ALS signed “Louis Armstrong, Satchmo,” seven pages on two sets of adjoining sheets, 6 x 8.25, Atlantic Hotel Hamburg letterhead, April 15, 1962. Nice letter to a friend who was recently widowed, written while Armstrong was on tour in Europe. In part, “I am sorry you lost your dear wife. She was a very nice lady. I prayed for her in my prayers. Too bad that she had to leave us so soon…My trombone player is also using your lip salve and as happy as I am about it…We are working very hard. We are playing two concerts per night. And when I get to my hotel I just flop in the bed, I’m so tired - maybe next year I will get a year’s vacation. I am trying very hard to get it. Next year I will be playing music for forty nine years ‘wow.’.” In fine condition, with expected mailing folds. R&R COA.
