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George Washington Carver

Sold for $950 at Alexander Historical Auctions LLC on Apr 7, 2017.

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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. Handwritten signed letter on Tuskegee Normal & Industrial Institute letterhead, 2pp. 8 1/2" x 11", Mar. 5, 1932. In part: "...I am working hard to catch up with my back work...I have been waiting to see you so we could talk things over...I have wanted to tell you about the great laboratories I visited...I want to hear you tell me about ''The answer''...To me this is one of the finest and most expressive poems you have written...". Very good.

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