EISENHOWER DWIGHT D Inscription Signed Censored by Dwight D

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ENVELOPE FOR LETTER TO HIS WIFE THAT HE CENSORED HIMSELF EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. Inscription Signed, "Censored by / Dwight D. Eisenhower / General, U.S.A.," on an envelope addressed in type to his wife, in care of her youngest sister, Mrs. Gordon D. Moore, in San Antonio, TX. Inscribed diagonally at upper left, with holograph "Free" written diagonally at upper right. 3 3/4x8 1/4 inches; U.S. Examiner ink stamp at lower left, remnants of hinging at upper edge verso. Miami, 22 April 1943 [from postmark]

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The family of young Mamie Dowd owned a home in San Antonio where they would spend the winters and where Mamie met her future husband Dwight Eisenhower in 1915.