Auction Date:2012 Dec 12 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : 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 as president, one page, 5 x 7.75, White House letterhead, no date. Short letter to Tom Clark. In full: “This is Sam Wear. D. A. at Kansas City and my personal friend. He’s the salt of the earth.” Matted and framed with a portrait of Truman to an overall size of 17.75 x 12.75. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope addressed in Truman’s hand.
Early in his presidency, Truman introduced his friend Samuel Wear, US Attorney for the Kansas City District, to his Attorney General Tom Clark. Little did he know that the two would become well acquainted with each other during a controversial election fraud case in the fall of 1946. When Truman-selected candidate for Congress Enos Axtell won his primary by an exceedingly close margin, Missouri Republicans charged fraud and demanded investigation. After Wear ruled that there were insufficient grounds to prosecute and locked the documentary evidence into his office vault, the scandal deepened when someone broke in, dynamited the vault, and made off with the files. Though neither was charged with any crimes and the campaign continued with Axtell as the Democratic candidate, the two men found themselves on the hot seat as Republicans held hearings to get to the bottom of it all. ALSs from Truman’s time as president are quite rare; with the addition of the intriguing back-story, this is a highly desirable piece!
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