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Auction 37 · Lot 279
Three Autograph Letter Signed, datelined: Waco, Texas, December 31st, 1917 * Hotel Alexandria, New York, July 28th, 1927. * On Board the Cunard R.M.S. “Carmania,” November 16th, 1927
- Estimate
- $150–$200
- Hammer price
- $900
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
SZOLD, HENRIETTA
Description
In the earliest letter, Szold voices her vision of a Jewish state in which “all faiths will be free,” just as in Christian America, “equal protection for all faiths has been secured.”
summary
Henrietta Szold (1860-1945), a native of Baltimore, was a life-long Zionist activist - famous for her role as founder of Hadassah Women’s Organization, directly responsible for the funding of Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, and founder of Youth Aliyah, which brought imperiled youngsters from Nazi Germany to Eretz Israel