SS181008 Lot:241-270

241	R.M.S. TITANIC: "NEARER MY GOD TO THEE" POSTCARD. POSTALLY USED MAY 16th 1912 AND A GERMAN POST DISASTER POSTALLY UNUSED PLUS ONE OTHER LATER EXAMPLE (3).	Nil
242	R.M.S. TITANIC: POST DISASTER HURST & Co. POSTALLY UNUSED POSTCARD, SIGNED BY SURVIVORS MILLVINA DEAN AND BERTRAM DEAN. A PRIESTLY & SONS POSTALLY USED ONBOARD OLYMPIC EXAMPLE DATED MAY 21st 1925 (2).	Nil
243	R.M.S. TITANIC: J.W. BARKER POSTCARD. "TITANIC LIFEBOAT UNDER SAIL".	Nil
244	R.M.S. TITANIC: J.W. BARKER POSTCARD "TITANIC LIFEBOAT APPROACHING CARPATHIA".	Nil
245	R.M.S. TITANIC POSTCARDS: J.W. BARKER TITANIC LIFEBOAT ALONGSIDE CARPATHIA (3).	Nil
246	R.M.S. TITANIC: J.W. BARKER PHOTO POSTCARD. "TITANIC LIFEBOAT UNDER SAIL".	Nil
247	R.M.S. TITANIC: ACCOUNT OF WAGES FOR ABLE SEAMAN FRANK OLIVER EVANS OF ST. MICHAEL'S SQUARE SOUTHAMPTON. THE ACCOUNT OF WAGES SHOWS THAT EVANS' WAGES WERE STOPPED ON THE 15th APRIL AND HE WAS PAID FOR SIX DAYS WORK. SOME CREASES AND TEARS. SEE ILLUSTRATION FOR CONDITION.	Nil
248	R.M.S. TITANIC/WHITE STAR LINE: COMMODORE WILLIAM MARSHALL LETTER TO HIS WIFE DATED APRIL 11th 1912 AND SENT VIA R.M.S. OLYMPIC. THE LETTER IS WRITTEN BY HAND AND IS OVER FOUR PAGES. TITANIC IS MENTIONED OVER PAGES TWO AND THREE AS ARE E.J. SMITH AND BRUCE ISMAY. A FASCINATING LETTER.	Nil
249	R.M.S. TITANIC: FORMAL GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF SENIOR OFFICERS OF TITANIC SHOWING CAPTAIN SMITH, DR. O'LOUGHLIN, 1st OFFICERS MURDOCK, PURSER McILROY ALSO INCLUDES CLAUDE LANCASTER CHIEF PURSER OF OLYMPIC AND ROBERT HUME PLUS ONE OTHER. THE PHOTOGRAPH IS IN ITS ORIGINAL MOUNT FROM BOND OF BODMIN AND CARRIES HANDWRITTEN NOTATIONS FROM HERBERT J. PITMAN 3rd OFFICER R.M.S. TITANIC. THE PHOTOGRAPH APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN ON THE BRIDGE OF R.M.S. OLYMPIC. PROVENANCE ONSLOWS 15th APRIL 1991 AND PRIOR BY DESCENT FROM PITMAN FAMILY. 8ins. x 6ins.	Nil
250	R.M.S. TITANIC: ORIGINAL FIRST GENERATION IMAGE OF FIRST CLASS TITANIC PASSENGER TYRELL CAVENDISH. 3.1/2ins. x 5.1/2ins. NB. CAVENDISH FAMOUSLY SAID TO HIS WIFE AS SHE CLIMBED INTO THE LIFEBOAT "I WILL NOT LEAVE THE SHIP WHILE THERE ARE WOMEN ABOARD" (AND HE KEPT TO HIS WORD).	Nil
251	R.M.S. TITANIC: VERY RARE U.S TREASURY DEPARTMENT CUSTOMS SERVICE PASS FOR THE OFFICE OF THE SURVEYOR, PORT OF NEW YORK. THE PASS IS MADE OUT TO MRS G. BEHR AND STAMPED BY NELSON H. HENRY SURVEYOR. THE PROBABLE USE OF THIS PASS WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR ISSUE PRIOR TO NEWS OF THE DISASTER TO ALLOW A FRIEND OR RELATIVE ACCESS TO A PASSENGER ONLY CUSTOMS AREA. NB. MR KARL BEHR WAS A FIRST CLASS PASSENGER ON TITANIC AND ALSO A WELL KNOWN TENNIS PLAYER. HE WAS RUNNER UP IN THE 1907 MEN'S DOUBLES AT WIMBLEDON AND WON THE DAVIS CUP IN 1915 WITH FELLOW TITANIC SURVIVOR RICHARD NORRIS WILLIAMS.	Nil
252	R.M.S. TITANIC: RARE ORIGINAL PUBLICITY BROCHURE FOR TITANIC SHOWING NUMEROUS INTERIOR VIEWS, INTERESTING FACTS AND FIGURES AND A CROSS SECTIONAL DIAGRAM OF THE OLYMPIC CLASS. CONDITION VERY GOOD.	Nil
253	R.M.S. TITANIC: JACK PHILLIPS POSTCARD WRITTEN TO ELSIE PHILLIPS, HIS SISTER. POSTMARKED NOV 6 1906, MESSAGE READS "HAD ICE ON DECK YESTERDAY MORNING ALL THE FOLKS SLIDING UP AND DOWN IN THE SUN. GLORIOUS DAY LOVE JACK" VIA NEW YORK.	Nil
254	R.M.S. TITANIC: 1st CLASS STEWARD ALAN M. BAGGOTT. ONBOARD R.M.S. CARPATHIA LETTER-CARD DATED APRIL 18th WRITTEN AFTER HIS RESCUE BY CARPATHIA TO MR R.J. BUCK. AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE ONLY ONE OF A HANDFUL KNOWN TO EXIST. THE LETTER COMMENCES "DEAR DAD" AND CONTAINS NEWS OF HIS ORDEAL, HE STATES "OUT OF THE 110 STEWARDS WE HAD IN THE FIRST SALOON ALONE ONLY 5 OF US WERE SAVED. SHE STRUCK AT 11PM I WAS ASLEEP BUT WOKE AT ONCE OF COURSE. WE WERE ORDERED TO THE BOATS AT ABOUT 12 AND SHE SANK AT 1.30". HE LATER TALKS OF THE RESCUE BY CARPATHIA AND HOW HE HOPES TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CEDRIC AND HOME ON SATURDAY WEEK. MOST POIGNANTLY HE UNDERLINES TO EMPHASIZE THERE WERE NOT SUFFICIENT LIFEBOATS. HE ALSO MENTIONS "THE NAMES OF SURVIVORS WENT HOME, BY WIRELESS". THE LETTER-CARD BEARS A U.S.A. ONE CENT STAMP AND IS POSTMARKED 18th APRIL 1912 11PM, SHORTLY AFTER CARPATHIA DOCKED WITH HER RESCUED SURVIVORS. (CONDITION MINOR DISCOLOURATION OTHERWISE GOOD).	Nil
255	R.M.S. TITANIC: CARPATHIA GILT BRONZE CREW MEDAL WITH ORIGINAL CRIMSON RIBBON AND SUSPENSION FIXING. ENGRAVED ON REVERSE TO THE RECIPIENT GEORGE GARDNER OF CARPATHIA WHO SERVED AS AN ABLE SEAMAN DURING THE RESCUE OF TITANIC SURVIVORS. THE LOT ALSO INCLUDES A 16 PAGE PHOTOCOPY OF A PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED HAND WRITTEN ACCOUNT OF MR GARDNER MEMORIES OF THE DISASTER AND SUBSEQUENT RESCUE.	Nil
256	R.M.S. TITANIC: ONBOARD POSTCARD. THIS CARD IS UNIQUE BEING THE ONLY KNOWN POSTCARD BEARING THE "CORK 3.45pm. APRIL 11-1912" POSTMARK. THE CARD IS WRITTEN BY FIRST CLASS PASSENGER RICHARD WILLIAM SMITH TO AN ADDRESS IN NEW MARKET ROAD NORWICH "HAVE HAD A FINE RUN AROUND TO QUEENSTOWN JUST LEAVING FOR THE LAND OF STARS AND STRIPES", ETC. WRITTEN IN PENCIL AND SIGNED WITH MONOGRAM R.W.S. MR SMITH WAS TRAVELLING IN THE COMPANY OF MRS NICHOLLS, A FAMILY FRIEND. FATHER BROWNE'S TITANIC ALBUM, PAGE 65, SHOWS A COUPLE WHO ARE BELIEVED TO BE RICHARD SMITH AND EMILY NICHOLLS ON DECK TOGETHER. FATHER BROWNE WROTE TO RICHARD MAY, WHO ALSO DISEMBARKED THE SHIP AT QUEENSTOWN, REGARDING THIS PHOTOGRAPH AND MR MAY REPLIED "THE LADY WAS A MRS N WHO DISEMBARKED AT QUEENSTOWN AND A GENTLEMAN WHOSE NAME HE NEVER NEW WHO CONTINUED WITH HIS JOURNEY". IT IS PRESUMED THAT IT WAS SHE WHO POSTED THE CARD IN CORK ON GOING ASHORE. PROVENANCE: KENNETH C. SCHULTZ COLLECTION.	Nil
257	R.M.S. TITANIC - LIFE JACKET: ONE OF ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF DOCUMENTED SURVIVING EXAMPLES WORLDWIDE. AN ORIGINAL FOSBERRY & Co LIFE JACKET, RECOVERED FROM THE DEBRIS FIELD OF R.M.S. TITANIC BY MR ROBERT EDWARDS, QUARTERMASTER OF THE CABLE SHIP MACKAY BENNETT, SENT TO RECOVER VICTIMS OF THE TITANIC. MR EDWARD'S DAUGHTER ANITA INHERITED THE JACKET. IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DONATED TO THE DARTMOUTH HERITAGE MUSEUM IN 1969 AND WAS SOLD TO A PRIVATE COLLECTOR IN CANADA SEVERAL YEARS LATER. IT HAS BEEN ON DISPLAY IN THE MARITIME COMMAND MUSEUM IN CANADA AND LATER AT TITANIC, SHIP OF DREAMS IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA AND THE "WONDERS EXHIBITION" IN SAN FRANCISCO. THE LIFE JACKET ITSELF IS IN FAIR CONDITION WITH CHARACTERISTIC SIGNS OF AGE. IT HAS RUST SPOTS IN PLACES AND TWO BLOCKS OF CORK ARE MISSING FROM TWO POUCHES TO ONE SIDE OF THE PIECE. IT STILL HAS ITS ORIGINAL RIBBON TIES ALTHOUGH SOME HAVE BEEN CUT. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION INCLUDES SWORN AFFIDAVITS AND CORRESPONDENCE FROM PREVIOUS OWNERS, MUSEUMS AND NOTED TITANIC HISTORIAN STEVE SANTINI. IT IS ALSO SOLD WITH A PURPOSE DESIGNED PACKING CASE, WHICH HAS BEEN USED TO SHIP IT TO VARIOUS EXHIBITIONS WORLDWIDE.	Nil
258	R.M.S. TITANIC/S.S. MINIA: A UNIQUE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT ON BOARD MINIA LETTER FROM ITS CHIEF OFFICER PERTAINING TO THE BODY RECOVERY EFFORTS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. SOON FOLLOWING THE TITANIC DISASTER, WHITE STAR LINE, THROUGH ITS AGENT IN HALIFAX, CHARTERED FOUR VESSELS TO SEARCH THE SEA FOR VICTIMS' BODIES. THE CABLE SHIP MINIA WAS THE SECOND OF THESE FOUR VESSELS, HAVING RELIEVED THE MACKAY-BENNETT BEFORE ITS RETURN TO HALIFAX. THE MINIA WAS OWNED BY THE ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH COMPANY (NOW WESTERN UNION). THE MINIA'S CHIEF OFFICER WAS JAMES ADAMS, WHO OVERSAW THE BODY RECOVERY EFFORT. THIS LOT CONSISTS OF A HANDWRITTEN LETTER, FOUR SIDED, FROM ADAMS TO HIS FRIEND, CAPTAIN EARLE, DATED MAY 5 1912 ONBOARD MINIA AT SEA, WHILE RETURNING TO HALIFAX WITH ITS DEAD. ADAMS WRITES, IN PART, ".....AFTER A WEEKS SEARCH, DURING WHICH TIME WE COVERED AN AREA ABOUT SIXTY MILES SQUARE, WE GOT SEVENTEEN, TWO OF THEM WE BURIED AND THE OTHERS WE ARE TAKING IN. THE ONLY WELL KNOWN ONE IN OUR LOT IS PRESIDENT HAYES OF THE GRAND TRUNK...... I HAVE NO DOUBT THERE ARE MANY MORE STILL AFLOAT, BUT THEY ARE GETTING SO WIDELY SCATTERED NOW THAT LOOKING FOR THEM IS LIKE TRYING TO FIND A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK........THEY ARE GRADUALLY NEARING THE GULF STREAM WHERE THE WATER IS NEARLY 60, AND WHEN THEY GET THERE THEY WILL SOON DECOMPOSE......" FORTUNATELY, ADAM'S HANDWRITING IS REMARKABLY LEGIBLE. ACCOMPANIED BY THE ORIGINAL EMBOSSED MAILING ENVELOPE POSTMARKED HALIFAX MAY 6 1912, WITH NUMEROUS OTHER POSTMARKS AND MARKINGS ON THE REVERSE AS WELL AS A COPY PHOTOGRAPH OF JAMES ADAMS IN UNIFORM. NB. ADAMS WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED BY A TRAIN WHILE CROSSING THE TRACKS IN 1920. A LETTER WRITTEN ON BOARD THE MINIA DURING THE BODY RECOVERY MISSION IN WHICH ITS HIGHEST RANKING LINE OFFICER DISCUSSES THE BODY MISSION IN THE PRESENT TENSE IS ONE OF THE RAREST ITEMS OF TITANIC MEMORABILIA.	Nil
259	R.M.S. TITANIC/MINIA - ARCHIVE OF MATERIAL RELATING TO MINIA'S CARPENTER WILLIAM J. PARKER, INCLUDING TITANIC WRECKWOOD. THE CABLE SHIP MINIA, OWNED BY THE ANGLO AMERICAN TELEGRAPH COMPANY, WAS THE SECOND OF FOUR SHIPS TO BE CHARTERED BY WHITE STAR LINE TO RECOVER TITANIC'S DEAD. WILLIAM J. PARKER WAS HER CARPENTER AND WAS ONBOARD DURING THE BODY RECOVERY MISSION. WHILE AT SEA, THE SHIP PICKED UP NUMEROUS PIECES OF TITANIC FLOTSAM INCLUDING WRECKWOOD. PARKER WAS KNOWN TO HAVE CRAFTED NUMEROUS OBJECTS FROM THIS WOOD AS SOUVENIRS INCLUDING TABLES AND GAME BOARDS. THE FOLLOWING IS AN ARCHIVE OF MATERIALS RELATING TO PARKER AND THE BODY RECOVERY MISSION. A BEAUTIFUL TREEN ROSETTE CRAFTED FROM EIGHT INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF TITANIC WRECKWOOD, OAK ON PLYWOOD, 6.1/2ins. x 6.1/2ins. THE LEAVES AND BERRY PATTERN OF THE WOOD MATCHES OTHER EXAMPLES BELIEVED TO HAVE COME FROM THE BALUSTRADE OF TITANIC'S AFT GRAND STAIRCASE AND ATTRIBUTED TO PARKER'S SUBSEQUENT OWNERSHIP. THIS LOT IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ORIGINAL NOTARISED AFFIDAVIT OF A PREVIOUS OWNER EXPLAINING HOW HE CAME TO ACQUIRE THE WOOD AT AUCTION WHERE IT HAD BEEN CONSIGNED BY PARKER'S HEIRS AND THAT HE OBTAINED INFORMATION ON PARKER'S RECOVERY OF THE WOOD FROM THE HEIRS PERSONALLY, WITH DETAILS OF THE FAMILY HISTORY.	Nil
260	R.M.S. TITANIC/MINIA - WILLIAM J. PARKER COLLECTION: AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF WILLIAM J. PARKER IN UNIFORM, 5ins. x 7.1/8ins. INCLUDING MAT, FALK STUDIOS, BOSTON. CABLE SHIPS OFTEN PAID VISITS TO BOSTON AND NEARBY PORTS. THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS ACCOMPANIED BY A PORTION OF AN OLD FRAME, 8ins. x 9.1/2ins., WHICH MAY HAVE PREVIOUSLY CONTAINED THIS PHOTOGRAPH. ON THAT FRAME PORTION IS THE NAME OF THE FRAMER STAMPED IN BLACK INK, THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF GLADYS L. PARKER OF HALIFAX AND A SIGNATURE READING, "WILLIAM J. PARKER".	Nil
261	R.M.S. TITANIC/MINIA - WILLIAM J. PARKER COLLECTION: A CAP BADGE ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM J. PARKER. IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER PARKER WAS WEARING THIS BADGE AS PART OF HIS UNIFORM DURING THE BODY RECOVERY MISSION.	Nil
262	R.M.S. TITANIC: UNIQUE ARCHIVE OF WHITE STAR LINE INTERNAL DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF BODY RECOVERY EFFECTS. THIS ARCHIVE OF 9 DOCUMENTS FROM WHITE STAR LINE PROVIDES A UNIQUE BEHIND THE SCENES GLIMPSE OF THE COMPANY'S INTERNAL OPERATING PROCEDURES RELATING TO CORRESPONDENCE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS CONCERNING BODY RECOVERY EFFORTS AND VICTIMS' PERSONAL EFFECTS. ALL THE DOCUMENTS WERE ORIGINALLY OBTAINED FROM THE NEW YORK OFFICES OF INTERNATIONAL MERCANTILE MARINE, WHITE STAR LINE'S PARENT COMPANY, AND RELATE TO EITHER SPECIFIC PASSENGERS WHO PERISHED OR TO GENERAL FORMS OF CORRESPONDENCE. R.M.S. TITANIC WHITE STAR LINE: A LETTER ON PASSENGER DEPARTMENT, 9 BROADWAY, NEW YORK LETTERHEAD BEARING THE NAMES OF THE I.M.M. SHIPPING COMPANIES INCLUDING WHITE STAR LINE. THE LETTER IS HEADED "RE S.S. TITANIC" AND CONSTITUTES A FORM OF RECEIPT AND INDEMNIFICATION ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE RECIPIENT HAS TAKEN POSSESSION OF ALL THE PERSONAL EFFECTS AND AGREES TO INDEMNIFY AND SAVE HARMLESS THE WHITE STAR LINE AGAINST THE CLAIMS OF ANY PERSON ON ACCOUNT OF SAID EFFECTS. THERE IS A SPACE TO INSERT THE NAME OF THE VICTIM AND FOR THE RECIPIENT'S SIGNATURE. 8.1/2ins. x 11ins.	Nil
263	R.M.S. TITANIC: A LETTER ON PASSENGER DEPARTMENT, 9 BROADWAY, NEW YORK LETTERHEAD BEARING THE NAMES OF THE I.M.M. SHIPPING COMPANIES INCLUDING WHITE STAR LINE. IT PERTAINS TO THE BODY OF TYRELL W. CAVENDISH AND IS DATED MAY 20th 1912. MR CAVENDISH'S BODY No. 172 IS REFERRED IN THE LETTER. THE LETTER IS SIGNED BY A FAMILY MEMBER WHO ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIVING 7 POUNDS IN GOLD, 1 GOLD WATCH, 1 PAIR OF GOLD CUFF LINKS, 1 GOLD STUD, 1 FOUNTAIN PEN,1 PENCIL AND 2 CHEQUE BOOKS. INTERESTINGLY, THE BODY EFFECTS LIST PREPARED IN HALIFAX DOES NOT MENTION THE PENCIL AND FOUNTAIN PEN WHICH WERE OBVIOUSLY RETURNED TO THE FAMILY NEVERTHELESS. A VERY RARE EXAMPLE OF A RECEIPT ISSUED FOR A VICTIM'S BODY EFFECTS. 8.1/2ins. x 11ins. NB. TYRELL WILLIAM CAVENDISH WAS A FIRST CLASS PASSENGER WHO BOARDED THE TITANIC AT SOUTHAMPTON AND OCCUPIED CABIN C - 46. HIS BODY No. 172, WAS RECOVERED BY THE MACKAY-BENNETT AND WAS FORWARDED TO HIS WIFE FOR BURIAL.	Nil
264	R.M.S. TITANIC: A LETTER ON WHITE STAR DOMINION LINE LETTERHEAD, HALIFAX, N.S. DATED MAY 8,1912, ADDRESSED TO WHITE STAR LINE, NEW YORK CONCERNING INQUIRIES RECEIVED FROM THE NEW YORK OFFICE ON 37 PASSENGERS, ALL MENTIONED BY NAME, AND INFORMING THE NEW YORK OFFICE THAT NONE OF THE PASSENGERS NAMED HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THOSE BROUGHT IN BY THE MACKAY-BENNETT OR THE MINIA. THE NEW YORK OFFICE IS ASKED TO FORWARD AN APPROPRIATE LETTER TO THE INQUIRERS IN EACH CASE. THE LETTER IS SIGNED BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHITE STAR LINE'S HALIFAX OFFICE AND IS INITIALLED BY THE EMPLOYEE WHO RECEIVED IT IN NEW YORK. 8.1/2ins. x 11ins.	Nil
265	R.M.S. TITANIC: A LETTER ON WHITE STAR LINE LETTERHEAD WITH RED BURGEE, FIRST CLASS PASSENGER DEPARTMENT, SOUTHAMPTON DATED 3rd MAY 1912 AND ADDRESSED TO THE WHITE STAR LINE OFFICE, FIRST CLASS PASSENGER DEPARTMENT, 9 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. HEADED "TITANIC" WRECK. HERE, THE SOUTHAMPTON OFFICE INFORMS THE NEW YORK OFFICE THAT EACH TIME AN ENQUIRY CONCERNING A PASSENGER IS ANSWERED, A UNIQUE REFERENCE NUMBER IS ASSIGNED. IT REQUESTS THAT THE REFERENCE NUMBER BE USED IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING A PARTICULAR PASSENGER. THE SOUTHAMPTON OFFICE ALSO REQUESTS INFORMATION ON ANY PARTICULAR METHOD THAT THE NEW YORK OFFICE HAS EMPLOYED SO THAT THEY CAN COMPLY AS WELL. THIS LETTER CONTAINS THE INITIALS OF 6 EMPLOYEES OF THE NEW YORK WHITE STAR LINE OFFICE. A PIVOTAL LETTER IN THE CREATION OF PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE TRACKING OF PASSENGER CORRESPONDENCE. 8.1/2ins. x 11ins.	Nil
266	R.M.S. TITANIC: A LETTER ON PLAIN PAPER. A FORM LETTER TO BE USED TO ADVISE AN INQUIRER THAT WHEN THE VALUE OF THE PERSONAL EFFECTS AMOUNTS TO A SUM EXCEEDING, "SAY $100.00", THAT THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN RETAINED BY THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY AT HALIFAX. THE LETTER GOES ON TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW ONE IS TO OBTAIN THE EFFECTS FROM THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY. 8.1/2ins. x 11ins.	Nil
267	R.M.S. TITANIC: A LETTER ON PLAIN PAPER DATED MAY 17, 1912, A SMALL TEAR AT LOWER RIGHT CORNER NOT AFFECTING ANYTHING. AN INTERESTING FORM RECEIPT PERTAINING TO THE BODY EFFECTS RECEIVED FROM THE BODY OF PASSENGER OR CREWMAN ON BOARD THE "TITANIC" AT HALIFAX. HALIFAX IS REDACTED AND MACKAY- BENNETT SUBSTITUTED IN. THERE ARE OTHER HANDWRITTEN CORRECTIONS, AND SPACES FOR THE NAME OF THE VICTIM AS WELL AS FOR A LIST OF PERSONAL EFFECTS INVOLVED. 8.1/2ins. x 11ins.	Nil
268	R.M.S. TITANIC: A LETTER ON PLAIN PAPER DATED MAY 17, 1912. AN INTERESTING FORM RECEIPT PERTAINING TO THE BODY EFFECTS RECEIVED FROM THE BODY OF A PASSENGER OR CREWMAN ON BOARD THE "TITANIC" AT HALIFAX. HALIFAX IS REDACTED AND TWO OTHER WORDS HAVE BEEN INSERTED. THERE ARE OTHER HANDWRITTEN CORRECTIONS, AND SPACES FOR THE NAME OF THE VICTIM AS WELL AS FOR A LIST OF PERSONAL EFFECTS INVOLVED. 8.1/2ins. x 11ins.	Nil
269	R.M.S. TITANIC: A MOVING AND EMOTIONAL LETTER ON PLAIN LETTERHEAD, FROM MRS (THOMAS) EVERETT TO WHITE STAR LINE, SOUTHAMPTON THANKING THE COMPANY FOR REQUESTING A PHOTOGRAPH OF HER HUSBAND'S GRAVE AND REQUESTING THAT HER BROTHER, WHO LIVES IN CANADA, BE INFORMED OF THE GRAVE'S LOCATION. MRS EVERETT MAKES A POIGNANT PLEA FOR ANYTHING THAT WAS FOUND ON THE BODY INCLUDING CASH THAT SHE BELIEVES HER HUSBAND HAD. SHE EXPLAINS THAT SHE HAS TWO LITTLE CHILDREN AND SOLD NEARLY EVERYTHING THEY HAD TO RAISE THE MONEY FOR EVERETT TO MAKE HIS VOYAGE. THE LETTER CONTAINS NUMEROUS HANDWRITTEN NOTES REFLECTING THAT AN ANSWER HAS BEEN SENT AS WELL AS AN EMPLOYEE'S INITIALS. 8ins. x 10ins.	Nil
270	R.M.S. TITANIC: A LETTER ON WHITE STAR LINE LETTERHEAD, SOUTHAMPTON DATED MAY 8 1912, IN CONJUNCTION WITH MRS EVERETT'S LETTER. THIS LETTER CONTAINS A REFERENCE NUMBER (SEE LOT 265) USED FOR SUCH CORRESPONDENCE. THE SOUTHAMPTON OFFICE IMPLORES THE NEW YORK OFFICE TO OBTAIN A COPY OF MR EVERETT'S GRAVE. THE WRITER NOTES THAT MRS EVERETTT SEEMS TO BE IN RATHER POOR CIRCUMSTANCES. THE LETTER IS SIGNED AND IS INITIALLED BY THE SAME RECIPIENT AT THE NEW YORK OFFICE WHO INITIALLED THE MAY 7 1912 COPY LETTER FROM MRS EVERETT. 8ins. x 10ins.	Nil

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