WILLIAMS, Gus (1847-1915)
Price: $25.00
Description:American composer/actor, author of such songs as Belle of the Ball, (1873) Banner Song, (1874) and the famous See That My Grave Is Kept Green (1878). An important performer in the 1870s, he was best known as a “Dutch act” or a comedian who used a German dialect.
ALS – Autograph Letter Signed, one page, 1911, on Young’s Hotel Boston stationery. Reads: Mr. Edgar Seldon, New York. My dear Seldon: Will you kindly send me a few of your latest publications both vocal and instrumental. I wish to present them to my neice. If there is any bill, let me know, and I will remit by return of mail. Yours truly, Gus Williams, Scenic Temple, Cambridge, Mass.