R.M.S. TITANIC - Unique lettercard from Archibald Gracie

R.M.S. TITANIC - Unique Titanic lettercard from one of the most well known survivors of the disaster, First-Class passenger and author of The Truth About the Titanic Archibald Gracie. The letter card which is separated as per these images (see 14164758 To 14164764) is believed to be the only example from Gracie in existence from onboard Titanic. Dated April 10th and postmarked Queenstown 3.45pm April 11th and London April 12th it is written over four sides to an acquaintance of Gracie who received it in London at the Waldorf Hotel (he was a European ambassador from Alabama). Gracie boarded the Titanic at Southampton on April 10, 1912, and was assigned First-Class cabin C51. He spent much of the voyage chaperoning various unaccompanied women. They included the writer Helen Churchill Candee, 52, and three sisters, nee Lamson, who were also in their fifties: Charlotte Appleton, Malvina Cornell, and Caroline Brown. All four women survived the sinking. Gracie socialized with a group he called Our Coterie, joined by Candee, his friend J. Clinch Smith, and several others. This extremely rare letter is written by one of the highest profile survivors of the Titanic disaster, with excellent content and on the rarest of mediums, a lettercard

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