Lot 1495: CARNEGIE ANDREW

1495. ANDREW CARNEGIE (1835-1919) American industrialist and philanthropist who built a fortune on investments in what later became U.S. Steel. T.L.S. on Skibo Castle letterhead, 1p. 4to., July 22, 1899, to Andrew S. Cunningham, in part: "...I am exceedingly obliged for your kindness in sending me a copy of your book, which give me detailed information about the haunts of my childhood... Inverkeithing, where I spend my first night away from home... even dear old Pattiesmuir...where my father and grandfather were born...You might publish it...". With purple typescript, boldly signed. Folds, else very good. $400-600