Auction Date:2012 Mar 14 @ 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
DS, three pages, 8.5 x 13, January 14, 1953. A 12.5 month lease agreement between Senator Kennedy and Samuel and Pearl Alexander for a property located at 3271 P Street, NW, Washington, DC, for a monthly rate of $575, commencing on January 15, 1953. Included in the residence were “all furniture, furnishings, such as drapes, curtains and the usual accessories, but not to include linens, blankets, glass or silverware, china, cooking utensils, etc,” leased by the Lessors who agreed to “maintain in good condition and repair the premises hereby demised, including the roof, walls, window screens, plumbing, kitchen range, water heater, electrical system, heating plant, and mechanical equipment therein contained,” signed at the conclusion by Kennedy, the Alexanders, and two others. The contract is housed in its original, slightly larger blue legal folder and is in fine condition, with two horizontal folds and light brushing to the “F” in Kennedy’s signature.
When Kennedy signed this lease agreement, he was less that two weeks into his term as Senator from Massachusetts and dating Jacqueline Bouvier, who would accompany him to the Eisenhower Inaugural Ball on January 20, 1953. Being a 35-year old bachelor, Kennedy had not bothered to look his new house over, but at a dinner he hosted at 3271 P Street prior to the Inaugural Ball, he discovered that the house had neither a stove nor hot water, and a hot plate had to be purchased to make the meal. Kennedy later proposed to Jackie from this house and the couple would return to the address after their wedding in September before moving to another Georgetown dwelling in December 1953.
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