Title: Signed check for $6 payable to his 10-year-old daughter Joan, endorsed by his daughter and his ex-wife Author: London, Jack Place: Publisher: Date: April 27, 1911 Description: Check from Jack London on Merchant's National Bank blank. Cancelation perforations. Filled out by Jack London, made payable to his daughter Joan London in the amount of $6.00. Endorsed on the rear by Joan London and Bessie M. London. Joan London (1901-1971), the first daughter of Jack London and his first wife, Bessie M. London (1876-1948), was born January 15, 1901. She was ten years old when her father gave or, most probably, sent her this check for six dollars, perhaps in response to a letter she had written him. Joan and her year younger sister Bess had corresponded with their father since 1906. Like her father, Joan was a socialist all her adult life. She worked for the California Federation of Labor for 22 years as a Research Librarian. The California State Legislature eulogized her as a “warrior for labor with a passion for economic and social justice” shortly after her death in 1971. Lot Amendments Condition: Lower blank left corner torn off. Light vertical folds. Tiny cancellation holes nick signature but do not materially affect its appearance; near fine. Item number: 237695
Title: Signed check for $6 payable to his 10-year-old daughter Joan, endorsed by his daughter and his ex-wife Author: London, Jack Place: Publisher: Date: April 27, 1911 Description: Check from Jack London on Merchant's National Bank blank. Cancelation perforations. Filled out by Jack London, made payable to his daughter Joan London in the amount of $6.00. Endorsed on the rear by Joan London and Bessie M. London. Joan London (1901-1971), the first daughter of Jack London and his first wife, Bessie M. London (1876-1948), was born January 15, 1901. She was ten years old when her father gave or, most probably, sent her this check for six dollars, perhaps in response to a letter she had written him. Joan and her year younger sister Bess had corresponded with their father since 1906. Like her father, Joan was a socialist all her adult life. She worked for the California Federation of Labor for 22 years as a Research Librarian. The California State Legislature eulogized her as a “warrior for labor with a passion for economic and social justice” shortly after her death in 1971. Lot Amendments Condition: Lower blank left corner torn off. Light vertical folds. Tiny cancellation holes nick signature but do not materially affect its appearance; near fine. Item number: 237695
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