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British minister and social reformer (1829–1912) best known as the founder and first “General” of the Salvation Army. Booth’s zealous efforts were strikingly immortalized in the 1914 song “General William Booth Enters Heaven” by avant-garde American composer Charles Ives. TLS, two pages, 7 x 9, Salvation Army International Headquarters letterhead, April 10, 1909. Booth writes to Colonel Duff. In part: “I am forbidden to write either with the new eye or the old one, or I should send you a line to acknowledge your beautiful Birthday Gift…. Did you get a letter I wrote from Scandinavia, or did I only fancy I wrote one?… Don’t trouble to answer. Sometime when we meet you can say whether it came to hand or not. Meanwhile this brings all the good wishes back again that you sent me a hundred fold….” After signing, Booth adds a friendly postscript. Intersecting folds and some light soiling and creases, otherwise fine condition. RRAuction COA.
