2025-01 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) was an American essayist, novelist, and friend of Mark Twain, with whom he co-authored the novel “The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today”. Autograph Letter Signed “Chas. Dudley Warner” 4pp., Hartford, Sept. 14, 1899 to Mr. Perkins. Warner discusses a new organization, in part “I have your proposed article of incorporation but would like a little more consideration before signing .... I should like to change it to ‘National Institute and Letters’. We can do this now .....” First known as the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the American Academy of Arts and Letters was founded in 1898 for the “advancement of art and literature.” The Institute met for the first time in New York City in February 1899 and began electing members that fall. Architects, artists, writers, and composers of notable achievement were eligible, and membership was soon capped at 250. In 1913, President William Howard Taft signed an act of Congress incorporating the organization.
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