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Old 03-28-2018, 04:41 AM
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Howard Chasser
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Originally Posted by JollyElm View Post
I don't know very much about Clemente the specific person at all (except for the basic generalities often repeated), but that questionnaire seems to have been written by someone quite comfortable with (fluent in) English. Is that piece, in fact, known to have been actually written by him? Does the handwriting match? Or is it possible someone else wrote it up for him to sign? Again, not much knowledge here (and he was obviously bilingual), but I was always under the impression that he had a bit of a tough time speaking English effectively early in his career. Have I been just flat out wrong thinking that??
I just went to look the item up. It sold in the November 2009 Lelands sale. There is a second page. The description states it was filled out by someone else and signed by Clemente.
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