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W. C. Handy

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W. C. Handy

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Auction Date:2010 Dec 08 @ 19:00 (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
TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. letterhead, no date. Letter to a fan. In part: “I must obey my doctor and remain out of the office indefinitely…You must know that when one is looking forward to his 81st birthday through eyes that do not see physically there are many decisions that require much thought and time and this goes into the equasion [sic]…I have just returned from Sydenham Hospital, after a ten (10) day stay for treatments of high blood pressure…The only thing I have done since my return home, is to write an article that I had promised Mr. Stanley Adams, president of ASCAP, for Variety-‘The Negro’s Contribution to American Musical Literature’ which I was able to get finished and to ASCAP this Monday…At present the World Series is the only thing that is keeping up my morale.” In fine condition.