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Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Description
This typed letter, dated July 28, 1922, is written from Grace Bedell Billings to Herbert Wells Fay acknowledging the receipt of a letter and expressing Billings' preference for who should be cast to play Grace Bedell in a film depicting Lincoln's life. The letter goes on to advise that Billings doesn't have any childhood photographs of herself and no duplicates of the photographs of herself at other stages of her life and would require their return should they be required. The letter is written on "State Bank of Delphos" letterhead, a bank located in Delphos, Ottawa County, Kansas and is addressed to National Lincoln Monument, H. W. Fay, Custodian, Springfield, Illinois.
Publication Date
7-28-1922
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Time Period
1920-1929
Subjects
Correspondence
Geographic Location
Kansas
Object Type
text
Format (original)
correspondence
Format (digital)
Digital ID
FVW-MANU-B1F95-1
Source
Mississippi State University Libraries, Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Original Manuscript Collection, Series 4: Abraham Lincoln Legal Documents, 1837-1859, Box 1, Folder 95
Repository
The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana Repository
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.
Recommended Citation
Letter, Grace Bedell Billings to Herbert Wells Fay, July 28, 1922, Original Manuscript Collection, Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.