Typed Letter Signed By The Last Outlaw Pat Crowe
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Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc., South Orange, NJ, U.S.A.Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.
AbeBooks seller since January 25, 2018
Condition: Used
US$ 200.00
Quantity: 1 available
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PATRICK THOMAS CROWE (1869-1938). Crowe, also known as Frank Roberts, was an American criminal whose exploits as a bank and train robber and kidnapper made him a prominent celebrity and writer early in the 20th century. TLS. 1 pg. 8 x 10. July 11, 1921. Boston. A typed letter signed Pat Crowe to Mr. Edward L.B. Howard: Business duties have prevented my granting your humble requests to present. It will be my pleasure to send you at an early date, a petition relating to our national welfare, that I would be pleased to have you circulate among your friends By 1921, the celebrity surrounding Pat Crowe had begun to fade. The publicity that surrounded his success at being the first man to successfully obtain a ransom for kidnapping and not be captured, and years later being acquitted of kidnapping despite 40 prosecution witnesses and no testimony on his behalf, had faded, and Crowe was working as a nightwatchman for the Salvation Army in New York. His references to national welfare and, later in the letter, to publicity campaigns, likely have to do with his work for the Salvation Army. In 1938, Crowe would die greatly impoverished in Harlem, yet 100 people still attended his funeral mass. This letter is therefore a good reminder of a man who was his generations Jesse James, though even more media-savvy. It is in very good condition. …
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- Title
- Typed Letter Signed By The Last Outlaw Pat Crowe
- Author
- PAT CROWE
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
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Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. buys and sells historic letters, documents, manuscripts and archives. My specialties include Presidents, Revolutionary War and Civil War figures, Declaration of Independence Signers, famous authors, important business leaders, notable scientists, aviators, notable women and African-Americans, and other "household famous names." I also enjoy handling the letters and archives of ordinary people whose writings have extraordinary or unusual content, such as an eyewitness description of the Pearl Harbor attack. I am a member of all major trade organizations, including the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the Professional Autograph Dealers Association (PADA), the Appraisers Association of America, the Manuscript Society and the Ephemera Society. I am located in South Orange, New Jersey, and I travel to many book and manuscript shows every year. I am one of the very few members of the Appraisers Association of America certified to appraise historic documents, manuscripts and letters. I am USPAP qualified to perform appraisals for estate, donation and insurance purposes; please contact me for a confidential discussion of your appraisal needs. I am an author myself, having published The Last Leaf: Voices of History's Last-Known Survivors (Prometheus Books, 2010) that contains 39 interviews with the last survivor of, or final eyewitness to, important historical events. Chapters include interviews with the last three Civil War widows, the final living pitcher to surrender a home run to Babe Ruth, Houdini's last stagehand, and the final American doughboy. Lastly, I can frequently be seen authenticating and appraising on the History Channel hit show Pawn Stars.…
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Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc
784 Morris Turnpike, PMB #161
Short Hills, NJ U.S.A. 07078
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All sales are final 30 days after the Estimated Delivery Date. All materials that I sell are guaranteed genuine forever by me. If an item is proven not to be genuine (accompanied by a written letter by a known autograph or document expert), I will refund the full purchase price to the original buyer, and this guarantee is without a time limit.
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