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Auction: 312 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1660

Rockefeller, John D. American industrialist and financier (1839-1937); founded Standard Oil and made it the nation´s largest oil producer, buying out most of its rivals; the company was broken up as a monopoly and he retired, dedicating the last forty years of his life to philanthropy. Rare form Typewritten Letter Signed "John D. Rockefeller," 1 page, 8vo, on stationery imprinted with his address, "Kiljuit," Pocantico Hills, NY, July 12, 1922. To Mrs. (Sally) Theron McCampbell in Holmdel, NJ, he sends thanks for "the very beautiful old-fashioned bouquet. It was greatly admired by us all, and evinced such painstaking exquisite taste on the part of one who is so constantly doing beautiful things for us that we cannot stop to catch breath to give any fit expression to our gratitude..." With original typed envelope. Minor soiling, but VG. The estate from which Rockefeller sent this, is now usually referred to as Kykuit. The original Dutch means "lookout," fitting for an estate that overlooks gorgeous Hudson Valley scenery. Mrs. McCampbell, wife of a potato farmer and gadfly New Jersey Assemblyman, would send the oil magnate apples later in the month. No doubt the flowers were for his 83rd birthday, which he had celebrated on July 8.

Estimate
$750 to $1,000