PRESIDENT HARRY S TRUMAN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 09/25/1963 - HFSID 54997

HARRY S TRUMAN
Harry Truman sends a typed letter with a suggestion of what to do with a Confederate Note.
Typed Letter Signed: "Harry Truman", 1p, 7¼x10½. Independence, Missouri, 1963 September 25. To Mr. Clay Perdue, Richmond, Virginia. In full: "I appreciated your letter of the 17th, very much. The Confederate Note, which you sent to me, is a historical piece and should be preserved. I am returning it to you with this letter [not present] and I have written a note on the back of it suggesting to you that you see that it is properly preserved. It should not be signed on the front, because there are very few like it. I think the best thing for you to do is to have it framed, so it can be seen from both sides, and give it to the Virginia Historical Society. 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 and expansion of the Truman Library. Fold creases not near signature. Fine condition.