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Letters and Check Signed by Max Eastman

Title: Autograph letter signed, Typed letter signed, and endorsed check
Author: Eastman, Max
Description: Autograph letter signed and typed letter signed, both on letterhead of The Masses magazine. Also, check payable to Max Eastman with his endorsement on rear.Correspondence to fellow author T. Everett Harre regarding payment of Harre's telephone bill by Eastman and the subsequent reimbursement by Harre, with Harre's check payable to Eastman. In 1918 The Masses was forced to close under the Espionage Act passed by Congress the preceding year, due to its frequent explicit denunciations of U.S. participation in World War I. Eastman, editor of The Masses, subsequently stood trial twice under provisions of the Sedition Act, but was acquitted both times.
Heading: Place Published: New York
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Date Published: 1916