EDWARD V. ROBERTSON - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 05/19/1947 - HFSID 293709

EDWARD V. ROBERTSON
The U.S. Senator of Wyoming signs a letter to Ralph E. Ward for his collection.
Typed Letter signed: "E.V. Robertson", as U.S. Senator, page, 8x10½, No place, 1947 May 19. On letterhead of The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services addressed to Mr, Ralph Errington Ward, Jr., Melrose Highlands, Massachusetts. In full: "Dear Mr. Ward: This will acknowledge your letter of April 28 describing your hobby of collecting autographs and other information concerning members of Congress. I am pleased to be able to add my signature to your collection and, at your request, am sending this let-ter to you in a franked envelope. Your self-addressed, stamped envelope is returned herewith. Very truly yours," Affixed to an 8½x11 page, with transmittal envelope bearing O'Mahoney's ink stamped frank, postmarked Washington, D.C., May 20, 1947, affixed on verso (3 surfaces). Edward Vivian Robertson (1881-1963) was born in Cardiff, Wales.In his early life he attended schools in Wales and fought in the Boer War with the Third Battalion of the Welsh Regiment from 1899 to 1902. Robertson immigrated to the United States in 1912 and settled in Cody, Wyoming, where he raised livestock and worked in the mercantile business. In 1942 he was elected to the United States Senate as a Republican from Wyoming. He served from January 3, 1943 until January 3, 1949, when he retired from public life after running an unsuccessful reelection campaign. From the collection Ralph Errington Ward (1926-2009) a fighter pilot and squadron commander in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II. Ward became President and CEO of Cheseborough-Ponds, Inc., transforming the cosmetics firm into a major home product conglomerate. Adhesive on verso (affixing letter to the page). Normal mailing folds. Lightly creased. Otherwise, fine condition.