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George Washington Carver

Sold for $240 at Alexander Historical Auctions LLC on Dec 10, 2015.

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GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER (1864 - 1943) Black-American botanist and the son of slaves, Carver worked his way through school to become a leader in agricultural research and found hundreds of products made possible by the cultivation of peanuts and sweet potatoes. Good content T.L.S. on Tuskegee Institute letterhead, 1p. 4to., Tuskegee, May 27, 1936 to an ex-student. In part: "...I note that you have a big crop in this year...I am still watching with interest the problem relative to your harrow, and hope that you will find a market for it...you have been a very great satisfaction to me ever since I knew you. I will be pleased when you can come down...The latch string is always out when you can come...". Very good.

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