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1904 McAlester indian territory oklahoma baptist general convention letterhead

$ 14.19

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Origin: Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)
  • Condition: old lateral folds from where mailed 116 years ago; modest edge chipping not affecting any text; GOOD PLUS but quite sound & presentable . . . . . . Remember that the Abraham Lincoln Penny is not attached to the item. It is put on the scanner bed merely to protect the uniqueness or near uniqueness of an image so that the high bidder gets an item that has not been copied via someone's computer. The penny DOES NOT hide any faults or any damage!
  • Provenance: L O Dawson estate, Birmingham Alabama
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Culture: Native American: US

    Description

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    original 1904 typed letter from J C Stalcup, corresponding secretary of the General Baptist Convention in South McAlester Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) to Rev. L O Dawson in Tuscaloosa Alabama regarding some suggestions Dawson sent to the Convention in the Indian Territory. Dawson was a prominent minister in the Southern Baptist Convention and would become a faculty member of Howard College - a Baptist school now Samford University - in Birmingham.
    8
    1/2
    x 11 inch format. will be mailed FLAT in a protective plastic sleeve
    As of 23 Nov. 2020, I couldn't find any letter / letterhead like this for sale elsewhere on ebay.
    (Starting 18 March 2020 - though I'm social distancing myself and have absolutely no symptoms - I will rub [until dry] a fresh dollop of rubbing alcohol into my hands immediately before picking your items from my shelves and packing them - and again when I mail them).
    old lateral folds from where mailed 116 years ago; modest edge chipping not affecting any text; GOOD PLUS but quite sound & presentable
    . . . . . .
    Remember that the
    Abraham Lincoln Penny
    is not attached to the item. It is put on the scanner bed merely to protect the uniqueness or near uniqueness of an image so that the high bidder gets an item that has not been copied via someone's computer. The penny DOES NOT hide any faults or any damage!
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