Lot 1025
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963), 35th President of the U.S. (1961-63), assassinated. TLS, "John F Kennedy", as President, 1½pp, 7 x 10½ Washington, D.C., July 2, 1962. On White House letterhead to the American Legion on the occasion of the Legion's 44th Convention, speaks of "two things we must do to see that the terrors of war are not unleashed": "be strong so that weakness does not tempt hostile nations into miscalculations" and "prove to…uncommitted peoples who hover between the choice of freedom or of communism, that our way can satisfy their needs"; slight rust stains at staple hole top left corner, small smudge above signature, a Fine patriotic letter propetic in that it was written only three months before the "Cuban Missile Crisis".
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
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