It *is* a fabulous letter, addressed to Partington— so probably Benjamin Shillaber. Great stuff about the rigors of the platform, and this lovely line: “Humor is too rare to be quarried out by the ton, the demand is always so great that the supply is sure to glut the market with unripe goods.” Thanks, Leslie! Judith Judith Yaross Lee, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor Emerita School of Communication Studies Ohio University Schoonover Center 400 Athens, Ohio 45701 T: 740-593-4828 My newest book: Seeing MAD: Essays on MAD Magazine's Humor and Legacy < https://upress.missouri.edu/9780826222138/seeing-mad/ <https://upress.missouri.edu/9780826222138/seeing-mad/> > On Oct 21, 2020, at 8:42 AM, Leslie MYRICK <[log in to unmask]> wrote: On the topic of autographs/letters, for anyone working on Josh Billings, there is a fantastic six-page letter from Oct 1868 for sale by bid, with an estimate of $100-150 (now at 90). https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alexautographs.com%2Fsearch-results%3Fquery%3Djosh%2Bbillings&data=04%7C01%7Cleej%40OHIO.EDU%7C1a2163361ec447f3202408d875beb69a%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637388809254505854%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=gfjfH%2FeaMe0w7bL1nzOIiBisWiYWG%2Bwl%2Fhv84tw7B8E%3D&reserved=0 On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 9:22 AM Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote: anyone out there looking for that perfect holiday gift for me?? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/18/arts/design/autographs-auction-twain-lincoln.html [ https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic01.nyt.com%2Fimages%2F2020%2F10%2F18%2Farts%2F18auction-autographs-05%2F18auction-autographs-05-facebookJumbo.jpg&data=04%7C01%7Cleej%40OHIO.EDU%7C1a2163361ec447f3202408d875beb69a%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637388809254505854%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=atZ6HfXWC53U9Yh9fDfnX6S3NXZ55NNULlopfoqBvT0%3D&reserved=0 ]< https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/18/arts/design/autographs-auction-twain-lincoln.html A Mysterious Autograph Hound’s Book Is Up for Auction - The New York Times< https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/18/arts/design/autographs-auction-twain-lincoln.html The little book is a relic from the years after the Civil War, when autograph-crazy Americans collected signatures, a central building block of identity before fingerprinting, Social Security ... http://www.nytimes.com/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dr. Hal Bush Professor of English & Director of the Undergraduate Program Saint Louis University [log in to unmask] 314-977-3616 https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhalbush.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cleej%40OHIO.EDU%7C1a2163361ec447f3202408d875beb69a%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637388809254505854%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=KhbFHIGSWOQXV7WQh6P9Qb46%2BhsyTpVNWH%2Bt%2FZqFCGg%3D&reserved=0 author blog: https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.patheos.com%2Fblogs%2Fspiritualcoffee&data=04%7C01%7Cleej%40OHIO.EDU%7C1a2163361ec447f3202408d875beb69a%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637388809254505854%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=hHb2eYXX%2BFo3JpGFRj4ctaxb9weESkkNSkYin0%2BN3J0%3D&reserved=0< https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.patheos.com%2Fblogs%2Fspiritualcoffee%2F2020%2F08%2Fspiritual-coffee-and-the-path-toward-wokeness%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cleej%40OHIO.EDU%7C1a2163361ec447f3202408d875beb69a%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637388809254505854%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=mNtXBhAjfb4PQaOzsg%2BOLev5Aaw90K4QFzi8u9zHBZc%3D&reserved=0
