Auction Date:2010 Aug 11 @ 22:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, January 14, 1902. An interesting letter to C. H. Kavanaugh. In part: “I send by mail today the photographs of our children…I also enclose those of Mrs. Cleveland and myself. I have waited until I could obtain what we considered the best in existence and some of the arrived only today…
Ruth born in New York City, Oct. 3, 1891
Ester ?? the White House Sept. 9, 1893
Marion ?? Gray Gables Mass July 7, 1895
Richard F. ?? Princeton, N.J. Oct. 28, 1897
Mrs. Kavanaugh will be one of…half a dozen people who have the children’s pictures; and of course we desire to continue their immunity from newspaper publication.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Cleveland’s hand. (The photos mentioned are not present.)
No prior presidential children were watched, followed, or written about as were Grover Cleveland's offspring. Their life in the White House was closely followed by the American public—a more common occurrence in the 20th century but almost unheard of in the late 19th century. In fact, Cleveland's family was the first to receive such star treatment, bolstered by the spread of inexpensive newspapers, competition for readership, and a realization by the press that children of the First Family helped sell their product. After marrying his 21-year-old bride (and former ward) in 1886, the couple went on to have five children, with the eldest, Ruth (nicknamed ‘Baby Ruth’) born in 1891 in the period between Cleveland’s non-consecutive terms. She was joined in 1893 by Esther, whose White House birth—the first such occurrence—spawning public interest in the family, and in 1895 by Marion. The couple had two more children after Cleveland left public office, Richard (born in 1897) and Francis (born in 1903). An amazing glimpse into the private life of Cleveland.
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