ROBERT BADEN-POWELL - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED 05/30/1925 - HFSID 45859
Sale Price $337.50
Reg. $375.00
ROBERT BADEN-POWELL
The Lieutenant-General who is credited as the founder of the Boy Scouts pens this kind
note thanking for a poster, signed in iron gall ink
Autograph Note Signed: "Robert BadenPowell" in iron gall ink. 1 page. 8x5. Date: May 30,
1925. In full: "Very many thanks for your 'poster.'' Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell
(1857-1941), British military hero of the Boer War (1899-1900), is best known for
founding the Boy Scouts (1907, two years before he was knighted in 1909). Baden-Powell,
who based his program on the skills he had learned as a scout in the military, wrote a
number of guidebooks for the organization, many of which were illustrated by paintings by
Baden-Powell, who was an accomplished artist. In 1911, he helped his sister, Agnes, found
the Girl Guides, a similar organization for girls. Vertical fold crosses signature. Mounting
remnants on verso show through lightly. Otherwise, fine condition.Accompanied by front
side (5x4) of an unsigned envelope addressed in Baden-Powell's hand to William A. Temple,
Des Moines, Iowa. Cancelled British postage; illegible postmark. Mounting remnants on verso
show through lightly. Otherwise, fine condition.
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