PRESIDENT HARRY S TRUMAN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 03/01/1949 - HFSID 84877

HARRY TRUMAN
President Truman types a letter of thanks to a friend about receiving a gold coin commemorating the second inauguration of Andrew Jackson.
Typed Letter signed: "Harry Truman" as President, 1p, 6¾x8¾. Washington, D.C., 1949 March 1. On White House letterhead to Honorable Emil Hurja, Washington, D.C. In full: "Thanks very much for your good letter of February twenty-eight, with the enclosed gold coin dated March 4, 1832, commemorating the second inauguration of Andrew Jackson. You certainly are kind indeed to turn loose of a memento such as this and I can't tell you how very much I appreciate it. I'd be most happy if you would send the memorandum to which you refer in your letter. I have been thinking of that very situation myself. Sincerely yours". Harry S Truman (1884-1972) served as 33rd U.S. President from 1945-1953. The former U.S. Senator from Missouri (1935-1945), who had been elected FDR's Vice President in 1944, assumed the presidency upon FDR's death on April 12, 1945. Faced with the ordeal of ending WWII (1939-1945), Truman ordered the atomic bombings on Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9). He fought the Cold War with the Truman Doctrine, a policy reducing Communist pressures on Greece and Turkey through economic and military aid. During his second term, Truman sent U.S. forces to South Korea to repel invading North Korean troops. After leaving the presidency, Truman returned to Independence, Missouri, where he wrote his memoirs and was actively involved in the creation of the Truman Library. Lightly creased at blank margins. Fold crease not at signature. Lightly soiled at upper right blank margin. Otherwise, fine condition.