HORACE MANN TOWNER (1855-1937) American politician, 1923-29 Governor of Puerto Rico. He was also a pianist and a composer, who set to music "Iowa, Beautiful Land", once Iowa's official song.
ORIGINAL-DOKUMENT (Typoskript, 1. S. 4°, Faltspuren, etwas fleckig), in Tinte als Governor eigenhändig signiert H.M. TOWNER. San Juan, Porto Rico, January 1928
- FOREWORD / Grußwort anlässlich des Besuches von Flugpionier / Atlantikflieger, Colonel CHARLES A. LINDBERGH in San Juan / PUERTO RICO, February 1928.
BEILAGE : THREE SONNETS by Elizabeth Kneipple van Deusen, commemorating the immortal flight of Colonel CHARLES A. LINDBERGH from New York to Paris in his monoplane, the SPIRIT OF ST. LEWIS, May 20-21, 1927, and in appreciation of his forthcomming visit to Porto Rico, January 1928.
ORIGINAL-DRUCK (grauer Karton, 3 S. kl. 8°) Porto Rico, January 1928. Enthält die Gedichte : VISION, ACHIEVEMENT und GLORY. Gut erhalten.
