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Janis Joplin autograph letter signed to her fiance Peter de Blanc in New York. Her career would launch only months after this letter, written in 1965 after she returned home to Port Arthur, Texas to get sober. It reads in part: ''Peter - I got this back today & I'm very proud! Thought you might like to read it. Need I say - highest in the class. Mother said to call it my application for the position of wife of a Mensa member...I guess having depressingly first hand knowledge of social problems helps. Hope you don't think I'm being silly in sending this......Love you, J''. 6'' x 9.25'' letter on loose leaf lined notebook paper is in very good to near fine condition. From the collection of 1965 letters of Joplin's then fiance, Peter de Blanc.
Rare Early Janis Joplin Letter to Her Boyfriend -- ''...I guess having depressingly first hand knowledge of social problems helps...'' -- 1965
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