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Auction archive: Lot number 395

REAGAN, Ronald Draft autograph letter signed (“RR”), as Gove...

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$875
Auction archive: Lot number 395

REAGAN, Ronald Draft autograph letter signed (“RR”), as Gove...

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$875
Beschreibung:

REAGAN, Ronald. Draft autograph letter signed (“R.R.”), as Governor, to Harold J. Smith 3 June 1968. 2 pages, 8vo, marked through in red ink. WITH --REAGAN, Ronald. Draft autograph letter signed (“Dutch”), as Governor, to Rev. B. H. Cleaver, n.d. [30 August 1968] 1 page, 8vo, struck through and initialed by his secretary.
REAGAN, Ronald. Draft autograph letter signed (“R.R.”), as Governor, to Harold J. Smith 3 June 1968. 2 pages, 8vo, marked through in red ink. WITH --REAGAN, Ronald. Draft autograph letter signed (“Dutch”), as Governor, to Rev. B. H. Cleaver, n.d. [30 August 1968] 1 page, 8vo, struck through and initialed by his secretary. Ronald Reagan and the Election of 1968: “I can’t help but wonder if you’ve given full consideration to what support of Wallace might do to aid President Johnson?” Offered with letter expressing relief that he did not receive the GOP nomination for 1968. A superb pair of letters written during the fractious 1968 election year. In his 3 June letter, Reagan tries to smooth over the ruffled feathers of a fellow Republican who was left out of the upcoming GOP convention in August and who was evidently contemplating voting for third-party Dixiecrat candidate George Wallace “You have a right to make any decision about possible candidates, but I can’t help but wonder if you’ve given full consideration to what support of Wallace might do to aid President Johnson?” Reagan was a candidate for the Republican nomination, but came in third after Nixon (who won on the first ballot), and Nelson Rockefeller: “As for this branch of the family, just know that in the aftermath of Miami Nancy & I are greatly relieved & very happy.

Auction archive: Lot number 395
Auction:
Datum:
14 Dec 2016
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
Beschreibung:

REAGAN, Ronald. Draft autograph letter signed (“R.R.”), as Governor, to Harold J. Smith 3 June 1968. 2 pages, 8vo, marked through in red ink. WITH --REAGAN, Ronald. Draft autograph letter signed (“Dutch”), as Governor, to Rev. B. H. Cleaver, n.d. [30 August 1968] 1 page, 8vo, struck through and initialed by his secretary.
REAGAN, Ronald. Draft autograph letter signed (“R.R.”), as Governor, to Harold J. Smith 3 June 1968. 2 pages, 8vo, marked through in red ink. WITH --REAGAN, Ronald. Draft autograph letter signed (“Dutch”), as Governor, to Rev. B. H. Cleaver, n.d. [30 August 1968] 1 page, 8vo, struck through and initialed by his secretary. Ronald Reagan and the Election of 1968: “I can’t help but wonder if you’ve given full consideration to what support of Wallace might do to aid President Johnson?” Offered with letter expressing relief that he did not receive the GOP nomination for 1968. A superb pair of letters written during the fractious 1968 election year. In his 3 June letter, Reagan tries to smooth over the ruffled feathers of a fellow Republican who was left out of the upcoming GOP convention in August and who was evidently contemplating voting for third-party Dixiecrat candidate George Wallace “You have a right to make any decision about possible candidates, but I can’t help but wonder if you’ve given full consideration to what support of Wallace might do to aid President Johnson?” Reagan was a candidate for the Republican nomination, but came in third after Nixon (who won on the first ballot), and Nelson Rockefeller: “As for this branch of the family, just know that in the aftermath of Miami Nancy & I are greatly relieved & very happy.

Auction archive: Lot number 395
Auction:
Datum:
14 Dec 2016
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
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