Letter from John L. Lewis regarding Maxine Sullivan

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A letter from John L. Lewis to an unidentified "Sir" on lined sheets. The two-page letter (2013.46.29.98a) was written in regard to the album titled "Maxine Sullivan with Ted Easton's Jazz Band." In the letter Lewis praises both Sullivan and Easton's band. The envelope (2013.46.29.98b) has a return address that looks like letterhead [JAZZology Records/3008 WADSWORTH MILLS PLACE/DECATUR, GEORGIA 30032/U.S.A]. At the center is the recipient written in ink [Mrs. Maxine Sullivan/818 Ritter Place/Bronx, N.Y. 10459]. In the upper right corner is a cancelled twenty (20) cent stamp. The cancellation stamp is from Atlanta, Georgia [ATLANTA, GA 303/PM/24 MAY/1983].

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