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Publication Date: 1945
Seller:
Classic Books and Ephemera, IOBA, Lansdowne, PA, U.S.A.
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Association Member: IOBA
Manuscript / Paper Collectible Signed
Condition: Near Fine. 1 typed letter, signed by President Herbert Hoover, on his personal stationery. Thanking Mrs. Joseph W. Jones of Bristol, Tennessee, who had sent a $10 donation to the Boys' Clubs of America in response to Hoover's appeal in the organization's behalf. Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. After leaving the presidency, he and his wife had lived at Palo Alto, California. Following her death in 1944 he relocated to New York City; the address on this letter is 420 Lexington Ave., NYC. In Near Fine Condition: two horizontal folds; light additional creasing; clean and solid.
Publication Date: 1933
Seller:
Dennis Holzman Antiques, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.
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Manuscript / Paper Collectible Signed
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Thirty-first President of the United States Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) signed this brief note to an admirer on August 19, 1933 [several months after leaving office]. The message reads: "I wish to thank you for your friendly note of birthday greeting. It was thoughtful of you to remember my birthday, and I want you to know that I appreciate it." Hoover s presidency is remembered for the beginning of the Great Depression, with the stock market crash occurring only eight months into his first year. He served one term, losing the presidency to Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the election of 1932. Typed on a 10 3/8" x 7 1/4" sheet of Hoover's personal stationery. Condition: Fold lines, mounting remnants on verso, otherwise very good condition with a large, bold signature. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Washington, D.C., 1928
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James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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One page, on official stationery. Hoover on Edison. Hoover writes "It is impossible to measure the services to the world which this man has rendered and no citizen can hesitate at any opportunity to exhibit the gratefulness which animates us all. "However I personally cannot be on hand as my official duties are assuming such proportions that it makes it practically impossible for me to absent myself from Washington.". Fine. In blue morocco-backed clam shell box One page, on official stationery.