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Originally Posted by JeremyW
I agree, what an amazing piece of history. Was the typed contract mailed to Ruth to be signed? It appears as if the hand-written letter was mailed. I assume these contracts were not signed during an in-person meeting between Ruth & Frazee? Were both of these documents mailed to Ruth at the same time? Again, I don't doubt the legitimacy of the letters/contracts, I'm just curios to hear how these side-deals went down.
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My guess was that Ruth signed the original (typewritten) contract, with Frazee, etc., present. Ruth probably negotiated for additional incentives, so one of the Red Sox brass quickly created the handwritten piece, Ruth signed on the spot and all was good. If it was mailed, I would expect that they would have typed it up first.
It sounds like Ken has given it a lot of thought - perhaps he'll give his thoughts?