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PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES | A series of presidential thank-you letters

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October 14, 04:52 PM GMT

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PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES

A GROUP OF LETTERS AND OTHER MATERIALS FROM PRESIDENTS AND OTHER UNITED STATES STATESMEN


Typed letters signed (some likely autopen) and other materials, including Herbert Hoover (TLS, 9 March 1961) — Dwight D. Eisenhower (TLS, 9 May 1957; printed card) —Lyndon Baines Johnson (5 TLSs, 12 November 1960, 7 February 1961, 9 February 1967, 17 August 1967, 26 August 1970; a signed photograph; a telegram inviting Philip Sang to join "a group of distinguished devotees of Lincoln" at a White House Luncheon; a White House admittance card) — Richard M. Nixon (3 TLSs, 11 November 1960, 31 August 1970, 19 October 1971) — and letters from Hubert H. Humphrey (2), Robert F. Kennedy, and Edward M. Kennedy

Together 18 letters and related items, various sizes on a variety of official and personal letterheads, most accompanied by the original envelopes.


The letters are mostly thank-you notes for books and other small gifts or for financial support of entities endorsed by the recipients. 


A series of presidential thank-you letters and related materials