October Legends and Americana Ending November 14th
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/15/2015
The archive includes A 2 page typed letter signed addressed to Judge H.B. Daniels of Phoenix, Arizona dated July 31, 1965. The letter reads in full, "In the name of the Almighty Allah, the Most Merciful Saviour, Our Deliverer. Master of the Date of Judgment, to Whom all praise is due. Dear Judge and attorney: I received your letter concerning the meeting with you and the Sound People on Tuesday, the third of August. I am sorry, but I will not be meeting with these people anymore, because of the constant excuses that they made to force me to do that which I said that I would not do (put up security money for them to finish the job while I had already given them half of the money without any money being put into excrow [sic] or a mortgage house). Mr. Smithbaker (of Engineered Sound Inc.) knew very well that their money was secure. Their demanding the balance being put into a trust fund shows bad faith in me, which they had no cause for such. Since they could not put over their rotten job with a camera not large enough, and bringing a man from elsewhere to come to adjust the camera on a day that I was not there, they want to make it appear as if I would not pay them. This is just the work of revenge on their part. They want to make it look back on my honesty to pay them when the job is completed. I do not want anything more to do with the Sound People or this particular contractor. If they would finish this job, then they would have to service it for a year or two as agreed. I do not want them in and out of my house anymore. As far as I am concerned, you can forget that they were ever in the world. I could have lost two or three thousand dollars and could have gone to the breadline with such a rotten outfit as I was dealing with. And, they would now like to make me bow to their demands; I should say not! So, you just tell them that, "Mr. Muhamad refuses to accept any such offer, because he has lost all confidence in your contractor and does not care to trust you or them to do anything for him." If they happen to speak about that pole that they put up in my yard, just tell them that I said I would get another company to take care of it. They have already ripped out their camera and monitors. There is nothing left but a gap and a hole on my front porch where the camera was stationed. And, I will have a carpenter or another company take care of that. You can tell their lawyer these things, or you could even read it to them, since she (their lawyer) already has a letter from me, telling her that I would not yield to putting up any money in escrow or in a trust fund because I have not betrayed my trust to them. They make it seem as though they had had trouble with me in getting their money. This is pathetic. I will try to be in Phoenix on the 16th of August to check up on that government case where their driver wrecked my car, and I had to take care of the medical and hospital bills for the injured. I have an appointment on the 8th of August in Detroit, and I would not care to make a trip to Phoenix before I made my appointment for this mass meeting in Detroit. Thank you, for the check for $1,250.00 that you mailed to me from Mr. Burleigh Rideau. But, I hope that you get the balance of what he owes me ($272.25). After you had taken out your fee from the $1,600.00 that he paid (your fee being $350.00) he still owes me $272.25. I am signing this check, and returning it to you. I wish for you to send me a cashier's check for the same amount. Take it out of the Pioneer Bank, for trust accounts accumulate charges, And, if you please, send me a cashier's check in this amount. Sincerely, Elijah Muhammad, Messenger of Allah." The letter comes with its original transmittal envelope.
This lot has a Reserve Price that has not been met.