(BUSINESS) CARNEGIE ANDREW Autograph Letter Signed to zoolog

Sale 2333 - Lot 34

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"YOU ARE MAKING THE FOREMOST ZOO IN THE WORLD" (BUSINESS.) CARNEGIE, ANDREW. Autograph Letter Signed, to zoologist William T. Hornaday ("Dear Mr. Hornaday"), thanking him for sending a book, remarking that "Baba" [daughter Margaret] had taken it up, promising visits, and praising his work at the [Bronx] Zoo. 2 page, 8vo, written on the first and third pages of a single folded sheet, "Skibo Castle" stationery. Dornoch [Scotland], 29 May 1904

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". . . Baba . . . is mad on animals & no doubt you'll have to 'draw' some of these apes for her one of these days.
". . . We intend to visit Bronx upon our return . . . .
"I read about your doings & am sure you are making the foremost zoo in the world."