10 LETTERS FROM DAVE H MORRIS TO EDITH SHEPARD FABBRI

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PLEASE NOTE: A tentative insurance amount is included in the handling fee.Ten (10) one-page, typed and initialed letters from Dave H Morris to Edith Shepard Fabbri, dated from November 30, 1930 to February 28, 1931 in very good condition. The contents relate to family happenings and Edith's health. Dave H (Hennen) Morris was an attorney who married Alice Vanderbilt Shepard, Edith's aunt -Edith's mother's sister. Each letter is typed on 11" x 8 1/2" paper. This item related to Edith (Vanderbilt) Shepard Fabbri, along with others, was retrieved in 1963 from a refuse bin outside the Plaza Auction Gallery on East 79th St NYC and stored by the unknown rescuer until now. Edith (Vanderbilt) Shepard Fabbri, the great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, was born to Margaret Louise Vanderbilt (the daughter of William Henry Vanderbilt) and Elliott F Shepard in 1872. In 1896 she married Ernesto G Fabbri who she had met in Italy while traveling through Europe with her mother. She had 2 children: Teresa Fabbri who was born in 1897 and Ernesto G Jr who was born in 1900 and died in 1909 from appendicitis. Edith and Ernesto Fabbri were divorced in 1923. She never remarried and died in 1954. Ernesto G Fabbri was the son Of Ernesto G Fabbri, senior partner of Drexel Morgan & Co and an American mother. He had 2 brothers: Egisto & Alessandro; read more