HAROLD L. ICKES - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 02/08/1946 - HFSID 291623
Price: $200.00
HAROLD L. ICKES
Truman's Secretary of the Interior writes a letter to author Guy Lynn
Sumner thanking him for sending a copy of his book Meet Abraham Lincoln.
Typed Letter signed: "Harold L. Ickes" as Truman's
Secretary of the Interior, 1 page, 8x5¼. Washington, D.C. 1946 February
8. On letterhead of The Secretary of the Interior addressed to G. Lynn
Sumner, New York, New York. In full: "Thank you for the copy of your
book, MEET ABRAHAM LINCOLN, which has just come to my desk. I am looking forward
to reading this with pleasure. I particularly appreciate your thoughtfulness in
inscribing this copy to me. Sincerely yours,"Harold L. Ickes
(1874-1952), a Chicago journalist, lawyer and civic reformer, was local head
of the NAACP. Originally a progressive Republican, he headed the Presidential
campaign of Senator Hiram Johnson in 1924. Named by President Franklin
Roosevelt as Secretary of the Interior, he served in that office throughout
FDR's terms and into Truman's (1933-1946), the longest tenure of any Interior
Secretary in history. In that office he oversaw much of the New Deal
program. His son, Harold M. Ickes, also a veteran political activist, was Deputy
Chief of Staff in the Clinton administration. Multiple mailing folds. Lightly
mounting residue on verso. Signature lightly bled (legible). Fine
condition.
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