FIRST LADY MAMIE DOUD EISENHOWER - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 295480
Price: $260.00
MAMIE DOUD EISENHOWER
Letter to a friend on a floral note card, discussing family and
friends
Autograph Letter signed: "Mamie", 2 pages (front and verso),
9x5½ card with floral print. No place, no date. To "Dear Frances", in
full: "Thank you for your two nice notes. Caroline Walker is wrong about
our coming to Chicago around August 28th. Ike will be there for one day Sept.
4th. I do not plan to come with him as the trip is so short. You were sweet to
ask me to your Debutante's Tea. I know it will be fun and wish I could be with
you. We did get the picture you sent of the Friday 13th luncheon and mother and
D get a good laugh on us all. We all looked so old. Am sorry you cut yours out
tho. I did not linger in Chicago when Auntie died or I would have called
you on phone. Mother's arm is getting along beautifully but will still be some
time before she can return to Denver. Eileen Ewing was here not very long ago
with her oldest boy Bobbie. We had a nice visit. The clipping you sent with your
son's picture is very good. He looks like you I think. Am dashing like mad as
usual and tis plenty hot here too. Our love to you". On July 1, 1916,
25-year-old Second Lieutenant Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) and 19-year-old
Mamie Geneva Doud (1896-1979) were married in Denver, Colorado. They had two
sons: Dwight Doud Eisenhower (1917-1920) and John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower (born
in 1923). As an Army wife for 37 years, Mamie grew accustomed to entertaining
groups of influential people, a talent she drew upon during her eight years as
the White House hostess (1953-1961). In their 53 years of married life,
the Eisenhower's lived in 33 homes; their last in Gettysburg was the only
home they owned together. During Ike's final illness, Mamie moved into Walter
Reed Army Hospital to be with him during the final months of his life.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, the fifth general to be elected President, served as the
nations' 34th President from 1953 to 1961. From the collection of George
Strecker, an advertising executive at the Chicago Tribune who became
close to the Eisenhower's through his wife, Frances, a long-time friend with
Mamie Eisenhower. Toned. Heavy mounting residue on verso (effecting ink).
Otherwise, fine condition.
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