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Harry S. Truman

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Harry S. Truman

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Auction Date:2012 Oct 17 @ 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, as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 19, 1950. Letter to Mr. F. Raymond Peterson, President, American Bankers Association. In full: “I had implicit confidence in the integrity, the foresight and the all-around ability of John Snyder when I appointed him as Secretary of the Treasury in June, 1946. He has justified fully my expectations. It pleases me, therefore, to have the American Bankers Association verify my judgment by selecting Mr. Snyder as the recipient of a testimonial to his outstanding ability in the management of the affairs of the United States Treasury, at the convention next week commemorative of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of your association. It is a pleasure also to send hearty felicitations and warmest personal greetings to all who gather in Mr. Snyder’s honor. I desire also to extend to all the members my best wishes for a successful convention and one which will be fruitful of wise counsels in the solution of the grave problems which confront the Nation in this hour of crisis.” Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. On September 27, 1950, The New York Times reported, “Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder received an engrossed and illuminated testimonial yesterday from the American Bankers Association for ‘his services as a citizen, a banker and a public servant.’ The testimonial, presented by James E. Shelton, vice president of the Bankers Association at the general meeting in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, said that Mr. Snyder had ‘served with distinction in the high office of Secretary of the Treasury’ for nearly five years and had ‘moved with courage and dispatch’ when the times for decision arrived. President Truman joined in felicitating Mr. Snyder. In a letter to the president of the A.B.A., F. Raymond Peterson, Mr. Truman said the Secretary had justified fully the President’s expectations.”

Engrossed Illuminated Testimonial, seven separate pages on vellum, 8.5 x 10.5. Tied together with brown ribbon into a crimson leather gilt trimmed binding with ivory silk endpapers affixed to the front and back inside covers. Imprinted in gilt lettering in lower right corner of cover: “The Honorable / John W. Snyder.” Each capital letter beginning a paragraph is illuminated in gilt on an entwined background of red, gold, and brown. Housed in its original slipcase. In fine condition, with toning to edges of letter and an office stamp to top right.
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