Mar 01, 2012 - Sale 2271

Sale 2271 - Lot 525

Price Realized: $ 240
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(WASHINGTON, BOOKER T.) Typed Letter Signed. To Mr. Rollin W. Lynde, 2 January, 1906. (Washington had written "5th" and gone over it). Single 4to leaf, on Tuskegee stationery, written on one side and signed by Washington. New York City, 1906

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In a lengthy letter, on a common theme, Washington appeals to one of his backers for funds for the school. He points out that 1906 will be the 25th anniversary of the school's founding and that much is planned for the year.