TYPED LETTER SIGNED by HERBERT HOOVER as President, soon after losing reelection to FDR on November 8, 1932.

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Washington, D.C., November 16, 1932., 1932. Fine. - Over 55 words typed on 8-3/4 inch high by 7 inch wide "The White House" embossed watermarked stationery. A few days after losing the election to FDR, President Hoover thanks the librarian in charge of the publications section of the Library of Congress Ray Baker Harris for his letter of support: "I have been deeply touched by the thousands of messages from friends who, like yourself, have loyally supported my efforts, have given me so much friendship, and have been moved by a personal warmth of understanding to send me a cheering word of greeting." Signed in full "Herbert Hoover". Folded for mailing with a faint minor crease to the bottom left corner. Near fine. The 31st President of the United States Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) was a wealthy mining engineer. He led the wartime Commission for Relief in Belgium during the First World War. He served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce before being elected President in 1928. Hoover's policies during the Great Depression were considered to be anemic and his popularity plunged. The recipient, Masonic author and librarian Ray Baker Harris was born in 1907 in Manila. An editor for Doubleday, Doran & Co., he was in charge of the publication section of the Library of Congress from 1930 to 1939. He was subsequently librarian of the Scottish Rite Supreme Council Library in Washington, D.C. Harris founded the Romanian Collection at Kent State University. A member of the Mason's Potomac Lodge No. 5, he was appointed Grand Master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia in 1957.

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Titel

TYPED LETTER SIGNED by HERBERT HOOVER as President, soon after losing reelection to FDR on November 8, 1932.

Verlag

Washington, D.C., November 16, 1932.

Erscheinungsjahr

1932

Einband

Hardcover

Zustand

Fine

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