ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1899-1961)
Lot 725
2 5003 000
Signed Autograph Letter & envelope, to Richard ARMSTRONG in Havana.
A.L.S. “Hemingstein”, undated, to “Dick”.
1 page small in-8 (on a piece of docket printed in Spanish).
Envelope: Mr and Mrs Richard Armstrong, Hotel Ambos-Mundos, Obispo y Mercaderes, Havana
On the back of the envelope: Mr. R. Armstrong, Telf. A 9143, San Lazaro 254
Written in English.
“… In hurry to get to Pelota…
Dear Dick, Here is the dough I cant ever give you my thanks... come in and see you and tell you how much I am …
Marty fi ne. Kids here. Best always and much affection…. “
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
American writer, journalist and war correspondent.
Born on 21 July 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA, he suicided on 2 July 1961 in Ketchum, Idaho.
Hemingway moved to Cuba in 1942.