TYPED LETTER TO JAMES B. POND OF THE POND LECTURE BUREAU SIGNED BY WEALTHY AMERICAN SPECULATOR IN COPPER MINES AND RAILROADS ARTHUR CURTISS JAMES. by James, Arthur Curtiss. (1867-1941). Wealthy American speculator in copper mines and railroads - 1919.
by James, Arthur Curtiss. (1867-1941). Wealthy American speculator in copper mines and railroads
TYPED LETTER TO JAMES B. POND OF THE POND LECTURE BUREAU SIGNED BY WEALTHY AMERICAN SPECULATOR IN COPPER MINES AND RAILROADS ARTHUR CURTISS JAMES.
by James, Arthur Curtiss. (1867-1941). Wealthy American speculator in copper mines and railroads
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New York: December 19th, 1919., 1919.. Very good. - 33 words typed on the first side of a cream-colored sheet of his personalized letterhead with his name & address printed at the top. The sheet has been folded once to form 4 sides, each 6-3/4 inches high by 5-3/8 inches wide. Signed "A C James". There is a small piece out of a top corner of each side. Folded once for mailing. Very good.
Curtiss writes to tour manager Pond: "...I regret that I will not be able to receive Monsieur Maeterlinck [Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck], as I do not expect to be in town at the time of his arrival."
Arthur Curtiss James [1867-1941] was a wealthy speculator in copper mines and railroads. "An unknown captain of industry", shunning publicity, his greatest interest was in railroads. He became the largest private owner of railroad stock in the United States, gaining control of about one-seventh of the entire American rail network.
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- Book Condition Used - Very good
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- Publisher New York: December 19th, 1919.
- Date Published 1919.
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