TL : [Austin, Texas], to editor, the Atlantic monthly, Boston, Mass., [1945 March?].

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TL : [Austin, Texas], to editor, the Atlantic monthly, Boston, Mass., [1945 March?].

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Ratchford writes to correct alleged errors in John Carter's essay, "Thomas J. Wise and his forgeries," that appeared in the Atlantic monthly for February 1945. An autograph note signed at the top of this photocopy is addressed to George L. McKay, curator at the Grolier Club (a New York City bibliophile society).

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Grolier Club

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McKay, George L. (George Leslie), 1895-1976

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Pollard, Graham

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Grolier Club

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The Grolier Club was founded in Jan. 23, 1884 by a group of seven New York City book collectors with the object, as stated in its constitution, "of literary study and promotion of the arts pertaining to the production of books." From its early days the Club has maintained a library related to collecting, bibliography and books about books. A library endowment fund (sometimes referred to as the "Library Fund) for the Grolier Club was first proposed in 1921, and the first fund-raising campaign amo...