Proওp♛erty from the Collection of Elsie and Philip Sang
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January 25, 07:21 PM GMT
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300 - 400 USD
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Property fr♒om the Collection of Elsie and Philip Sang
Eisenhower, Mamie Doud, and Dwight D. Eisenhower
Typed lettꦦers signed ("Mamie Doud Eisenhower"; "Dwight D. Eisenhower"), to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Sang
The first letter, signed by the First Lady, one page (218 x 150 mm) on gold-embossed White House letterhead, Denver, Colorado, 30 September 1955. The second, signed by the President, one page (215 x 165 mm) on blue-embossed White House letterhead, Washington, 22 October 1956. The two letters matted, g൲lazed, and framed with photograph portraits of the First Lady (signed) and the President, the frame double-glazed with the original envelope to the President's letter on the reverse.
Both letters thank the Sangs for enrolling Ike in the Civil War Book Club—although the President "confess𒐪[es] that I have not found the time to read e🐽ach of this year' selections. …"