Fall Discovery Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/29/2014
Draft TLS as president, one page, 5.5 x 6.5, White House letterhead, October 4, 1963. The draft of a form letter sent to 11 govenors who Kennedy met while on a trip west. In full: 'The conservation trip which just ended gave me the distinct pleasure of meeting with you and seeing first hand the tremendous strides that have been made in the field of conservation in your State. I greatly appreciated the warm welcome given to us by your citizens. I enjoyed seeing you and I want to thank you for your many courtesies to me and my staff during our stay there." Also included is a sheet of White House stationery with a typed list of the governors to whom the letter is to be sent, headed at the top, "Message to be sent to the following Governors who met the President on his Western trip, and listing all 11 governors and their states.
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