Auction Date:2012 Apr 18 @ 18:00 (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
TLS, one page, 8 x 10, United States Senate letterhead, November 14, 1944. Letter of thanks to a gentleman from Wyoming. In full: “I certainly appreciated your congratulations and good wishes, and I hope I will always continue to have your good opinion. It was a great victory and gave us a solemn responsibility to win the war and the peace as quickly as possible.” A uniform shade of toning and some scattered light creases and wrinkles, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope.
The vice president-elect wrote this letter shortly after he and FDR won the presidential election with a comfortable margin over Thomas E. Dewey on November 7, 1944. The ongoing war impacted the course of the election, and after victories in Europe and Pacific in 1944, FDR’s presidential victory was assured. While writing this letter, Truman was still representing Missouri in the Senate, where he had risen to national prominence fighting government waste as head of the Truman Committee. Rumors of FDR’s health problems prompted many in the Democratic establishment to oppose nominating Henry A. Wallace again for vice president, as he was considered too left-wing and eccentric. Truman’s name was put forward and FDR reluctantly accepted him as his running mate. In a matter of months following the election, Truman would assume the presidency following FDR’s death only 82 days after being sworn in. A fine letter from an important juncture in Truman's political career.
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