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Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022
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GANDHI, Mohandas K. (1869-1948). Autograph letter signed (“MK Gandhi”), to Mrs. McMillan Seely. Segaon, 15 February 1940.
One page, 110 x 164mm; with original envelope addressed in another hand (possibly by the recipient), docketed on verso, with censor’s label.
In full: “Dear Sister / I thank you for your letter and the sentiments expressed therein. / Yours sin’ly, / MK Gandhi.” The recipient of the letter is most likely Harriet McMillan Seely, granddaughter of Senator from Minnesota (1875-87), who like her mother Jessie McMillan Seely collected autographs. The Minnesota Historical Society holds the Ravi D. Goel collection of Samuel James Renwick McMillan family papers, 1818-1956.
Property from the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota