TLS, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, personal letterhead, November 7, 1911. Letter to Eric H. Marks, (spelling and grammar retained): "I hav red your 'Life' of my humble self, and I congratulate you upon your literary success. You hav only to keep on to be a great man like your father, one who is known and appreciated because he labors for the good of others and not for his own personal good, except so far as is necessary for him to ern enuf to take care of the home and educate you and the other children, which is his first duty. I send you a copy of an article publisht in 'The Youth's Companion,' which shows you how I servd my apprenticeship. With best wishes and many thanks." In fine condition. The year of this letter dates to the establishment of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the largest of all of Carnegie's foundations, which sought 'to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding.' The referenced article, 'How I served My Apprenticeship as a Businessman,' was published in the April 25, 1896, issue of The Youth's Companion.
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