1937/02/19

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Typed letter signed

Title: to James A. Farley re: paying off his election bet concerning Senator Borah

Signed as President on White House stationery.

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1939/01/27

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Typed letter signed

Title: to William E. Shepherd re: declining membership in the Beaux-Arts Institute

Signed as President on White House stationery. He notes he is a rank amateur

GLC02793.083

1939/12/25

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Typed letter signed

Title: to Harry A. Woodring re: Christmas greetings, with envelope

Signed as President to his Secretary of War. The envelope has a silver foil seal reading "Please DO NOT OPEN until CHRISTMAS." Typed on White House stationery. Alluding to wartime rationing, FDR jokes "This metal [on the envelope seal] can be stamped out into a hand grenade if you need it!"

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1943/03/09

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Typed letter signed

Title: to Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam re: opposition to prohibition

Signed as President on White House stationery. Written as a follow-up to meeting with Methodist bishops.

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1943/06/17

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Typed letter signed

Title: to Arthur J. Morris re: estates of his mother and father, income taxes

Signed as President on White House stationery. Morris was President of the Fulton Trust Co.

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1944/11/21

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Typed letter signed

Title: to Arthur J. Morris re: thanks for congratulations, questions about legacy

Signed as President on White House stationery.

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1945/01/11

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Typed letter signed

Title: to Arthur J. Morris re: distribution of his mother's estate to his children

Signed as President on White House stationery.

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1945/03/28

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Typed letter signed

Title: to Arthur J. Morris re: income tax deductions

Signed as President on White House stationery.

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1951/01/27

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Typed letter signed

Title: to Dean Acheson re: Madame Tussaud's Waxworks likeness of him

Signed as President on White House stationery. (Accompanied by a typed copy of Acheson's reply with the Feb. 2 Truman memo reponding to his memo as .121). Quite humorous.

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1951/02/24

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Typed letter signed

Title: to J. Howard McGrath re: attacks on Truman by the Chicago Tribune

Signed as President on White House stationery to his Attorney General. Truman feels the attacks are libelous and may be criminal.

GLC02793.092

1952/04/01

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Typed letter signed

Title: to Harry I. Schwimmer re: his intention not to seek re-election

Signed as President on White House stationery.

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1952/06/13

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward H. Pruden re: a prayer he said since his youth, with prayer

Written as President on White House stationery, accompanied by the prayer on White House stationery. Pruden was minister at the First Baptist Church, Washington, D.C.

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1955/05/06

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

Typed letter signed

Title: to Brig. Gen. Arthur S. Nevins re: rearing quail, garden plots on his farm

Signed "DE" as President on White House stationery. Eisenhower kept a farm at Gettysburg, Pa.

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1957/11/08

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

Typed letter signed

Title: to Evan Aurand re: "tempest in a teapot" created by his riding in helicopter

Memorandum for Captain Aurand

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1958/10/06

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

Typed letter signed

Title: to Irving Geist re: his golf game

Signed as President on White House stationery.

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1961/02/07

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963

Typed letter signed

Title: to David Mynders Smythe re: thanking Smythe for his support

Signed as President on White House stationery. JFK has struck the official typed salutation for "Dave." Accompanied by TLS (carbon) of David M. Smythe to Kennedy 1/25/1961 to which JFK was responding.

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1961/03/11

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963

Typed letter signed

Title: to Rev. E. C. Leadley re: Solomon Island native who helped rescue the PT-109

Signed as President. Accompanied by a certified copy of letter from N. Biuku Gasa (certified and signed by E. C. Leadley) for the man who carried hidden messages for the crew of JFK's PT-109, with envelope.

GLC02793.100

1961 ca?

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Dean Acheson re: thanking him for his recent letter

Written as President on White House stationery.

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1962/04/20

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963

Typed letter signed

Title: to Emily Davis Chamberlain re: thanks for her letter of support, happy birthday

Signed as President on White House stationery, with a handwritten postscript "yours was almost the nicest letter we have received since being in the W.H."

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1963/08/15

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963

Typed letter signed

Title: to Seymour Halpern re: Halpern's remembrance for the loss of their son

Signed as President on White House stationery. JFK has struck the formal salutation "Congressman Halpern" and inserted "Seymour."

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1968/04/03

Johnson, Lyndon B., 1908-1973

Typed letter signed

Title: to Orville Poland re: placing peace & freedom above personal concerns

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1969/01/16

Johnson, Lyndon B., 1908-1973

Typed letter signed

Title: to Dorothy Nichols re: thanks for her support and looking forward to retirement

Signed as President on White House stationery.

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1975/11/22

Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

Autograph note

Title: to Ron Nessen re: a TV interview at half time of the Ohio State-Michigan game

Written on White House stationery. Nessen was Ford's Press Secretary. Date from later typewritten note of Nessen's Secretary, with note by Nessen. Ford was a Michigan alumnus and former football player.

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1976/02/04

Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

Typed letter signed

Title: to George D. Vaill re: rumor that his autograph on his arm would become a shrine

Light-hearted piece signed as President. Accompanied by Vaill's sardonic query. Ford had signed Vaill's arm.

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1976/08/10

Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

Typed letter signed

Title: to Ruth K. Stroh re: thanking her for support, her research on genealogy

Signed as President on White House stationery.

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