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11-25-2020, 07:40 AM
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What a great idea.
I love letters with content,and the ones posted so far are terrific. I understand all types of collecting, but I personally would much rather have content than just a signature, and love the letter even without the signature. I have very few by known people, but will start with one of my best. It is a letter from Harry Wright to the St George’s Cricket Club, thanking them for remembering his father, Sam, who had just died. There is even a reference to George and it is on Boston letterhead. 
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11-25-2020, 06:39 PM
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What a very cool thread. I have posted this one before a few years ago, but it is one of my all time favorite pieces. It combines Maine and baseball from the 19th century, and I was able to research that it has a bit of a happy ending.
It is a letter from one James McGovern to a Mr. Wilson in Augusta, Maine, 1889. Apparently, they have had some kind of previous dispute, but McGovern is pleading with Mr. Wilson for the chance to play ball. He has already turned down an offer from the Bangor team. While I am not sure how this specific request turned out, I did find a reference to one James McGovern who really did play for Portland and Lynn two years later in the New England League. So he got his wish.
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11-25-2020, 09:06 PM
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Do postcards count as letters? Here's one from Walter Johnson to his buddy between games in Cleveland and Detroit in 1908.
 Hello Johnnie, We won a game today. We came over to Detroit on this boat. It only cost one and a half million dollars. It's sure a fine boat. -Walter J Last edited by packs; 11-25-2020 at 09:09 PM.
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11-26-2020, 12:17 AM
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I will vote that a postcard counts, so that I can post this one, which I received in the spring of 1989.
Last edited by doug.goodman; 11-26-2020 at 12:17 AM.
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11-26-2020, 12:45 AM
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D&C
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11-26-2020, 02:06 AM
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I received this letter when I sent him a photo of the 1936 Olympic basketball medal ceremony. This explains why he was not in the photo.
lubin-1.jpg Carlton, did you know that Charles Dieges, the founder of Dieges & Clust competed in the tug of war at the 1904 Olympics?
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11-26-2020, 07:21 AM
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Great thread. Here's a Chuck Klein letter to a fan regarding his 4 home run game.... no longer own it.
Keep those cards and letters coming!
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#8
11-26-2020, 07:25 AM
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A letter a 20 year old Cal Ripken Jr. sent to a family on Rochester Red Wing letterhead:
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