Auction Date:2012 Mar 14 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : 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
Businessman (1842–1899) who bought a small flour mill in Minneapolis and developed it into the largest flour producer in the world. ALS signed “Chas. A. Pillsbury,” one page, lightly-lined both sides, 8 x 10.25, C. A. Pillsbury & Co., Proprietors of the Anchor, Pillsbury and Empire Flouring Mills letterhead, August 5, 1876. Letter to Horace Thompson, President of the St. Paul Orphan Asylum. In part: “Mr. Hubbard who went down to see you yesterday in behalf of a poor little baby informs me that you kindly offered to adopt the child at the asylum provided the mother would give it away by signing the necessary papers or that you would board it at twelve dollars per month. My sister Mrs. Moore has taken the baby down to the Asylum. The poor unfortunate mother could not make up her mind to part with the child forever this morning. To see them separated was one of the hardest things I have ever witnessed. So Mrs. Moore paid one month’s wages in advance in order to give the mother a little time to consider the matter. The mother is now willing to give the child away at any time or as soon as parties can be found who will adopt it, and I think that at the end of the month she will think it best to give it to the asylum provided a permanent home is not found in the meanwhile. She could support the child for the next few months but that would leave her with little or no money at the close of her engagement here and I do not see how she could possibly do so when she went to her usual work.
When you see the baby I think you will call it an unusually fine one for so young, and I think your society will have but little trouble in finding a good home for it. The mother is a woman of unusually fine feelings and is splendidly recommended by all who know her. She has already been terribly punished for her sin and loves her little one with all her heart with a full mother’s love. We shall be so kind to her as we possibly can be and shall always take an interest in her child.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, a partial separation along central horizontal fold, and a uniform shade of mild toning. A remarkable and compassionate letter from one of the greatest industrialists of the nineteenth century.
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