that I shall be able to do justice to such an honour. Thanking you again including every Regard.” Under his signature Carter adds, “I will notify you shortly the train—I believe I return from Canada—arriving N. Y. City—on the 16th. H. C.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Carter’s hand. From April to July 1924, Carter gave 24 lectures about King Tut in the US and Canada. He delivered two illustrated Tut lectures at Chicago’s Orchestra Hall on May 21 and 22. Carter met Wells on May 6, 1924, when speaking at Yale, and on June 18, was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Science. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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