ALS signed “Your uncle Mark,” one page, 4.75 x 6.5, personal letterhead, May 15, 1908. Letter to his honorary niece, Mary Rogers, the daughter-in-law of his business advisor, Henry Rogers. In part: “These arrived yesterday evening. They are very recent, & are better than Gessford’s, which are 4 years old. ‘D. M.’ suggests the remark that was uttered…softens a good deal of the rugged strength of it. ‘These’ refers to a photograph. I will leave it at your house tomorrow or next day.” Professionally silked on the reverse. In fine condition. Joseph Gessford was a renowned photographer with a studio on Fifth Avenue in New York City, and “D. M.” likely refers to David Munro, assistant editor of the literary magazine The North American Review. A neatly penned letter by the great author. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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