This may not be the most valuable item posted here, but it has a lot of value to my wife. I just found this on ebay and it was being sold for the letterhead. This is a letter written by her great-great-grandfather George Washington Wells (1846-1912). He was one of the co-founders of American Optical Company in 1869. He held many patents in the field of optometry. He had three sons who were very serious collectors. The sons built Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, MA which highlights many of their collections. Her father and brother are the III and IV namesakes of one of the sons. One of the largest wooden ships ever built, a 6 masted coastal schooner was named after George W. Wells. It was launched in 1900 and ran aground off of Ocracoke Island, N.C. in 1913.
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