See Rare Letters From a Titanic Passenger, Who Called the Vessel a ‘Fine Ship’ Days Before It Sank
Archibald Gracie’s letter, which recently sold at auction, is part of a new exhibition at the Molly Brown House Museum in Denver
Sarah Kuta - Daily Correspondent
"It is a fine ship, but I shall await my journey’s end before I pass judgment on her.”
Archibald Gracie wrote these foreboding words in a letter to a friend while sailing aboard the Titanic in April 1912. A few days later, the brand new vessel famously collided with an iceberg and sank into the chilly waters of the North Atlantic.
Though 1,500 passengers and crew members died in the accident, Gracie survived—and so did his letter. He had mailed it from Queenstown (now Cobh), Ireland, which was one of the two places the Titanic stopped before heading across the Atlantic. His friend, A.P. Brooks, received the letter at the Waldorf Hotel in London, then kept it for the rest of his life. Eventually, the letter passed into the hands of one of Brooks’ descendants, who sold it in April for roughly $399,000 (£300,000).
The buyer’s identity remains a mystery. But whoever acquired the letter wants to share it with the world.
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