Auction Date:2010 Sep 15 @ 22:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
ALS signed “AML,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, August 20, 1974. Letter written from Hawaii to family administrator Jean O. Saunders. In part: “We survived the trip very well and are now comfortably installed in a small cottage overlooking the sea not far from the town and the doctor who comes once or twice a day. My husband is happy to be here and peaceful in this quiet place. His three sons are at his beck and call & carry on all the jobs to be done. He is, of course, weaker all the time, but not in real pain and we have a wonderful humane and compassionate and wise doctor. I am thankful for much.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Anne’s hand to Saunders.
This is the most important letter relative to what was happening within the family and with Charles during his last days. The historical importance of this letter is invaluable and was the only thing that Scott Berg, Lindbergh biographer, could rely on as to what was happening in the final days of Charles Lindbergh's life. Charles Lindbergh died of cancer on Aug. 26, 1974, at his home on Maui, just six days after this letter was dispatched to Saunders, the family administrator from 1957 to 1975. Despite the painful circumstances, Lindbergh and his family had accepted the inevitable and were taking solace in their serene environment. “My husband is happy to be here and peaceful in this quiet place,” Anne Lindbergh notes here to emphasize the point. Interestingly, author A. Scott Berg used this letter—which describes what was taking place prior to the aviator’s death—as a source for his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Lindbergh: the letter is listed on page 612. A remarkably scarce note sent from the family’s Hawaiian seaside retreat, as Anne Lindbergh cared for her terminally ill husband in his final days.
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