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Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963 to Lewis L. Strauss

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00162.24 Author/Creator: Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Typed letter signed Date: August 1, 1962 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 26 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy

President Kennedy praises the career of Herbert Hoover and congratulates Admiral Strauss, who was scheduled to dedicate the Hoover Presidential Library on Hoover's eighty-eighth birthday. Letter written on White House stationery.

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963
Strauss, Lewis L., 1896-1974
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
1945 to the Present
President
Holidays and Celebrations
Government and Civics
The Sixties

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