Autograph letters signed from Lindsay Swift, Boston, to Dr. Platt [manuscript], 1903-1904.

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Autograph letters signed from Lindsay Swift, Boston, to Dr. Platt [manuscript], 1903-1904.

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(1) Dated September 14, 1903 from the Boston Public Library; Thank-you for a copy of the "Morgan-Platt Debate." (2) Dated February 23, 1904; discusses how the English word "foot" sounds similar to the obscene french word "foutre" (in reference to Henry V?) (3) Dated March 3; more on foutre and mention of the "situation of Small, Magnant & Co." (4) Dated March 7, 1904; Regarding the meaning of pistol and the improvement of [Maynard?].

4 items ; 17 x 13 cm to 21 x 18 cm.

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