FIRST LADY MAMIE DOUD EISENHOWER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 09/28/1955 - HFSID 295491

MAMIE DOUD EISENHOWER
The First Lady writes to a friend thanking her for her concern over the Presidents health.
Typed Letter signed: "Mamie Doud Eisenhower" as First Lady, 1 page, 6x9¼. Denver, Colorado, D.C., 1955 September 28. On letterhead of The White House addressed to Mrs. George Strecker, Lake Forest, Illinois. In full: "I appreciated deeply your note and also your phone call. It is wonderful for Ike and me that our friends are standing by us with such concern and interest and I feel that it will not be too long before the President is in good health once more, even though the crucial period is not over. I was glad to see the picture of Roger's fiancée - she looks like a delightful girl. With many, many thanks and affect-tionate regard, " Accompanied by the transmittal envelope addressed to Mrs. George Strecker, Lake Forest, Illinois and postmarked Washington, D.C., September 29, 1955. 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 Doud Eisenhower. Normal mailing fold. Slightly creased. Otherwise, fine condition.