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Typed Letter Signed by First Lady Pat Nixon.

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Typed Letter Signed by First Lady Pat Nixon.
<B>Typed Letter Signed by First Lady Pat Nixon.</B></I> One page, octavo, on White House letterhead, [Washington DC], September 8, 1969. As the first manned mission to land on the Moon, Apollo 11 created a turning point in the United States' space exploration program. Following a successful return to Earth, the White House hosted an official State Dinner to honor the mission and the men who undertook it. At the dinner, President Nixon and Vice President Agnew presented each astronaut with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The dinner celebration was the beginning of Nixon's Giantstep-Apollo 11 Presidential Goodwill Tour, a whirlwind international goodwill mission that emphasized the willingness of the United States to share its space knowledge with the world. The tour ran from September through November of 1969, during which the Apollo 11 astronauts and their wives visited a record 24 countries and 27 cities in 45 days. The letter, addressed to Rudy Vallee's fourth wife, reads, in part: "<I>Dear Elly, It was a great pleasure for us to have you and Rudy at the dinner for the astronauts and you are most thoughtful to write and comment so generously concerning that occasion</B></I>." Signed "<I>Pat</B></I>" in blue ink. Letter bears what appears to be a coffee stain along the upper edge, with occasional similar but smaller stains along the right edge. Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope.<BR><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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