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1916/12/05
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
to Bella W. Swope re: running for a second term
Signed as President on White House stationery. WW notes that "I look forward to the next four years with something of a sinking heart...."
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1921/08/29
Harding, Warren G., 1865-1923
to James Murrary Dewey re: his penmanship
Written as President on White House stationery, apparently in response to a request to pen a letter. Harding compares his penmanship to Horace Greeley's.
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1921/11/03
to Francis N. Whitney re: his pride in being a Mason
Written as President on White House stationery.
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[1921/12]
to George DeWolfe (his step-grandson) re: sending Christmas money, with dollar
Written as President on White House stationery. Date inferred from postmark.
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1922/04/06
to Charles F. Ayling re: arrangements for a golf match
Signed as President on White House stationery.
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1922/10/09
to Richard Washburn Child re: wife's illness and international affairs
Signed as President on White House stationery. Child was ambassador.
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1923/08/05
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
to Maj. Stephen R. Crosby re: thank you letter written 2 days after inauguration
Signed as President on black-bordered White House stationery.
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1928/04/20
to Francis Prescott re: his determination not to seek another term
Signed as President on White House stationery. Prescott was chairman of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee.
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1930/10/08
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
to J. A. Hull re: his autograph
Written as President on White House stationery, remarking "This is about the third letter I have written in long hand in years!"
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1930/10/24
to Fred L. Seely re: thanks for helping his sick son Herbert
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1935/07/29
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
to Frederic Kernochan re: polio epidemic and boy scout jamboree
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1936/03/20
to Anna Roosevelt Boettiger (daughter) re: his hopes to see her
Written as President on White House stationery and signed "Pa."
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1937/02/19
to James A. Farley re: paying off his election bet concerning Senator Borah
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1939/01/27
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
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1939/12/25
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...
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1943/03/09
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
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
to Arthur J. Morris re: thanks for congratulations, questions about legacy
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1945/01/11
to Arthur J. Morris re: distribution of his mother's estate to his children
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1945/03/28
to Arthur J. Morris re: income tax deductions
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1951/01/27
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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
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.
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1952/04/01
to Harry I. Schwimmer re: his intention not to seek re-election
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1952/06/13
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
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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