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First Lady Flo. Harding Autograph Letter Signed

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First Lady Flo. Harding Autograph Letter Signed
<B>First Lady Florence K. Harding Autograph Letter Signed,</B></I> “<I>Florence Kling Harding,</B></I>” eight pages on U.S. Senate letterhead, 5.25” x 6.75”, Washington, D.C., n.d., to Reddy Baldinger. A chatty, post-Christmas message to a friend about to ship off to France during World War I. An amusing period verse is included in the body of the letter. It reads: “<I>My Tuesday's are meatless, / My Wednesday's are wheatless, / I am getting more eatless each day. / My house, it is heatless, / My bed, it is sheetless, They have gone to the Y.M.C.A. / My coffee is sweetless, / the bathroom is heatless, / Each day I get poorer and wiser. / My stockings are feetless, / My trousers are seatless, / ---- how I hate the damn Kaiser.</B></I>” Fine condition.<BR>The recipient of this letter would live to return from Europe and serve as a military aide during the Harding Administration.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)