American business magnate and philanthropist, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. - Autograph Letter Signed, 1915 SOLD

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Autograph Letter Signed, “John D. Rockefeller Jr.,” Written on the occasion of his mother’s death, Rockefeller, though mourning this terrible loss, graciously extends his thanks to “My Dear Eleanor” and tenderly yet eloquently pens: “I thank you and the other members of your family for your friendly thought and sympathy; it is most grateful at this sad time. This verse by Louise M. Alcott, which a friend has sent me, so fully expresses our thought and feeling that I am going to quote it – ‘I thought to weep, but sing for joy instead. / Full of blessed peace / That follows her release, / For nothing but the / weary dust lies dead.’ We have know [n] for some months that Mother could not stay with us much longer but were not prepared for such a sudden end. She fell asleep so sweetly, so peacefully, so painlessly that death was robbed of its sting, and a wonderful glory has taken its place…”

Two pages, 8vo, on imprinted Pocantico Hills stationery, New York, March 26, 1915.

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