NIXON, Richard (1913-1994) 3 TLsS, with inscribed photograph, to Representative Samuel L. Devine.
Sale 1136 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Mar 27, 2023
Lots Close
Apr 4, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
Estimate
$400 -
$600
Sold for $410
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Lot Description
NIXON, Richard (1913-1994) 3 TLsS, with inscribed photograph, to Representative Samuel L. Devine.
NIXON, Richard. Typed letter signed ("RN"). Washington, D.C., 3 February 1972. 1 page, 8vo, on White House letterhead, affixed with tape to cardstock. "Your handling of your intractable constitutent was excellent." -- Typed letter signed ("RN"). Washington, D.C., 17 April 1972. 1 page, 8vo, on White House letterhead, affixed with tape to cardstock. -- Typed letter signed ("Richard Nixon"). New York, NY, 22 January 1982. 1 page, 4to, on Richard Nixon letterhead. -- Together, 3 letters written by Nixon to Senator Samuel L. Devine.
[With:] FORD, Gerald. Typed letter signed ("Jerry") with autograph note signed ("J"), to Samuel L. Devine. Washington, D.C., 1 July 1969. 1 page, 4to, on Congress of the United States Office of the Minority Leader letterhead. A letter of thanks for political support, Ford adds a handwritten note: "Your personal leadership was tremendous. We could not have won without it."
[Also with:] Candid portrait of Nixon, Devine, and his daughter Lois Devine. [Washington, D.C.?], n.d. 8 x 10 in. photograph. INSCRIBED by Nixonto Lois Devine.
Samuel Devine represented Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1959 to 1981 and a close political ally of Nixon.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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