^Lot 357 Albert Schweitzer

ALS in French, one page, 8.25 x 5.25, stamped personal letterhead, January 18, 1957. Headed “Certificate,” Schweitzer, “doctor of medicine,” certifies “by the present [document] that in case taxes to be paid may be levied against Mademoiselle van der Kreek, a volunteer doctor assistant at my hospital in Lambarene, during the period of her leave of absence from F[rench] E[quatorial] A[frica], my hospital will vouch for their payment.” In very good condition, with three vertical folds, one passing through a single letter of the signature, scattered creasing, and a rough left edge.