Autograph letter signed : Paris, to J. Pierpont Morgan, 1911 May 7.

Record ID: 
81481
Accession number: 
MA 9083.1
Author: 
Broadley, Alexander Meyrick, 1847-1916.
Description: 
2 items (2 pages) ; 21.5 x 13.6 cm
Notes: 

On stationery with the letterhead of the Hotel Bristol, Paris.
The book to which Broadley is referring is probably his Chats on Autographs, published in 1910. The Library has a copy of the book inscribed to J. Pierpont Morgan by the author.

Summary: 

Presenting to him a copy of his book on autograph collecting; mentioning that it has received an enthusiastic reception in the United States and earned the particular praise of "our mutual friend Mr. Adrian H. Joline"; concluding "I ask you as a great collector to accept it from a very humble fellow -- worker in that great field which is to make history for posterity."