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Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA

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AbeBooks seller since March 11, 1998

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Condition: Used

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This Democratic senator from Texas (1957-71) rode in the Dallas motorcade carrying President Kennedy in 1963. TLS (carbon copy), 2pp (separate leaves), 8½" X 11", Austin, TX 1974 April 2. Addressed to J. Richard Stoltz. Near fine. Tiny staple hole at upper left corner. Excellent content. Yarborough thanks the president of Lincoln University for the honorary degree being conferred upon him, but regrets he cannot attend the ceremony: "It now appears that my obligations are such that as a practicing attorney, I cannot leave Texas that day This is to express my deep regret to you, which I hope you will convey to President Emeritus and Mrs. Raymond N. Dooley, under whose administration I was granted this honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree." He encloses (not present) "a small token for the expenses you will incur" and pleads poverty: "It is so small that I am almost embarrassed to include it, but having been unsuccessful in my campaign to remain in the United States Senate in 1970, and to return there in 1972, I am deep in debt from those campaigns, and have been forced to curtail (temporarily, I hope) other things which I would like to support." Usual enormous, bold signature in black fineline -- original, not carbon copy.…

Seller Inventory # 16070

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YARBOROUGH, Ralph W. (1903-96)
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Autographs, Government & Politics

Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA

Galena, IL, U.S.A.

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AbeBooks seller since March 11, 1998

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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts has been buying and selling quality books, autographs and ephemera since 1991. We specialize in general antiquarian, first editions, signed books and autographs and documents. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA), Universal Autograph Collectors Club (UACC) and The Manuscript Society.

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Americana, Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, U.S. Grant, American History, Literature, Military History, Autographs, Letters, Documents, Historical Manuscripts, General Antiquarian and O.P.

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  • Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America
  • Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association
  • International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
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Seller's business information

Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

9304 Saturn Ln
Galena, IL U.S.A. 61036