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Katharine Lee Bates Autograph Letter Signed.

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Katharine Lee Bates Autograph Letter Signed.
<B>Katharine Lee Bates Autograph Letter Signed.</B></I> One page, 4.75" x 6.5", Wellesley College letterhead, Wellesley, Massachusetts, February 14, 1901. In full: "<I>My dear Mr. Ward: Please find enclosed three dollars, if nobody has taken it out! Very Truly Yours Katharine Lee Bates</B></I>" Bates, of course, wrote the words to what has become the most popular American patriotic song of the current day, "America the Beautiful," a song that has taken on a whole new meaning since the September 11, 2001 attacks. She wrote the song originally in 1893 while on a trip from Wellesley to Colorado Springs, inspired by the sights she saw on the way. Fine condition, one mailing fold not affecting the signature.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)