Lot 164
Eisenhower, Dwight D. & Mamie. Archive of fifteen letters, twelve by Dwight and three by Mamie. All are Typed Letters Signed during the 1950s and 60s to Lowell Eisenhower (a relative whom Ike had never met--their fathers were first cousins) and his wife Dorothy. Nine of Ike's letters are signed as President on White House letterhead and were written between 1953 and 1960; six of these are signed "Dwight D. Eisenhower," two are signed "D.E." and one is signed "Uncle Ike"; three letters have glue residue around the edges (easily covered); eight letters have the original "White House" transmittal envelopes. Two letters on "DDE" letterhead are signed "Uncle Ike" (1964) and "Uncle Dwight" (1965) and one letter on "Office of Dwight D. Eisenhower" letterhead is signed "Uncle Ike" (1961). The content is mostly family related: an invitation to meet for the first time in Palm Springs, thanking Lowell for a genealogical chart that explains their relationshp, etc. with some political references: the Chicago Convention, regret that "on such trips the politicians take over…." and sharing Lowell's concern "about the debt…[I] have used every conceivable argument to get the public interested in the matter…." Two of Mamie's Typed Letters Signed to Lowell and Dorothy Eisenhower are on White House stationery (1953 and 1955), thanking them for birthday cards and expressing joy at being home at the Gettysburg farm and that their children will be with them for Thanksgiving; a 1967 letter thanks Lowell for a map. Also, printed thanks for birthday wishes on a "The White House" card, and an engraved card with thanks for sympathy after Ike's death. Overall fine condition.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500.
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