Mar 22, 2018 - Sale 2470

Sale 2470 - Lot 239

Price Realized: $ 1,820
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
TOLSTOY, LEO. Document Signed, "Count Leo Tolstoy," a receipt, in English, for 1,683 rubles and 25 kopeks to the Charges d'Affaires of the U.S. at St. Petersburg George W. Wurts: "being contributions sent by the New York Chamber of Commerce for the famine stricken of Russia." 1 page, 5x8 inches; vertical fold with minor loss to text, faint scattered soiling. Moscow, 27 May 1892
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In 1892, Tolstoy undertook a campaign to relieve the most desperate victims of famine by visiting villages with his daughters to distribute supplies and by writing appeals for help in Russian and international newspapers. With the help of the American legation at Saint Petersburg, Tolstoy received over 11,000 rubles in 1892 from the American-Russian famine relief fund.
George Washington Wurts (1843-1928) was an American diplomat and collector of Italian and Russian art.