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Alcoholics Anonymous Founder WILLIAM GRIFFITH BILL WILSON Typed Letter Signed

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Alcoholics Anonymous Founder WILLIAM GRIFFITH BILL WILSON Typed Letter Signed
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Alcoholics Anonymous Founder “Bill Wilson” Signed Letter
WILLIAM GRIFFITH "BILL W." WILSON (1895–1971). Co-Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.
July 27, 1943-Dated Typed Letter Signed, “Bill Wilson,” 2 pages, 8.5” x 11”, on “The Alcoholic Foundation National Headquarters - Alcoholics Anonymous” Letterhead stationery, Very Fine. Written to “Forrist V. Haley, D.D.S., Los Angeles,” Wilson writes, in part:

“Your letter of July 19th inviting Lois and me to Los Angeles is something for which wwe are very grateful, deeply appreciative. Yes, we shall come, barring transportation difficulties or a major calamity. In a general way, we hope to leave here early in October, stopping a day or two at Denver. As Lois and I have never had a vacation together since A.A. started, we may detour for a few days through the Yellowstone -- of course at our own expense. Then to San Francisco and south to you.”

Alcoholics Anonymous Los Angeles Central Office (LACO) is a non-profit corporation which distributes AA information to the local sober community and has been of service to alcoholics since 1943. This letter from AA co-founder Wilson was to attend a meeting of AA Los Angeles the year it was founded.