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AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION-WELCH MEMORIAL] Archive of signed letters from prominent people in response to the Philip H. Welch Memorial Fund. New York: 1890-91. A large archive comprising over 100 autograph and typed letters signed in various sizes and formats, most with original mailing envelopes, now housed in a binder. Also present are folders of correspondence and research materials for an article written by collector Dr. Julius Dintenfass for the Manuscript Society Journal, 1992. Some wear and handling creases, usual folds, many names identified in pencil and on corresponding lists. A fine collection of the responses to the fundraising effort on behalf of the children of the well-loved humorist Philip H. Welch who had died prematurely. Welch was known for his sketches, published frequently in The Sun, Puck, Life, Harper's Bazaar and others. These letters are each addressed to Edward P. Clark who oversaw the effort to raise funds for Welch's family. Among the many letters of support and donation are the following: Mark Twain (autograph letter signed SL Clemens), Theodore Roosevelt (3 examples, "I am one of those unfortunate who are reputed to be rich and are not"), J.P. Morgan, John Jacob Astor, Jr., Henry Abbey, John Hay, Charles Dudley Warner (2 letters), Sarah Orne Jewett, John Greenleaf Whittier, Frederick Church, Eastman Johnson Will Carleton, Grover Cleveland, Henry Cabot Lodge, Henry George Supreme Court Justice Joseph P. Bradley, Thomas F. Bayard, John Jay, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a letter sent on behalf of Thomas Edison and others. An interesting and comprehensive archive. C Collection of Dr. Julius Dintenfass