Accession Number: 2010.38.3-4
Scope & Content: Typewritten letter is signed by the secretary of the Department of Public Health of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and bears the stamped seal of the department. Letter verifies the birth date of Mary Blanchard Irwin as January 10, 1884, according to Scranton city records, and is numbered 4730-1884. Ink-stamped on reverse: "Passport Issued Aug 29 1930, Department of State." Letter was kept in an American Foundation for the Overseas Blind air-mail envelope, which has "Passport of RBI and Mrs. Irwin, 1938. For safe deposit box" typewritten on the back. .3 - letter .4 - envelope
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Collection: Hall of Fame Collection
Credit Line: Hall of Fame Collection, 2010.38
Administrative History: Mary Blanchard Irwin, wife of Robert B. Irwin, accompanied her husband on trips abroad. This letter was kept with her passport.
Subjects: Travel Documents