Lot 25
(Kennedy, John F.), Lawford, Peter. Autograph Letter Signed ("Peter"), 2 pages on yellow legal paper, written while at the Betty Ford Center, January 4, 1984, 2 pages. Written some ten months before Lawford's death to "My dear Jack," the assassinated President and Lawford's former brother-in-law and pal, as therapy while undergoing treatment for his alcoholism in Rancho Mirage, California. This letter, which touches on many areas of their former life together, is quoted in the book, The Peter Lawford Story , written by Lawford's fourth wife, Patricia Seaton Lawford.
In part: "Just a line to let you know how things are going here. A lot of the same that you left behind - Bureaucracy, bullshit and a President who can taste that second term in office so badly that he has created this false economy in which we are existing - and the poor people are believing it! I can't wait for the deficits to start falling in on him and his 'Kitchen' group! and that's where they belong….I have managed to drink myself into the B.F.C. [Betty Ford Center]….You, my friend would hate it - not a pretty girl within miles….Are you Pres. of anything? A garden club or bowling team perhaps! You must be running something….Jackie is terrific - spent a lot of time with her at Sydney's wedding. How are Marilyn [Monroe], Bobby [Kennedy], Rubirosa? give them my love. If you should run into Steve McQueen or Vic Morrow, give them my love….Believe me, you are sorely missed here and around the world….All the kids send their love. Let us hear from you soon…."
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500.
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