A group of 2 related pieces – Newspaper Giants.
(1) William Randolph Hearst Autograph Letter Signed "Pop" to His Son John – "Find Your Pleasure in Accomplishing Something Worthwhile".
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST. Multi-page pencil autograph letter signed "Pop" to his son John Randolph Hearst: "Dear John, It will be April in a day or two. You should be getting back to work. I don't like to have you leave... but you must do your job. You must get into the habit of working and of finding your pleasure in accomplishing something worthwhile..." A fatherly lecture from the press lord to one of his five sons.
(2) William Randolph Hearst Autograph Note Signed – Orders About Parking at the Estate.
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST. Two-page pencil autograph note signed "W. R. Hearst" to his secretary Col. Joseph Willicombe: "Please order that no cars are to be parked in the village green enclosure except one temporarily in front of your office and two also temporarily at the river house. All cars otherwise are to be parked at the chalet and a telephone is to be put there to summon the chauffeurs required..." – evidently written at Wyntoon, his Bavarian-village estate on the McCloud River.
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