Nov 20, 2014 - Sale 2367

Sale 2367 - Lot 123

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
INVITING EDDIE RICKENBACKER TO DINNER EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. Typed Letter Signed, as President, to Edward V. Rickenbacker, inviting him to an "informal stag dinner" and chat, and closing by noting that while he himself will wear a black tie, a business suit would also be appropriate. 1 page, 4to, "DDE / The White House" stationery; staple holes and staining at upper left, horizontal folds. (TFC) Washington, 3 November 1953
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"I wonder whether it would be convenient for you to come to an informal stag dinner on the evening of Monday, January eleventh. . . .
". . . I suggest that we meet at the White House about half past seven, have a reasonably early dinner, and devote the evening to a general chat. . . ."
with--a retained copy of Rickenbacker's letter accepting the President's invitation. Np, 6 November 1953.