What would you do if Stephen Crane's attorney brother William sent you a letter asking you to be a pallbearer at Stephen's funeral? While you might be a little late replying, considering Crane was buried 110 years ago, you can now own such a letter.
Stuart Lutz historical autographs of New Jersey is selling the type-written and signed letter for around $500. It is addressed to Colonel Church and references Ripley Hitchcock. The price tag seems reasonable for such a unique item, if it is somewhat morbid. We of the Red Blog of Courage would buy it for our collection if we weren't so damn broke.
The letter can be seen on Lutz's website here:
http://www.historydocs.com/viewimage.asp?RecNum=11&StockNo=2624&ImageCount=1&ViewImage=1
If any of you buy it, let us know! Or if you know who Crane's other pallbearers were, leave a comment below. Hopefully Church made it to the, uh, church on time! RIP Stephen Crane.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
April: Important Crane Announcements!
Just a short post to let you know April will be a very exciting month on the Crane blog! As alluded to before, we have a super-huge announcement to make! And there has been another slightly-less-exciting development that will also be shared in the month of April. So, muddle through the rest of winter with us because there's some bigtime Crane stuff looming up ahead.
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