DANIEL C. BEARD - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 11/06/1928 - HFSID 172945
Sale Price $315.00
Reg. $375.00
DANIEL C. BEARD. TLS: "Daniel C Beard", 1p, 6x9.
Flushing, L.I., New York, 1928 November 6. On his personal imprinted
letterhead to The Society of Arts and Sciences, New York City. Begins:
"Gentlemen". In full: "Because of absence from the city on that
date, I will be unable to avail myself of the tempting invitation to be present
at the O. Henry Memorial Annual Prize Story Dinner, Hotel Astor, Thursday
evening, November 22, 1928, at seven o'clock. Very truly yours". Daniel
Carter Beard (1850-1941) illustrated many books (among them the first edition of
Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court) and taught animal
drawing.He became interested in work for boys, and his best-known
book, The American Boys' Handy Book, was published in 1882.
Founder (1910) of the Boy Scouts of America, he served for the remainder of
his life as National Scout Commissioner and Chairman of the Court of Honor.
To boys all over the country he was known as "Uncle Dan". It was his idea
to Americanize the Boy Scout fleur-de-lis by adding the American eagle and
shield. Beard received the only Gold Eagle Badge ever awarded. Lightly
creased with folds, horizontal fold nicks the upper loops of the "C" and "B" and
touches the ascender of the "d" in Beard. Mounting stains at upper blank corners
of verso of integral leaf (no show through). Fine condition.
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