Letter From Lou Gehrig

Posted on: March 11, 2010
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Letters of Note is a great website that gathers and sorts fascinating letters, postcards, telegrams, faxes, and memos and posts them online to share with the world.

Bess Bell Neely was a multiple sclerosis sufferer and reached out to the “Iron Horse” hoping for some type of help. Here is the letter that Lou Gehrig sent in response.

Lou Gehrig letter 1

lou gehrig letter 2


If you have a hard time reading the letter you can read the transcript here.

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