May 04, 2017 - Sale 2446

Sale 2446 - Lot 223

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
DONATING ITEMS FOR "EXHIBIT OF . . . LETTERS FROM THE MEN THE PRESIDENT ADMIRED" KENNEDY, JACQUELINE. Two Typed Letters Signed, to psychoanalyst Caroline Newton, each concerning an exhibit at the Kennedy Library. Together 2 pages, small 4to, "Mrs. John F. Kennedy" mourning stationery; horizontal fold. Each with the original envelope. Np, 6 February; 9 April 1964
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6 February: "I have just received the three historic letters of John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster and Thomas hart Benton, which you have selected for the Kennedy Library.
"Your idea for an exhibit of original letters from the men the President admired so much and wrote about in 'Profiles of Courage' is one which I know would have fascinated and pleased him. . . ."
with--Typed letter from Jacqueline Kennedy's secretary Pamela Turnure, sending thanks for donating letters to the Memorial Library. 1 page, 4to, Jacqueline Kennedy's mourning stationery. Np, 26 March 1964. With the original envelope.