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Typed letter signed, two pages, 8.5 x 11, Handy Brothers Music Co., Inc. Publishers letterhead, December 6, 1955. Letter to Daisy L. Meyers. In part: “Years ago, when I was writing my autobiography, ‘Father of the Blues’ I was saying something about these McGuffey Readers with the lessons influencing my life…There was one lesson in his Fifth Reader that influenced my life and probably led to the little world fame that is mine. The lesson was—‘There is no Excellence without Great Labor.’” Overall in fine condition with minor discoloration.

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W.C. Handy Signed 1955 Typed Signed 8.5" x 11" Letter w/ "Father of Blues" Content! (Third Party Guaranteed)
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