Melvin Purvis Signed Letter FBI, Dillinger,Pretty Boy Floyd, Mentions Book 1936

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Nice looking letter on Melvin H. Purvis letterhead from December 1, 1936. In the letter Purvis thanks the Publisher of a small newspaper for a copy of an excellent review of his book 'AMERICAN AGENT'. The publisher also sent along an invitation to speak at a local Kiwanis Club. With a clear and dark signature at the bottom of the letter. The letter has no rips or tears but the usual folds and has been made for a three hole punch which can be easily matted out. Purvis was a wildly popular G-Man and was featured in many popular children toys and comics. Purvis was a well-educated man, and known to be a crack shot. He received his law degree and had a brief career as a lawyer. Purvis joined the FBI in 1927 and in 1932, he was placed in charge of the Chicago office by Bureau of Investigation Director J. Edgar Hoover . Purvis captured more public enemies than any other agent in FBI history, a record that still stands.Purvis led the manhunts that tracked outlaws Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd , and most famously John Dillinger , which ended in Chicago on July 22, 1934. However, after Purvis became a media figure for this feat, Hoover claimed that Purvis had been demoted and agent Samuel P. Cowley had been put in charge of the Dillinger case. Cowley was later shot by Baby Face Nelson, and Purvis visited him in the hospital shortly read more

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