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Ronald Reagan

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Ronald Reagan

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Auction Date:2011 Jul 13 @ 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
Poignant draft ALS signed “RR,” one lightly-lined yellow page, 8 x 10, no date, but dated in a secretarial hand “6/19/67.” Letter to Ann. In full: “It was wonderful to hear from you after all these years and to learn how happy & pleasant the years have been for you. Don’t defect! I’ve never been more convinced than I am now that a change in direction is necessary both in our approach to domestic economic problems & on the international scene. Just think that statement comes from a one time New Deal Dem. In fact that’s what I was when we met in S. Bend. Best of everything to you & keep the faith.” In fine condition, with a trimmed lower edge.

Written during his first year as the 33rd Governor of California, Reagan already had set his sights on the presidential campaign: “I’ve never been more convinced than I am now that a change in direction is necessary both in our approach to domestic economic problems & on the international scene.” In lieu of differing opinions of his counsel as to whether Reagan should launch his presidential campaign, or hold firm and make a solid name for himself as governor, he held back, and by the time he was ready to move, Nixon had all but secured the nomination. Still, Reagan continued to forge forward with enthusiasm towards his newly chosen direction, a move that would eventually lead him to presidential triumph in 1981.