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Lot 1060
BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM Two typed notes signed.
The first on a sheet of notepaper with printed address at the head "Beinn Bhreagh, near Baddeck, Nova Scotia" (this was Bell's Nova Scotia estate). 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches (26 x 19.5 cm); addressed to a Young New York admirer, Max Ruben: "Dear Master Max: In response to your request for my autograph I have pleasure in handing it to you hereon, yours sincerely" [signed in black ink], dated August 6, 1920. Usual creases, some minor stains, the typing slightly faded but the signature strong. Framed; the second, on 1331 Connecticut Avenue, Washington D.C. notepaper (the Alexander Graham Bell mansion). 4 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches (12 x 18.5 cm); addressed to Mr. Stanley-Brown (likely Joseph Stanley-Brown, one-time secretary of James A. Garfield, then a successful businessman), "Could you come round about ten [struck through and corrected to "nine-thirty"] o'clock tomorrow evening (Saturday) and bring Mr. Kennan to shake hands with some of his friends who will be here for a committee meeting." The note goes on to discuss "what the Geographic should do fort the National Education meeting next July," the letter dated February 4, 1898. Usual folds. Framed with a portrait and a photograph of a model of the first telephone.
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