[Rarebooks] FS: Fine Margaret Mitchell letter about Atlanta and Georgia

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MITCHELL, Margaret. TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS). Atlanta, GA: 4 Feb.
1949.  Fine  single-spaced two-page TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) of  @700
words  written just six months before Mitchell's untimely death at the
age  of 48 after being struck by a speeding automobile while  crossing
Peachtree  Street.  Written  on  her personal  stationery  and  SIGNED
"Margaret  Mitchell  Marsh" to Dr. C. E. Mayos. Personal  content,  in
part:  "We  were sorry, too, that you were routed through  our  poorer
section  and  missed seeing the residences which are  Atlanta's  chief
charm."  Mitchell  discusses her husband's health and inquires  as  to
why  Dr. Mayos has retired and is in Florida, prefacing her inquiry by
remarking,  "It  is  not  our habit to speak out  about  the  personal
affairs  of  other people." Mitchell compares Georgia to  Florida  and
tries  to  convince the doctor to move to Georgia: "Our state  is  the
largest  east  of  the Mississippi, a sparsely settled  one  for  such
large  territory,  and we are very short of doctors."  Normal  mailing
creases. About Fine with original typed envelope.             $2500.00

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