BERLIN IRVING Typed Letter Signed to the niece of Emma Lazar

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TO NIECE OF AUTHOR OF STATUE OF LIBERTY'S "THE NEW COLOSSUS" BERLIN, IRVING. Typed Letter Signed, to the niece of Emma Lazarus, Adah Marks, inviting her to attend his show [Miss Liberty] featuring part of her aunt's sonnet. 1 page, 4to, personal stationery; horizontal folds. Np, 26 July 1949

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"I have your letter and was very much interested in hearing from the niece of Emma Lazarus.
". . . I would like you to see the show as my guest, and I think you will like the way we have used your aunt's great poem. Also, I hope you will like the musical setting I composed for it. I'm very proud of this and hope it becomes popular. . . ."
With--Typed letter from Irvin Berlin's secretary to Adah Marks sending tickets to the September 24, 1949 performance of Miss Liberty [not present]. 1 page, oblong small 4to, "Irving Berlin Music Corporation" stationery. New York, 21 September 1949. With the original envelope.
In 1883, Emma Lazarus wrote "The New Colossus" to raise money to build the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty. The final lines became widely known when they appeared in Irving Berlin's Broadway musical Miss Liberty in the song "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor."